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Chinese Government provides $3.23 million loan for 1.5MW Grabniki Wind Farm Construction Project (Linked to Record ID#66941)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$3,670,886
Commitment Year•2011Country of Activity•BelarusDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•BelarusSector•EnergyFlow Type•Loan

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2011
End (actual)
Apr 29, 2011

Geospatial footprint

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The purpose of this project was to install a wind turbine near the village of Grabniki (Грабники) in Novogrudok (Novogrudok) district and Vitebsk region. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/242993127.

Stakeholders

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

Ultimate beneficial owners

At least 25% host country ownership

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

State-owned companies

  • RUE Grodnoenergo

Implementing agencies

Private Sector

  • Huayi Electric Apparatus Group (HEAG)

Loan description

Chinese Government provides $3.23 million loan for 1.5MW Grabniki Wind Farm Construction Project

Interest rate (t₀)•3%Interest type•Fixed Interest Rate

Narrative

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Project narrative

In 2011, the Chinese Government issued a $3.23 million loan to RUE Grodnoenergo (Гродноэнерго) — a state-owned enterprise in Belarus — for the 1.5 MW Grabniki Wind Farm Project. The proceeds of the loan were used by the borrower to finance approximately 85% of the cost of the $3.8 million project. The loan carried a 3% interest rate. RUE Grodnoenergo also made a 15% equity investment in the project. The purpose of the project was to install a 1.5 MW wind turbine (HW82/1500) — with a rotor diameter of 82 meters and a hub height of 81 meters installed at an elevation of about 320 meters — near the village of Grabniki (Грабники) in Novogrudok (Novogrudok) district and Vitebsk region. China Huayi Electric Co., Ltd. was the contractor responsible for implementation. The generator blades were shipped in September 2010. This turbine was put into operation on April 29, 2011. Grodnoenergo now owns and operates the wind turbine. On November 24, 2015, it was announced that China Development Bank approved an $11.8 million loan (captured in Record ID#66941) for an expansion of this wind farm.

Staff comments

The Chinese project title is 白俄罗斯GRODNOENERGO风电场 or 白俄罗斯第一个1.5兆瓦的风力发电设施. The Russian project title is строительство ветропарка «Грабинки» в Гродненской области or ветропарка «Грабинки».