session 7 - micro hydro debt fund
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Presentations from the Workshop on Sharing Business Models and Scaling up Mini Grids in Asia and Pacific, 6-7 February 2013TRANSCRIPT
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Nepals Micro Hydro Debt Fund at a GlanceSurya K. SapkotaAssistant Director, AEPC &
Manu Binod AryalCredit Officer, NRREP/AEPC
07 February 20131
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Outline Background Objective of MHDF General Features Targets Funds Flow
Status of MHDF Lessons Learned
Q&A2
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Background High commercial rate for MHPs Mismatch between banks fund and long term loan
Security of loan and project High administration cost No accessibility of the MHP communities to
financial services3
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Objective of the MHDF To improve the access to energy of the rural population
by providing credit for rural micro hydro projects. The fund will demonstrate that lending to the rural micro
hydro sector can be profitable and managed by interested financial institutions as a commercially sustainable business
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GIZ/EnDEV (German/Deutsch collaboration), NORAD has alsojoined
General Features
Euro 500,000 fund for soft loan to MHPs Additional 42,000 Euro (TA) for capacity building of local institutions, AEPC and rural communities Selection of two banks (CEDBL, HBL)
Additional Euro 600,000 fund (+ 50,000 Euro for TA) available Up to 40% debt financing possible Pure project financing approach5
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General Features..
Banks pay nominal interest (3.5 -5%) to AEPC,quarterly
Risk sharing is 50/50 between the fund and the banks
Maximum 12% permissible while lending The fund itself is in the form of a deposit Field trips sponsorships, capacity building possible Support to Projects from 10-100kW6
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Major Targets
416 kW of additionally generated electricity 3,500 households benefit19,000 individuals benefit
6,500 people in social infrastructure 600 people benefitting from productive end uses
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Fund Flow ModalityGIZ/ Germany
GoN
AEPC REF-CREF BANK 2 LFIs
BANK 1 LFIs
ESAP II/RERL
NRREP
MHPs
MHPs8
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Status of MHDF Two banks selected (CEDBL/HBL) Euro 150,000 disbursed equally
Around Euro 284,000 (Rs. 32.67 M) approved (14 MHPs) Around 270,000 (Rs. 31.10 M) under assessment (12projects)
About 7,000 HH will benefit
Over 75 end use activities will benefit9
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Lessons Learned Public land as a collateral is a problem Time taken for assessment is the deterrent factor
for the banks More training and capacity building needed Fulfilling documentary requirement by MHPUC is lengthy Hence, assessment by banks is lengthy More banks need to be inducted10
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Thank Youfor Your Kind AttentionFor More information: www.aepc.gov.np
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