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Overview

China Grants Gabon 5 million RMB for solar energy project

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$820,700
Commitment Year•2016Country of Activity•GabonSector•EnergyFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Implementation

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jul 28, 2016
Start (actual)
Apr 1, 2016

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

  • China Ministry of Commerce

Implementing agencies

Private Sector

  • Poly Solar Technologies (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (Poly New Energy Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.)

Loan desecription

China Grants Gabon 5 million RMB for solar energy project

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

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.