SASEC Power System Expansion Project – Additional Financing

This additional financing will expand the scope of the original project to support installation of utility-scale solar power to help address chronic power shortages and fuel supply deficits in Nepal. The overall project will help Nepal address its urgent power system needs by facilitating expansion of domestic power transmission capacity, improving power exchange with India, augmenting and expanding distribution networks, and increasing mini-grid based renewable energy systems in rural areas.


PROJECT DETAILS

Commitment Date

Funding Type

Country

Sector

Status

Total Cost

18 Jan 2017

Grant

Nepal

Energy

Ongoing

$20 million

KEY OUTPUTS

Capacity development support to the Nepal Electricity Authority on solar project development and output

Installation of at least 25 megawatt utility scale solar photovoltaic project development

FINANCING

$20 million (ADB Strategic Climate Fund)