FP044

Tina River Hydropower Development Project

Tina River Hydropower Development Project

  • Status Under implementation
  • Date approved 06 Apr 2017 at B.16
  • Est. completion 22 Nov 2026
  • ESS Category Category A

A hydropower facility to transit power system in Solomon Islands from diesel generated to clean and renewable energy.

Universal grid-connected electricity supply is a major challenge across the 90 Solomon Island’s inhabited islands. The electrification rate is only around 45%, and many rural areas served by small PV panels, whilst the state-owned power utility SIEA is almost entirely dependent upon diesel generators for supply to the capital. The Solomon Islands seeks to greatly increase access to reliable electricity supply, doubling the number of households supplied by SIEA by 2021, whilst also increasing the use of renewable energy to 50% by 2020.

The Tina River Hydropower Development Project (TRHDP) will respond to these goals with a 15MW installation providing 65% of electricity demand for the capital Honiara by the online date of 2022.  It will lower the cost of electricity supply, and diversify generation capacity towards clean, renewable sources. TRHDP will provide the Solomon Islands with reservoir capacity, giving flexibility to the power system to enable higher penetration of PV power without the need for large and expensive energy storage or diesel generators. It can provide a replicable model for other Pacific SIDS to use hydropower to balance variable solar power.

The Green Climate Fund will support the development by providing a USD 70 million loan over 40 years to finance a portion of the debt of the project company for the hydropower plant development. It will also provide a grant of USD 16 million to co-finance the construction of an access road to the site.

The project has an estimated lifespan of 50 years.

Total project value

 

Tonnes of emissions avoided

 

Beneficiaries

 

Direct
180,000
Theme

Cross-cutting

Result areas

Project timeline

Pipeline

30 Sep 2016 - 189 days

Funding proposal received

30 Sep 2016

Approved

06 Apr 2017 - 961 days

Approved by GCF Board

06 Apr 2017

Cleared by iTAP

06 Apr 2017

Legal opinion on AE's Internal Approval

15 Feb 2019

FAA executed

29 Jul 2019

Under implementation

22 Nov 2019 - 1,787 days so far

FAA effective

22 Nov 2019

Disbursement - USD 70,000,000

06 Dec 2019

Disbursement - USD 8,000,000

06 Dec 2019

To be completed

22 Nov 2026 - 772 days to go

One region

  • Asia-Pacific

One country

Two priority groups

  • Least Developed Countries
  • Small Island Developing States
USD  
  • Financing
    • Private sector
    • Public sector
  • Size
    • Micro
    • Small
    • Medium
    • Large

GCF financing91% disbursed

InstrumentAmount
LoanUSD 70,000,000
GrantUSD 16,000,000
Total GCF Financing
USD 86,000,000

Co-financing

Co-financerInstrumentAmount
Co-FinancingEquityUSD 10,800,000
Co-FinancingLoanUSD 18,000,000
Co-FinancingGrantUSD 12,000,000
Co-FinancingLoanUSD 31,600,000
Co-FinancingGrantUSD 1,400,000
Co-FinancingGrantUSD 20,750,000
Co-FinancingGrantUSD 12,700,000
Co-FinancingLoanUSD 33,630,000
Co-FinancingLoanUSD 15,000,000
Total Co-Financing
USD 155,880,000

GCF Contacts

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Project complaints and grievances

GCF Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM)
Phone +82 32 458 6186 (KST)
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Integrity issues

GCF Independent Integrity Unity (IIU)
Phone +82 32 458 6714 (KST)
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Accredited Entity

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and International Development Association
Mr. Zhihong Zhang
Primary

Senior Carbon Finance Specialist
The World Bank 1818 H Street, NW MSN MC3-309 Washington DC 20433 USA, Washington, United States
More contacts

National Designated Authority

Solomon Islands
Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology
Ms. Susan Sulu Primary
Secretary
Mr. Barnabas Bago Operational focal point
Mr. Chanel Iroi Operational focal point

News + Stories

GCF and World Bank kick off hydropower project in Solomon Islands

02 Aug 2019 / The Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the World Bank have signed an agreement to implement the Tina River Hydropower Development Project to help the Solomon Islands transition from diesel-generated to clean, renewable energy. The signing of the Funded Activity Agreement (FAA) enables GCF to begin transferring USD 86 million in climate financing to the World Bank for this USD 234 million project which is expected to provide a clean and reliable source of electricity in the capital, Honiara, by 2024.