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Detail of GEF Project #1361
| GEF Project ID | 1361 |
| Funding Source | GEF Trust Fund |
| Project Name | Generation and Delivery of Renewable Energy Based Modern Energy Services in Cuba; the case of Isla de la Juventud |
| Country | Cuba |
| Region | Latin America and Caribbean |
| Focal Area | Climate Change |
| Operational Program | 6 |
| Pipeline Entry Date | 2001-08-01 |
| PDF-B Approval Date | 2001-08-01 |
| Approval Date | 2003-11-21 |
| CEO Endorsement Date | 2005-03-21 |
| GEF Agency Approval Date | 2005-06-23 |
| Project Completion Date | 2011-12-01 |
| Project Status | Under Implementation |
| GEF Agency | UNEP |
| Executing Agency | UNIDO, GEPROP, Campania Fiduciaria |
| Description | At pipeline entry: Pilot projects for repowering diesel mini-grids with biomass (primarily from citrus fruit) will be conducted on the Isla de la Juventud, followed by replication to the Cuban mainland and the Caribbean region. Other renewable energy sources besides biomass may comprise part of the project. At WP entry: Capacity building measures on a national and local level should create the enabling environment for large private sector involvement into renewable energy supply in Cuba. They are accompanied by the demonstration of business models for renewable energy services and sustainable wood fuel production. Including one demonstration wind project. |
| Implementation Status | The project has been initiated and technical capacity building activities are taking place. Study tours and training workshops have been held to sensitize policy makers and experts on new biomass and wind technologies that will be introduced in Cuba. ADEME, a French agency dealing with financing of renewable energy projects has begun collaborating with the project team to enhance local capacities to set up a Risk and Replication Fund envisaged under the project. The biomass technology implementation is starting with a small test unit at 50 kW that can also later be used to cofuel the diesel distributed generation capacity in Cuba. The Cuban government has installed 1.5 MW of wind power (10% of total diesel capacity) on the island already and it is now being commissioned. Expansion of wind power on the island is being pursued. |
| PDF B Amount | 325,000 USD |
| GEF Project Grant | 5,337,000 USD |
| GEF Grant | 5,662,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total | 10,504,000 USD |
| Project Cost | 16,166,000 USD |
| GEF Agency Fees | 382,000 USD |
| GEF Project (CEO Endo.) | 5,337,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total (CEO Endo.) | 10,704,000 USD |
| Project Cost (CEO Endo.) | 16,366,000 USD |
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