Project ID: 32516

Chinese Government provides grant for Solar Streetlight Project

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Morocco

Sector

Energy (Code: 230)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2012-01-01

Actual complete

2017-06-05

Geography

Description

In November 2009, at the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation held in Egypt, Premier Wen Jiabao announced eight new measures for assistance to Africa, including addressing climate change and strengthening China-Africa cooperation in the field of renewable energy. Then, in order to implement one of these measures, the Chinese Ambassador to Morocco, Xu Jinghu, and the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Energy, Minerals, Water and Environment of the Kingdom of Morocco, Mohammed Yahya Zniber, signed letters of exchange regarding to the Solar Streetlight Project on February 8, 2012. This project involved the provision and installation of 300 sets of solar powered streetlights and auxiliary equipment in the Ain El-Beida commune within the city of Fez. The project was reportedly completed in April 2013. However, a project handover certificate was not issued until June 5, 2017.

Additional details

The Chinese project title is 太阳能照明设备项目. The French project title is le projet d'éclairage solaire.

Number of official sources

6

Number of total sources

8

Download the dataset

Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Moroccan Ministry of Energy, Minerals, Water and Environment [Government Agency]