Asian Development Bank Pipeline: Projects to Watch

Proposed Asian Development Bank dam projects, and a selection of other proposed energy and water projects. Last updated November 19, 2008.

Bangladesh
Update-April 2008-The ADB has dropped the Phulbari Coal Project from its lending pipeline!

Bhutan
Promotion of Clean Power Export Development
The TA will result in: (i) strategy and action plan to broaden financing avenues for future large hydropower projects for Druk Green Power Corporation (DGPC) and Druk Holding Investment (DHI), (ii) building internal capacity within DGPC to manage development of commercial hydropower projects involving private and foreign investments, and (iii) building internal capacity in DOE for implementing the hydropower development policy. Technical Assistance US$1.488 million.

China
River Basin Water Resources Allocation and Management Policy
The outcome of the TA will be improved capacity development in the Ministry of Water Resources (MWR) to plan and manage WAS throughout the PRC. The primary objective of a WAS is to codify arrangements to maximize the efficient use of water resources by (i) distributing water equitably among regions and users, (ii) establishing rules for sharing limited water resources for sustainable development, (iii) protecting the long-term reliability of the resource by avoiding over-exploitation, and (iv) adapting to changes in the societal values of water by accommodating new users while protecting existing users.The outputs of the TA will be: (i) a summary report on international and domestic best practices on water resources allocation, (ii) categorization of WAS in the PRC based on characteristics of river systems, and (iii) principles and policy framework for river basin water resources allocation in the PRC. The TA will (i) assess international and national practices in river basin water resources allocations, (ii) classify river systems of the PRC based on similar characteristics for water resources allocation, and (iii) define principles and develop policy framework for water resources allocation in the PRC. Technical Assistance US$500,000.

India
Update-April 2008-The Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project has been approved. Read the story.

Nepal
West Seti Hydroelectric Project
The Project involves construction and operation of a 750MW storage type hydroelectric power generation facility (4 units of 188MW) on the Seti river in the Far Western Development Region of Nepal, one of the most underdeveloped areas in the country, on a build-own-operate-transfer (BOOT) basis for 30 years from the date of license, which can be extended by GON. The construction period is expected to be 5 years. Estimated Board date, September 2008. USS$204.30 (ADF, equity investment, political risk guarantee, private sector loan

Sri Lanka
Clean Energy and Access Improvement Project
Project outcome will be: (i) enhanced transmission grid reliability to avoid system collapse and reduce losses; (ii) removal of grid constrains to bring in 200MW capacity from the proposed small hydropower plants and future clean energy projects. Project outputs will include: (i) a new system control center (Subcomponent 1) (ii) augmentation and construction of five 132/33 kv grid substations for small hydropower development (Subcomponent 2); (iii) augmentation of eight 132/33kV grid substations, construction of three 132/33kV grid substations and associated four 132kV transmission lines (Subcomponent 3); and (iv) capacity enhancement of transformers at five 33/11kV substations (Subcomponent 4). Environmental Category B. Loan US$123 million.

Vietnam
Soc Trang 2 Thermal Power Plant
The outcome of the TA will be agreement reached between ADB and EVN about the feasibility study, project design its costs and financing plan, construction schedule and procurement packages for a super critical power plant in Soc Trang province, southern Vietnam. Technical Assistance US$1.2 million.