Kenya : First Commercial Financing for Power Plants Made Possible through a Series of IDA Guarantees

The $623 million financing included the first long-term commercial loans for private power plants in Kenya and marked the first time IDA guarantees were issued in support of local investors. The guarantees minimized the government’s contingent liab...

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Main Authors: Kacaniku, Teuta, Izaguirre-Bradley, Karina
Format: Brief
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
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spelling okr-10986-221152021-04-23T14:04:07Z Kenya : First Commercial Financing for Power Plants Made Possible through a Series of IDA Guarantees Kacaniku, Teuta Izaguirre-Bradley, Karina WASTE POWER SECTORS POWER PLANTS ELECTRICITY SECTOR FOSSIL FUELS HEATING FUELS CARBON INCOME ACTIVITIES ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY GENERATION INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY CLEAN ENERGY TRADITIONAL BIOMASS EMISSIONS INCENTIVES POWER SUPPLY GAS PE ENERGY CONSUMERS SOURCE OF ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION OF ENERGY BIOMASS GENERATION CAPACITY ENERGY PAYMENTS CO2 PETROLEUM OIL EMISSION FACTOR POWER GENERATION ENERGY MIX SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FOREST RESIDUES CO2 EMISSIONS GEOTHERMAL PLANT CAPACITY KILOWATT HOUR ENERGY INTENSITY ELECTRIFICATION OPTIONS SOLID FUELS ENERGY RESOURCES PRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY SERVICES RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ENERGY SECTOR GAS EMISSIONS PELLETS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT FUELS FUEL COSTS POWER PRODUCERS CFC ENERGY CONSUMPTION EMISSION GREENHOUSE POWER GENERATION CAPACITY LEAD HEAT CLIMATE CHANGE BALANCE SOURCE OF ENERGY BLACK CARBON ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION ENERGY CHARGES POWER ELECTRICITY CLIMATE HYDROPOWER WORLD ENERGY FOREST PETROLEUM GAS ELECTRICITY TARIFFS REMEDIAL ACTIONS ENVIRONMENT PRIMARY ENERGY ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY DEMAND POWER PRODUCER COMBUSTION INVESTMENT GASEOUS FUELS COAL TARIFF DIESEL FUEL FUEL GLOBAL ENERGY MIX LESS BOTTOM LINE INVESTMENTS METHANE BRIQUETTES HOUSEHOLD ENERGY ENERGY INDUSTRIES LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS RENEWABLE ENERGY ENERGY ACCESS DIESEL POWER OUTAGES FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE HEAT GENERATION PIPELINE FOSSIL HEATING BENEFITS POWER PLANT ENERGY The $623 million financing included the first long-term commercial loans for private power plants in Kenya and marked the first time IDA guarantees were issued in support of local investors. The guarantees minimized the government’s contingent liabilities by limiting its exposure to two to three months of payments and guarantees. They also helped to ensure consistency and predictability in government support for Kenya’s Independent Power Producer Program. Most important, they made possible the construction of 298 MW of critically needed generation capacity. 2015-07-07T18:45:29Z 2015-07-07T18:45:29Z 2015-06 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24730708/kenya-first-commercial-financing-power-plants-made-possible-through-series-ida-guarantees http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22115 English en_US Live Wire, 2015/47 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Africa Kenya
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topic WASTE
POWER SECTORS
POWER PLANTS
ELECTRICITY SECTOR
FOSSIL FUELS
HEATING FUELS
CARBON
INCOME
ACTIVITIES
ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY
GENERATION
INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY
CLEAN ENERGY
TRADITIONAL BIOMASS
EMISSIONS
INCENTIVES
POWER SUPPLY
GAS
PE
ENERGY CONSUMERS
SOURCE OF ELECTRICITY
DISTRIBUTION OF ENERGY
BIOMASS
GENERATION CAPACITY
ENERGY PAYMENTS
CO2
PETROLEUM
OIL
EMISSION FACTOR
POWER GENERATION
ENERGY MIX
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
FOREST RESIDUES
CO2 EMISSIONS
GEOTHERMAL PLANT
CAPACITY
KILOWATT HOUR
ENERGY INTENSITY
ELECTRIFICATION
OPTIONS
SOLID FUELS
ENERGY RESOURCES
PRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY SERVICES
RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES
CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
ENERGY SECTOR
GAS EMISSIONS
PELLETS
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
FUELS
FUEL COSTS
POWER PRODUCERS
