Regional : Preparing Floating Solar Plus Projects under the Pacific Renewable Energy Investment Facility
The proposed transaction technical assistance (TA) facility will assess the potential and feasibility, develop a roadmap, and build institutional capacity to deploy floating photovoltaic (FPV) projects in the 11 small Pacific island countries (PIC-11). The TA will also conduct all required due diligence and assist in procurement for the first three FPV projects for approval in 2022-2023 under the Pacific Renewable Energy Investment Facility (facility). The TA will also conduct pre-feasibility studies for the next three FPV projects for potential ADB and private sector financing. It will develop a roadmap with a pipeline of FPV projects in the PIC-11 to address vulnerabilities and needs, considering current energy sector plans and strategies, interventions and utility reforms, and include demand-side management and efficiency measures as well as value-added end-uses beyond electricity.
Project Details
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Tiangco, Cinderella C.
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| Project Name | Preparing Floating Solar Plus Projects under the Pacific Renewable Energy Investment Facility | ||||||||
| Project Number | 49450-028 | ||||||||
| Country / Economy | Regional Cook Islands Micronesia, Federated States of Kiribati Nauru Palau Marshall Islands Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu |
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| Project Status | Active | ||||||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Operational Priorities | OP2: Accelerating progress in gender equality OP3: Tackling climate change, building climate and disaster resilience, and enhancing environmental sustainability OP6: Strengthening governance and institutional capacity OP7: Fostering regional cooperation and integration |
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| Sector / Subsector | Energy / Electricity transmission and distribution - Energy efficiency and conservation - Energy sector development and institutional reform - Renewable energy generation - solar |
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| Gender | Some gender elements | ||||||||
| Description | The proposed transaction technical assistance (TA) facility will assess the potential and feasibility, develop a roadmap, and build institutional capacity to deploy floating photovoltaic (FPV) projects in the 11 small Pacific island countries (PIC-11). The TA will also conduct all required due diligence and assist in procurement for the first three FPV projects for approval in 2022-2023 under the Pacific Renewable Energy Investment Facility (facility). The TA will also conduct pre-feasibility studies for the next three FPV projects for potential ADB and private sector financing. It will develop a roadmap with a pipeline of FPV projects in the PIC-11 to address vulnerabilities and needs, considering current energy sector plans and strategies, interventions and utility reforms, and include demand-side management and efficiency measures as well as value-added end-uses beyond electricity. | ||||||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | PICs continue to rely heavily on imported fossil fuels for energy and transport, and on imported food given their remoteness and extreme land and natural resource constraints. But these small island states are large ocean states and have critical freshwater resources that need to be conserved and protected. With solar PV being the least-cost energy generation technology in the PICs, the emerging FPV technology is well-placed to tap their enormous water surface and solar resource potential. FPV addresses their unique challenges and vulnerabilities while limiting climate impacts. | ||||||||
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| Geographical Location | Cook Islands - Nation-wide; Kiribati - Nation-wide; Marshall Islands - Nation-wide; Micronesia, Federated States of - Nation-wide; Nauru - Nation-wide; Palau - Nation-wide; Samoa - Nation-wide; Solomon Islands - Nation-wide; Tonga - Nation-wide; Tuvalu - Nation-wide; Vanuatu - Nation-wide |
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| Consulting Services | ADB has engaged a consulting firm following the ADB Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time) and its associated staff instructions. The TA facility will require 65 person-months of international consultants' and 72 person-months of national consultants' input. The consultant firm was engaged through quality- and cost-based selection using full technical proposal (quality to cost ratio of 90:10). The consulting firm has been recruited to deliver the TA outputs, and conduct all due diligence required for processing the three ensuing projects and provide procurement support. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Tiangco, Cinderella C. |
| Responsible ADB Department | Pacific Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | PAEN |
| Executing Agencies |
Asian Development Bank |
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| Concept Clearance | - |
| Fact Finding | - |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 15 Dec 2020 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 26 Sep 2022 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 15 Dec 2020 | - | 15 Dec 2020 | 31 Dec 2024 | - | - |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 0.00 | 3,500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3,500,000.00 | 28 Dec 2022 | 335,975.33 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Preparing Floating Solar Plus Projects under the Pacific Renewable Energy Investment Facility: Technical Assistance Report | Technical Assistance Reports | Dec 2020 |
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Tenders
| Tender Title | Type | Status | Posting Date | Deadline |
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| Preparing Floating Solar Plus Projects under the Pacific Renewable Energy Investment Facility | Firm - Consulting | Closed |
Contracts Awarded
| Contract Title | Approval Number | Contract Date | Contractor | Address | Executing Agency | Total Contract Amount (US$) | Contract Amount Financed by ADB (US$) |
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| Project Preparatory | Technical Assistance 6680 | 09 Apr 2021 | OCA Global Consulting & Tech. Advisory Svcs, S.L.U. (SPAIN) in association with Elemental Power and Renewables (NEW ZEALAND) | Av. de les Garrigues 46, Parc Mas Blau I EL PRAT DE LLOBREGAT, BARCELONA, SPAIN | Asian Development Bank | 1,929,684.00 | — |
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