Overview

CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Limited (CPGL) and PowerChina donate 130 solar-lights and 8 flood lights to Guyana’s Moraikobai community in September 2022 (Linked to Record ID#99975)

Commitment Year•2022Country of Activity•GuyanaSector•EnergyFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Sep 1, 2022

Start (actual): Nov 21, 2022

End (actual): Dec 1, 2022

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The purpose of this project was to donate 130 solar-lights and 8 flood lights to Guyana’s Moraikobai American Indian Village. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/16793401

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

State-owned companies

Sinohydro Corporation Limited

Loan description

CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Limited (CPGL) and PowerChina donate 130 solar-lights and 8 flood lights to Guyana’s Moraikobai community in September 2022 (Linked to Record ID#99975)

Narrative

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Project narrative

In September 2022, CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Limited (CPGL) and PowerChina pledged to donate and install 116 solar street lights to Moraikobai American Indian Village. The purpose of the donation was to help with the lack of lighting facilities in the community. The monetary value of this donation is unknown. On November 21, engineers of PowerChina arrived to install the lights and provide skill training to the local villagers. On December 10, 2022, there was a completion ceremony for a total of 130 solar street lamps and 8 flood lights installed in Moraikobai. The ceremony was attended by Ambassador Guo Haiyan, Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Mr Vickram Bharrat, and other officials from the Ministry of Education and Region 5.