CFC
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
EMISSION
GREENHOUSE
POWER GENERATION CAPACITY
LEAD
HEAT
CLIMATE CHANGE
BALANCE
SOURCE OF ENERGY
BLACK CARBON
ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
ENERGY CHARGES
POWER
ELECTRICITY
CLIMATE
HYDROPOWER
WORLD ENERGY
FOREST
PETROLEUM GAS
ELECTRICITY TARIFFS
REMEDIAL ACTIONS
ENVIRONMENT
PRIMARY ENERGY
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY DEMAND
POWER PRODUCER
COMBUSTION
INVESTMENT
GASEOUS FUELS
COAL
TARIFF
DIESEL FUEL
FUEL
GLOBAL ENERGY MIX
LESS
BOTTOM LINE
INVESTMENTS
METHANE
BRIQUETTES
HOUSEHOLD ENERGY
ENERGY INDUSTRIES
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS
RENEWABLE ENERGY
ENERGY ACCESS
DIESEL
POWER OUTAGES
FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
HEAT GENERATION
PIPELINE
FOSSIL
HEATING
BENEFITS
POWER PLANT
ENERGY
spellingShingle WASTE
POWER SECTORS
POWER PLANTS
ELECTRICITY SECTOR
FOSSIL FUELS
HEATING FUELS
CARBON
INCOME
ACTIVITIES
ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY
GENERATION
INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY
CLEAN ENERGY
TRADITIONAL BIOMASS
EMISSIONS
INCENTIVES
POWER SUPPLY
GAS
PE
ENERGY CONSUMERS
SOURCE OF ELECTRICITY
DISTRIBUTION OF ENERGY
BIOMASS
GENERATION CAPACITY
ENERGY PAYMENTS
CO2
PETROLEUM
OIL
EMISSION FACTOR
POWER GENERATION
ENERGY MIX
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
FOREST RESIDUES
CO2 EMISSIONS
GEOTHERMAL PLANT
CAPACITY
KILOWATT HOUR
ENERGY INTENSITY
ELECTRIFICATION
OPTIONS
SOLID FUELS
ENERGY RESOURCES
PRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY SERVICES
RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES
CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
ENERGY SECTOR
GAS EMISSIONS
PELLETS
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
FUELS
FUEL COSTS
POWER PRODUCERS
CFC
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
EMISSION
GREENHOUSE
POWER GENERATION CAPACITY
LEAD
HEAT
CLIMATE CHANGE
BALANCE
SOURCE OF ENERGY
BLACK CARBON
ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
ENERGY CHARGES
POWER
ELECTRICITY
CLIMATE
HYDROPOWER
WORLD ENERGY
FOREST
PETROLEUM GAS
ELECTRICITY TARIFFS
REMEDIAL ACTIONS
ENVIRONMENT
PRIMARY ENERGY
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY DEMAND
POWER PRODUCER
COMBUSTION
INVESTMENT
GASEOUS FUELS
COAL
TARIFF
DIESEL FUEL
FUEL
GLOBAL ENERGY MIX
LESS
BOTTOM LINE
INVESTMENTS
METHANE
BRIQUETTES
HOUSEHOLD ENERGY
ENERGY INDUSTRIES
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS
RENEWABLE ENERGY
ENERGY ACCESS
DIESEL
POWER OUTAGES
FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
HEAT GENERATION
PIPELINE
FOSSIL
HEATING
BENEFITS
POWER PLANT
ENERGY
Kacaniku, Teuta
Izaguirre-Bradley, Karina
Kenya : First Commercial Financing for Power Plants Made Possible through a Series of IDA Guarantees
geographic_facet Africa
Kenya
relation Live Wire, 2015/47
description The $623 million financing included the first long-term commercial loans for private power plants in Kenya and marked the first time IDA guarantees were issued in support of local investors. The guarantees minimized the government’s contingent liabilities by limiting its exposure to two to three months of payments and guarantees. They also helped to ensure consistency and predictability in government support for Kenya’s Independent Power Producer Program. Most important, they made possible the construction of 298 MW of critically needed generation capacity.
format Brief
author Kacaniku, Teuta
Izaguirre-Bradley, Karina
author_facet Kacaniku, Teuta
Izaguirre-Bradley, Karina
author_sort Kacaniku, Teuta
title Kenya : First Commercial Financing for Power Plants Made Possible through a Series of IDA Guarantees
title_short Kenya : First Commercial Financing for Power Plants Made Possible through a Series of IDA Guarantees
title_full Kenya : First Commercial Financing for Power Plants Made Possible through a Series of IDA Guarantees
title_fullStr Kenya : First Commercial Financing for Power Plants Made Possible through a Series of IDA Guarantees
title_full_unstemmed Kenya : First Commercial Financing for Power Plants Made Possible through a Series of IDA Guarantees
title_sort kenya : first commercial financing for power plants made possible through a series of ida guarantees
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24730708/kenya-first-commercial-financing-power-plants-made-possible-through-series-ida-guarantees
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