Narrative
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Project narrative
On 29 November 2011, the National Electric Power Company of Ecuador (CELEC) and Harbin Electric (formerly Harbin Power Station Engineering) signed a contract for the second phase of Esmeralda II, a 96MW Thermal Power Plant in Quito (also referred to as Termoesmeraldas). The project was funded through a 2011 China Development Bank loan of $2,052,360,403.03 (Record ID#35930), specifically through the $1.4 billion discretionary component (Tranche A; Record ID#69319). The loan terms of Tranche A have been applied to this project. The total contract cost of the project is worth $101.4 million. A source from the General Secretariat of Communication of the Presidency states that the loan from CDB covered 70% of the total cost, implying the CDB loan covered approximately $70.98 million USD. On 1 February 2012, construction began on the project. The project is located 7.5 kilometers from the capital of the province of Esmeralda on the northwest coast of the country. Esmeraldas II (also called the Esmeraldas II Fuel Oil-Fired Complex) began operating in August 2014, before work was completed. On 5 August 2014, then-president of Ecuador Rafael Correa presided over the inauguration of the Esmeraldas II Thermal Power Plant.
Staff comments
1. This project is funded through Tranche A of the 2011 $2 billion CDB loan (Record ID#69319). To prevent double-counting, the transaction amount field is left empty. Funding for this project is included in the amount captured in Record ID#69319.