Kom Ombo Solar Power

Objectif officiel

The objective is to support the construction of a concentrated solar power plant and associated infrastructure in Upper Egypt. The project comprises a 70-100 MW concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant and associated infrastructure in Upper Egypt. The Project was presented by Egypt as part of the MENA CSP Scale-up Clean technology Fund (CTF) investment plan that has received endoresement from CTF Trust Fund Commitee in December 2009. The project is proposed to be implemented by the New and Renewable Energy Agency (NREA). 6/7/10. At CMU's request and cleared with SM & TTL, Board approval date advanced from 10/27/11 to 6/28/11. The Government, in its letter of May 18, 2010, has requested for a Clean Technology Fund Loan of $100M. 6/15/10. SM has agreed with CMU that this operation should be FY12 instead of FY11. 11/23, 2010. The Board date has been changed to November 28, 2011 because of a delay in the feasibility study. (change requested by TTL. 12/1/10. Minutes of the concept review mtg held on September 27, 2010, issued today. The review discussed the risk ratings of the project and agreed to a rating of MI for preparation and implementation. The proposed ratings are somewhat more stringent than those proposed by the IL Risk Team on the account of having a project implementing agency which has no recent experience in preparing and implementing World Bank-financed projects. The risks will be reviewed during project preparation ad revised, if appropriate. The review agreed to process the project following track Track 2 ("regular lane"), with an appraisal decision to be made at the level of the Regional Operations Committee as required for all CTF supported projects. 3/31/11. According to TTL, authorization to appraise slipped from 8/11/11 to 1/17/12 and Board approval from 11/28/11 to 4/26/12. The preparation of the feasibility study is delayed because of unrest in Egypt. 6/8/11. According to SM, CCTF amount. 9/28/11. Board approval date is likely to slip to FY13. EIA funded through African Development Bank is unlikely to be ready for disclosure before end-April. Since this is category A project, Pelosi Amendments require 120 days disclosure before Board. 9/29/11. We are now expecting delays due to factors outside of our control. In particular, the ESIA financed by the AfDB has just been advertised for EOIs last week (despite our attempts to push AfDB and NREA). This means that the actual work may not start before late January and we are unlikely to have a disclosable ESIA before April. This would make Board presentation very unlikely this FY as this a category A project (for which we as a rule try to meet the Pelosi amendment requirement of 120 days disclosure of ESIA before Board) but we should have CTF presentation and appraisal this FY. Following CMU's response, Board approval date postponed from 4/26/12 to end-June 2012 (SAP does not allow any June forecast Board dates unless late FY12) with probability of delivery in FY/Qtr as C/C. 3/1/12. Furth

Texte publié par le bailleur, en anglais. Il décrit une intention au moment de l’approbation, pas un résultat obtenu.

Calendrier

Financement

Engagement actuel

170 000 000 dollars

Dont Banque internationale pour la reconstruction et le développement (BIRD)

170 000 000 dollars

Coût total déclaré du projet

525 000 000 dollars

Instrument

Prêt d’investissement spécifique

Montants en dollars des États-Unis, tels que publiés par la Banque mondiale. L’engagement actuel inclut les financements additionnels et les annulations. Ce sont des montants engagés, pas décaissés.

Place de l’énergie

100 % du projet relève des secteurs de l’énergie, selon la ventilation déclarée par le bailleur. L’énergie en est l’objet principal.

• Biomasse 25 %
• Géothermie 25 %
• Énergie solaire 25 %
• Énergie éolienne 25 %

Thèmes

• Énergie solaire (Solaire en Égypte) : « solar » figure dans l’intitulé.

Documents officiels

• Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet 6 décembre 2010, en anglais
• Document d’information sur le projet 23 novembre 2010, en arabe
• Document d’information sur le projet 23 novembre 2010, en anglais