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| TA Name | Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Development in PRC | |||
| Country | China,People'sRep.of | |||
| Project Number | 43356- 01 | |||
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| Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy |
The proposed capacity development technical assistance (TA) is directly relevant to the country partnership strategy (CPS) for the PRC and has a good fit with it. ADB's CPS for the PRC has emphasized promoting environmentally sustainable development and inclusive growth. ADB's operational strategy aims at inclusive economic growth in an efficient, equitable, and sustainable manner. In its long-term strategic framework 2008¿2020 (Strategy 2020), ADB has identified energy sector as a core operational sector and achieving environmental sustainability as a strategic priority.
The proposed TA is the first ADB intervention in this renewable technology segment of clean energy. It will address the relatively weak interventions for solar power development. The proposed TA will build on ADB's past and recent complementary interventions in the areas of climate change mitigation such as¿(i) renewable energy¿wind, biomass; (ii) clean coal technologies¿integrated gasification combined cycle and carbon capture and storage; (iii) energy efficiency etc. The proposed TA is aligned with the Government's priority on energy-saving and environmental protection by seeking a more balanced and diversified energy mix with strong emphasis on renewable energies. |
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| Impact | The TA impact will be accelerated deployment of concentrating solar power (CSP) technology in PRC by 2012. | |||
| Outcome | The outcome will be lowered technology risks and capacity barriers for CSP. | |||
| Outputs and Timeframe | The main outputs of the TA will be to (i) develop a road map for CSP demonstration and deployment in Gansu and Qinghai; (ii) identify, design, procure and implement a MW-scale (1-1.5 MW) CSP plant in the PRC; (iii) shortlisting of potential large-scale CSP plants in Gansu and Qinghai in order of priorities and pre-feasibility assessment of priority CSP plant(s); and (iv) capacity assessment and strengthening in all aspects of CSP plants demonstration and deployment. | |||
| Geographical Location | Gansu and Qinghai Provinces. | |||
| Summary of Environmental and Social Issues | Being an advisory TA, its implementation will not have major environment and social impacts. However, the detailed environment impact assessment for the pilot project shall be carried out during the TA implementation to ensure its compliance with the ADB safeguard policies. | |||
| Stakeholder Participation and Consultation | Consultations have been conducted with the New Energy Research Institution and CHEC. Detailed discussions were also held with the New and Renewable Energy Department of National Energy Administration. The TA is included in the country assistance pipeline as a 2009 standby TA and can be implemented within 2009, subject to availability of funds. | |||
| Procurement | ||||
| Consulting Services | ADB will engage international and national consultants, according to its Guidelines on the Use of Consultants by Asian Development Bank and its Borrower. A simplified technical proposal will be requested by ADB and consultants will be recruited using the quality- and cost-based selection method. An estimated total of 50 person-months of consulting services will be required: 10 person-months for international consultants and 40 person-months for national consultants. The international consultants will have expertise in (i) CST technology and strategy development, (ii) technical areas of CST power plants, and (iii) financial modeling and analysis. The national consultants will have expertise similar to the international experts and will have in-depth knowledge and expertise in PRC on these areas. In addition, the national experts will include experts in key technical areas of (i) reflector optical design, (ii) structural design, (iii) automatic tracking system, (iv) thermal storage system design, and (v) a system integrator. The national consultants' team will also include an energy economist and a coordinator. In addition, to support the consultants' team in the pilot project implementation and pre-feasibility assessment of demonstration project, two safeguard experts in the areas of environment and social development are included. The international CST expert will be the team leader and the national system integrator will be the co-team leader. They together will coordinate the activities of all consultants. The national coordinator will assist the PMO established in the EA with key TA administrative tasks to ensure that the TA implementation is smooth. The team leader and co-team leader will manage consulting team and its interaction with the EA, ADB and stakeholders. | |||
| Responsible ADB Officer |
Ashok Bhargava |
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| Responsible ADB Department |
East Asia Department |
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| Responsible ADB Division |
Energy Division, EARD |
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| Executing Agencies |
China Huadian Engineering Co. Ltd. (CHEC) Li Heping lihp@chec.com.cn South Gate,No. 91,North Road Xi San Huan Beijing 100048, P.R. China +86 10 51966487 |
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| Timetable | ||||
| Concept Clearance | 24 Sep 2009 | |||
| Fact-finding | 12 Oct 2009 to 16 Oct 2009 | |||
| Approval | I Dec 2009 | |||
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