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General info | ||
Intended size | 647.5 ha | |
Size under contract (leased or purchased area) |
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Size in operation (production) |
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Comment on land area | According to ADB's Annual Environmental & Social Monitoring Report (2020-2021), the total required land for the project is 1600 acres and have acquired 92%, 1487 acres as of the report. They also noted that none of the acquired area has been agricultural land
Size in operation is based on the RS polygon files | |
Intention of investment |
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Comment on intention of investment | Solar Energy
The proposed investment will enable AEPL to expand its solar photovoltaic (PV) operating and under construction generation capacity from 593 megawatts (MW) as of December 2018 to 1,991 MW operating capacity by March 2023. | Solar PV Plant 350 MW |
Carbon offset project | Yes | |
Comment on carbon offset project | According to website, there is a 3.637 MMT CO2 Mitigation due to the project | |
Nature of the deal | Outright purchase, Lease | |
Comment on nature of the deal | The land in use is either leased or bought amongst the affected landowners | |
Negotiation status |
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Comment on negotiation status | In February 2019, the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved an equity investment of $25 million from ordinary capital resources (OCR) and equity investment of $25 million from the Leading Asiaβs Private Infrastructure (LEAP) Fund administered by ADB in to Avaada Energy Private Limited (AEPL). | |
Implementation status |
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Comment on implementation status | as of 2020 ADB EIA report, the project is under construction
Commissioning date was March 2023, confirmed also via RS analysis | |
Employment | ||
Comment on jobs created (total) | Although there is no direct number stated to employment, ADB EIA report stated in page 90 that the project generates employees for the project | |
Comment on jobs created (domestic) | As per our commitment during village level stakeholder consultations, we have engaged semiskilled/unskilled Labours in our projects through contractors/sub-contractors. Also, the procurement of all the basic amenity requirements is done locally. | |
Investor info | ||
Local communities / indigenous peoples | ||
Comment on communities / indigenous peoples affected | The company's site selection process for projects typically avoids indigenous peoples' land or areas and none of the subprojects owned by the company are located on indigenous peoples' land. Hence related issues and impacts are not envisaged. | |
Community consultation | Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) | |
Comment on consultation of local community | ADB PDS of project stipulates that the company buys or leases lands for its projects. " Land is purchased through negotiated settlement with individual landowners, and in some cases leased from existing solar park estates on a long-term basis, on mutually agreed terms." | |
Community reaction | Consent | |
Presence of land conflicts | No | |
Comment on displacement of people | The respective project sites have been selected in such a manner that it does not involve any vulnerable community land and no displacement of people (including indigenous people). [ADB, 2020] | |
Comment on negative impacts for local communities | "We did not have any significant negative impact on local communities at any of our locations and there were no cases of physical or economic displacement of local people at any of our project sites" - ADB EIA Report | |
Promised compensation (e.g. for damages or resettlements) | ADB reports state that the local community was consulted either buying or leasing agreements amongst local land owners | |
Received compensation (e.g. for damages or resettlements) | AADB EIA 2020-2021 report stated that a total of 125 land plots had been acquired, including the payment as well | |
Former use | ||
Former land owner | Private (smallholders), Community | |
Former land use | Smallholder agriculture, Shifting cultivation | |
Former land cover | Cropland, Pasture | |
Produce info | ||
Electricity generation |
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Water | ||
Gender-related info | ||
Overall comment | ||
Meta | ||
Fully updated | No | Yes |
Locations | ||
Location #1r6_aUak | ||
areas | unknown field | |
Spatial accuracy level | Country | Coordinates |
Location | Noorsar, Rajasthan, India | |
Point | Lat: 28.28266 Lng: 73.24448 | |
Facility name | Avaada Solar Project | |
Data sources | ||
Data source #lG8OxivX | ||
Url | ||
Publication title | India : Avaada Solar Project: Project Data Sheet | |
Date | 2020-03-27 | |
Data source #hxBiwL_K | ||
File | ||
nid | unknown field | |
Type | Company sources | |
Url | ||
Keep PDF not public | No | |
Publication title | Renewable Energy projects in India: Bikaner Rajasthan | |
Date | 2023 | |
Organisation | Avaada Group | |
Data source #LJOEgqIy | ||
File | ||
nid | unknown field | |
Type | Company sources | |
Url | ||
Keep PDF not public | No | |
Publication title | Bikaner (Avaadd) solar farm | |
Date | 2023-12-02 | |
Organisation | GemWiki | |
Data source #t4MkqjNP | ||
File | ||
nid | unknown field | |
Type | Company sources | |
Url | ||
Keep PDF not public | No | |
Publication title | India : Avaada Solar Phase 2 Project - PDS | |
Date | 2020-09-30 | |
Organisation | Asian Development Bank | |
Data source #9SdBoZUo | ||
File | ||
nid | unknown field | |
Type | Company sources | |
Url | ||
Keep PDF not public | No | |
Publication title | Avaada Solar Phase 2 Project: Environmental and Social Monitoring Report (April 2020-March 2021) | |
Date | 2021-08 | |
Organisation | Asian Development Bank | |
Data source #SKiq56VC | ||
File | ||
nid | unknown field | |
Type | Company sources | |
Url | ||
Keep PDF not public | No | |
Publication title | Avaada Energy Private Limited Avaada Solar Project and Avaada Solar Phase 2 Project (India) - Extended Annual Report | |
Date | 2022-03 | |
Organisation | Asian Development Bank | |
Contracts |