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General Description:
The project is a new run-of-river hydroelectric plant of 16.8 MW that will
use part of the
hydraulic infrastructure left without damage after a
landslide destroyed an existing
hydropower Plant at this location. The
project will be located 80 km by road from the main
urban center (La Paz
City) in the middle portion of the Zongo River Valley. The basin
extends
north, with its origin in the eastern region of the Andes, in the La Paz
Department
of Bolivia, and is part of the Amazon Basin. The project will
consist of a low head unit with
a capacity of 6.4 MW and an average
generation of 33 GWh/year and a high head unit
with 10.4 MW of capacity and
an average generation of 47 GWh/year, making a total of 80
GWh/year.
Project lifetime:
40
years
Accreditation period:
21
years.
Baseline and Monitoring Methodology:
Approved consolidated baseline methodology reference number assigned by the
CDM
executive board: ACM0002/ version 06, sectoral scope: 01, 19 may 2006
Estimated Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Reductions:
Annual: 38,160 tCO2e
Up
to a period of 7 years: 267,120 tCO2e
Up
to a period of 10 years: 381,600 tCO2e
Up
to a period of 14 years: 534,240 tCO2e
Up
to a period of 21 years: 801,360 tCO2e
Project Benefits:
The construction of the project will displace fossil-fueled generating
facilities, reducing the
emission of greenhouse gases that would be emitted
in absence of the project.
The construction of the project will create jobs in the project area.
Large capital investment will be injected to the Bolivian economy due to the
development
of the project.
Increased training capacities in the technical personnel.
The Bolivian Power Company Limited (COBEE, by its abbreviation) maintains
existent forest
in the watershed to conserve the hydrological conditions and
reduce soil erosion.
Total Project cost estimate:
Development Costs: 0.6 US$ million
Construction Direct Costs: 15.0 US$ million
Construction Indirect Costs: 1.0 US$ million
Total: 16.6 US$ million
Current Status:
The Project Design Document is under the validation process and the National
Approval
Letter was requested.
Contact Information:
Compañía Boliviana de Energía Eléctrica S.A. (COBEE)
Mr.
Hector Baldivieso
Phone: +591-2-2782530
hector.baldivieso@cobee.com
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