The proposed knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) will support promotion of clean energy usage through enhanced adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and grid integration of battery energy storage systems (BESS).
The TA is consistent with ADB Strategy 2030 operational priority 3: tackling climate change, building climate and disaster resilience, and enhancing environmental sustainability by supporting decarbonizing of existing transport systems through enhanced adoption of EVs; and operational priority 4: making cities more livable by supporting transition to a cleaner energy mix through adoption of grid integrated battery storage systems. The TA is aligned with India Country Partnership Strategy by aligning assistance with the government's strategies and flagship programs.
| Project Name | Promoting Clean Energy Usage through Enhanced Adoption of Electric Vehicles and Grid Integration of Battery Energy Storage Systems | ||||
| Project Number | 54240-001 | ||||
| Country | India |
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| Project Status | Approved | ||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Environmentally sustainable growth Inclusive economic growth |
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| Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Knowledge solutions Partnerships Private sector development |
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| Sector / Subsector | Energy / Energy efficiency and conservation |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | Some gender elements | ||||
| Description | The proposed knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) will support promotion of clean energy usage through enhanced adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and grid integration of battery energy storage systems (BESS). The TA is consistent with ADB Strategy 2030 operational priority 3: tackling climate change, building climate and disaster resilience, and enhancing environmental sustainability by supporting decarbonizing of existing transport systems through enhanced adoption of EVs; and operational priority 4: making cities more livable by supporting transition to a cleaner energy mix through adoption of grid integrated battery storage systems. The TA is aligned with India Country Partnership Strategy by aligning assistance with the government's strategies and flagship programs. |
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| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | This TA will support activities that address the bottlenecks preventing scale up of EVs and BESS in India. By partnering with the government's central planning agency - NITI Aayog, power distribution companies, and other key players in the EV-renewable energy value chain; this Technical Assistance (TA) will undertake activities that can help meet the clean energy targets set by the Government of India. By pursuing BESS and EV development in a coordinated manner, the TA will facilitate identification of new investment opportunities across the value chains such as charging infrastructure, stationary storage (including repurposing of used EV batteries for second-life storage), vehicle-to-grid systems and services, storage-enabled power trading, etc. This will help build on efforts by ADB through Energy Efficiency Services Limited in India for promotion of electric vehicles and charging stations along with promotion of various demand-side energy efficiency investments. The TA will focus on the _public goods_ which create demand and enable greater deployment of BESS and EVs rather than vehicle manufacturing. NITI Aayog is the most appropriate government counterpart agency for pursuing BESS and EVs in parallel and identification of future investments in these subsectors. | ||||
| Impact | Air quality in cities and uptake of renewable energy and storage solutions improved. | ||||
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| Description of Outcome | Accelerated deployment of electric vehicles and battery energy storage systems |
| Progress Toward Outcome | |
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| Description of Project Outputs | Integrated development plans for promoting EVs created Road map for deployment of battery technologies developed |
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| Geographical Location | Nation-wide |
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| Consulting Services | ADB will engage the consultants following the ADB Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time) and its associated project administration instructions and/or staff instructions. |
| Procurement | No procurement |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Acharya, Jiwan S. |
| Responsible ADB Department | South Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Energy Division, SARD |
| Executing Agencies |
NITI Aayog Sansad Marg, Sansad Marg Area, New Delhi, Delhi 11001, India |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 21 Aug 2020 |
| Fact Finding | 16 Oct 2020 to 23 Oct 2020 |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 31 Mar 2021 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 05 Apr 2021 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 31 Mar 2021 | - | - | 31 Mar 2025 | - | - |
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 0.00 | 1,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,000,000.00 | 31 Mar 2021 | 0.00 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Promoting Clean Energy Usage through Enhanced Adoption of Electric Vehicles and Grid Integration of Battery Energy Storage Systems: Technical Assistance Report | Technical Assistance Reports | Mar 2021 |
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