Overview

Chinese Government provides CFA 3.4 billion grant for 4MW Bazega Solar Power Plant Construction Project

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$5,653,944

Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•Burkina FasoDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Burkina FasoSector•EnergyFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Pipeline: Commitment

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Oct 22, 2021

Geospatial footprint

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The project was a 3.4 billion grant for 4MW Bazega Solar Power Plant Construction Project, located in Bazèga, Burkina Faso. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/2868361

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 Ecology and Environment

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Burkina Faso Ministry of Energy

Implementing agencies

NGO/CSO/Foundations

Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO)

Loan desecription

Chinese Government provides CFA 3.4 billion grant for 4MW Bazega Solar Power Plant Construction Project

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Project narrative

On October 22, 2021, Li Jian, the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Burkina Faso and Ismaël Ouédraogo, the Minister of Energy for Burkina Faso signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to provide CFA 3.4 billion of grant funding for the construction of a 4MW solar power plant in Bazega. It was estimated at the time that this power plant would improve living conditions for 20,000 households. The source of grant funding for the project is Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China.