Proposed Asian Development Bank dam projects, and a selection of other
proposed energy and water projects. Last updated April 22, 2008.
Bangladesh
Update-April 2008-The ADB has dropped the Phulbari Coal Project from its lending pipeline!
Phulbari Coal Project
The Phulbari coal deposit contains some 572 million tonnes that will be mined at a rate of 15 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) over 30 plus year period.The coal will be extracted using a conventional open pit operation utilizing a fleet of trucks and shovels. Phulbari coal is high in energy and meets international coal quality standards. Domestic consumption of Phulbari coal has the potential to both stabilise and significantly expand much needed electrical power for Bangladesh through mine mouth power plants to be implemented in 500MW stages up to 2,000MW. The project will also provide an internationally traded commodity for export and a stimulus for both domestic and foreign investment particularly in west Bangladesh, thereby increasing government income through royalties and taxation, adding significant indirect income via the economic multiplier effect leading to poverty alleviation and sustainable development. Environmental Assessment Category A. Estimated Board date, June 2008. US $300 million (private sector loan, political risk guarantee).
India
Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project
The Project is to construct, operate, and maintain a 4,000 MW coal-fired power plant (5 units of 800 MW each) on a build-own-operate basis, incorporating supercritical technology. Necessary arrangements will be required to bring imported coal to the Project site. These arrangements will include the development of jetty, unloading and handling of imported coal as well as transportation to site. Further, necessary infrastructure, for utilisation of sea-water for in-plant water requirements, will need to be built including intake and discharge location in sea-water intake pipeline and desalination plant. Estimated Board date, April 2008. US$ 750 million (B-loan and private sector loan) Update-April 2008-This project has been approved. Read the story.
India
MFF - Himachal Clean Power Development
The Program combines physical investments in hydroelectric power generating facilities in the state of Himachal Pradesh with nonphysical interventions in capacity development. The physical investments will include construction of hydropower generation facilities, including underground power houses, associated civil works, tunnels, river diversion and power evacuation systems. The capacity development component includes fiduciary oversight and governance, knowledge management, safeguards, procurement, project implementation, supervision, and monitoring capabilities. The scope includes construction of four medium to large hydropower projects, the Sawra Kuddu (111 MW), Integrated Kashang (stage I, II and III totaling 243 MW), Sainj (100 MW) and Shongtong-Karcham (402 MW). All proposed hydropower projects for the Program are run-of-the-river design, with no or small reservoirs. US$800 million (OCR)
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)
Vietnam
MFF - Mong Duong Thermal Power Generation Project
The Project comprises of a 1,000 MW coal-fired thermal power generating station using circulatory fluidized bed (CFB) boiler technology - an advanced clean coal technology. The commissioning of the Project is in 2012. Common facilities for the next phase of the power plant will also be included within the project scope. These facilities will support the expansion of Mong Duong thermal power complex through the construction of 1,000-1,2000 MW Mong Duong 2 thermal power project which is under formulation, and is aimed for commissioning by 2013 or 2014. Mong Duong 2 is to be built under a build-operate transfer (BOT) arrangement by the private sector. The project will also provide appropriate institutional and technical capacity building, particularly in circulatory fluidized bed boiler technology and operation. US$930.71 (OCR)
Viet Nam
Song Bung 4 Hydropower
Project
The Project consists of the construction of a 156 megawatt (MW) hydropower plant in the Vu Gia-Thu Bon river basin in Quang Nam province, Central Viet Nam. A dam (110 meters [m] high Roller Compacted Concrete [RCC] with a crest length of 367 m) will be built across the Song Bung river forming a reservoir having a surface area of 15.8 square kilometers (km2) at a full supply level of 222.5 m above sea level. Water from the reservoir will be conveyed through a 3.1 km long tunnel to the power station and released along a short tailrace canal to the Song Bung river about 5 km downstream of the dam. Estimated Board date, August 2008. US$195 million (OCR)
Vietnam
O Mon 4 Thermal Power Project - Project 1
O Mon III and IV Combined Cycle Project
O Mon 4 Thermal Power Project 2
This proposed Project has two components: (i) the construction of the 750 megawatt (MW) O Mon IV thermal power plant by Viet Nam Electricity (EVN) using ADB's ordinary capital resource financing in 2009; and (ii) constructing the 750 MW O Mon II thermal power plant by the private sector developer following transparent and competitive tender process. The O Mon power complex is planned to have a total installed generating capacity of 2,800 MW and its construction is planned on the basis of phased construction of four separate power plants (600 MW O Mon I, 750 MW O Mon II, 750 MW O Mon III and 750 MW O Mon IV) at the power complex. O Mon I is currently under construction with assistance from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation. O Mon III will now be financed by ADB together with O Mon IV in 2009. All four power plants will ultimately be operated as a combined cycle power plant. US$800 million (OCR)
