Project ID: 60594

China Grants Gabon 5 million RMB for solar energy project

Commitment amount

$ 888482.0085570521

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 888482.01

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China Ministry of Commerce [Government Agency]

Recipient

Gabon

Sector

Energy (Code: 230)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

Yes

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

Implementation (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2016-07-28

Actual start

2016-04-01

Description

On July 28, 2016, Gabon's Ministry of Economy, Employment, and Sustainable Development signed an agreement with China's Ministry of Commerce to receive a grant of 5 million RMB to fund Gabon's Solar Energy Lighting Project. The grant is part of an economic and technical cooperation agreement China and Gabon signed on April 21, 2010. The objective of the project is to provide electricity to more of Gabon's citizens, particularly in villages. Chinese state owned company Poly Solar Technologies is responsible for the implementation of the project and began construction in April 2016. As of July 30, 2016, they installed 16 solar kits for public lighting, 35 solar kits of 300Wp, and 5 solar kits of 720Wp. The current status of this project is unknown.

Number of official sources

2

Number of total sources

3

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Implementing agencies [Type]

Poly Solar Technologies (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (Poly New Energy Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.) [Private Sector]