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Chinese Government provides grant for 2MW Bankasoka Hydropower Plant in Port Loko District (Linked to Record ID#2258, #22211)

Commitment Year•2011Country of Activity•Sierra LeoneDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Sierra LeoneSector•EnergyFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Mar 1, 2011
Start (actual)
Apr 5, 2012
End (actual)
Dec 12, 2017

Geospatial footprint

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This project involved the construction of a mini hydropower dam in Bankasoka near Port Loko in the North West Province. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/675008335.

Stakeholders

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

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Sierra Leone

Implementing agencies

State-owned companies

  • Hunan Construction Engineering Group Co., Ltd.

Loan desecription

Chinese Government provides grant for 2MW Bankasoka Hydropower Plant in Port Loko District (Linked to Record ID#2258, #22211)

Narrative

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Project narrative

In March 2011, the Chinese Embassy in Sierra Leone reported that Chinese Ambassador Kuang Weilin and Sierra Leonean Minister of Energy and Water Resource Prof. Ogunlade R. Davidson signed an agreement in which the Chinese Government agreed to provide a grant to build a mini hydropower dam in Bankasoka near Port Loko in the North West Province. The monetary value of this grant commitment is unknown. Hunan Constructing Engineering Group Corporation, a Chinese state-owned company, was the contractor responsible for implementation. It signed a construction contract in December 2011. Then, in April 2012, the construction began. In November 2016, the Sierra Leonean Ministry of Energy reported that the project was completed. On December 12, 2017, the hydro power plant was officially commissioned with two other similar hydro dams in Charlotte and Makali (see Record ID#2258, #22211).

Staff comments

The Chinese project title is 波特洛科水电站. Sierra Leone's annual budget report (2014-2017) identifies China Eximbank as the funder and UNIDO and the Government of Sierra Leone as the co-financiers. However, it seems unlikely that China Eximbank is the funder given that this project was funded with a grant.