Transmission Development Project

closed

Closed

The Transmission Development Project, will support the country's Government program of power sector reform, and privatization, by addressing the requirements of the transmission, and dispatch sub-sectors. Project components include: 1) investments, consisting of augmentations at five main grid substations, and grid system reactive compensation; supply and installation of grid system metering to enable the measurement of power supplied to unbundled distribution companies; and, the establishment of a new National Control Center with Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), and Energy Management System (EMS) facilities, including associated communications requirements. Grid distance protection relays will be replaced, to be specifically determined following the power system planning study, and, a management information system for the Transmission and System Operation Company (TransysCo), will be supplied and installed; 2) technical assistance, designed to establish, and operate the new TransysCo, will develop transmission, and system operations related to secondary regulations. Additionally, the operation of a wholesale power market will be established. Training programs will enhance managerial, legal, technical, and financial capabilities, covering the areas of sector regulation, financial management, social, and environmental issues, and technical aspects on transmission maintenance, and system operation; and, 3) the establishment of an environment, resettlement, and social unit, funded to support monitoring, and evaluation of project related environmental, and social issues, including the program for HIV/AIDS prevention.

FY17 - Energy and Extractives

World Bank Group

Project

Power Transmission, Power Generation (CCGT), Government, Commercial