Hydropower Strengthening Project

Country, Site Republic of Honduras, Cortés
Project Outline The objective of this project is to contribute to the sustainable economic development through improved stableness of electricity supply, and the mitigation of the negative effects of climate change through ensuring and strengthening the electric generation capacity through renewable sources, by rehabilitating and empowering the facilities of the existing Cañaveral and Rio Lindo Hydroelectric Power Plants, located in the northwestern part of the Republic of Honduras.
Category B
Reason of
Categorization
The project is not considered to be a large-scale Hydropower project, is not located in a sensitive area, and has none of the sensitive characteristics under the JICA guidelines for environmental and social considerations guidelines (April, 2010), it is not likely to have significant adverse impact on the environment.
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