MAS Fabric Park, located in Thulhiriya, is the first privately owned apparel intensive free trade zone in Sri Lanka. Trischel Fabrics (Trischel) and TextPrint Lanka (Pvt) Ltd (TextPrint), two major factories of MAS Holdings located in the Fabric Park employed RMA to carry out an Energy Audit in order to investigate further energy efficiency improvement opportunities in the two factories. In this energy audit, RMA identified possible heat recovery options which are financially viable.
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) appointed Global Group 21 Japan Inc., along with RMA to carry our ex-post evaluation of Vavuniya-Kilinochchi Transmission Line Project. RMA conducted interviews with people, government officers and non profit organizations in Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu and Jaffna districts which were benefited from the Project to assess the impacts of the Project. Further, an economic evaluation was carried out considering actual costs and benefits related to the Project.
Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA) in the Energy Generation and End-use Sectors in Sri Lanka Project is executed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority (SLSEA) and the Climate Change Secretariat of Sri Lanka (CCS) to support appropriate climate change mitigation actions in the energy generation and end-use sectors as part of the initiatives to achieve the voluntary GHG mitigation targets of Sri Lanka and to develop a robust, transparent and functional NAMA framework along with clear inventory and Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) system with supporting governance and oversight in Sri Lanka that will systematically quantify Green House Gas (GHG) savings and benefits of the mitigation interventions using a bottom up approach to aggregate from the provincial and sub-sector levels to the national and sectors level. Furthermore, such a transparent framework is expected to open up opportunities to access regional and international climate funding.
RMA was selected as the local consultant of the international consulting firm appointed by UNDP for the project, Carbon Limits of Norway (CL), to carryout the following four activities.
Due diligence on Bangladesh Southwest Transmission Grid Expansion Project was successfully completed by RMA in April 2018. The project consists of construction of Gopalganj (North) 400/132 kV substation, Barisal (North)-Gopalganj (North)-Faridpur 230 kV double circuit transmission line, Bogra (West)-Rohanpur 400 kV double circuit transmission line, 400/230 kV Bogra (West) GIS substation, 400/132 kV Rohanpur GIS substation, Chapainawabganj-Rohanpur 132 kV double circuit transmission line and a set of line-in line-out connection. The total loan of $ 350 million will be provided by the Asian Development Bank.
RMA in association with Entura Hydro Tasmania, conducted the feasibility study and due diligence for 100 MW Wind Power Generation Project in Mannar. The project is funded by the Asian Development Bank and the implementing agency is Ceylon Electricity Board. Under this project following studies were carried out.
· Assessment of the site wind conditions
· Noise assessment
· Shadow flicker assessment
· Visual amenity assessment
· Grid connection study
· Transport and logistic study
· Legal analysis
· Financial analysis
· Economic analysis
· Action plan for future wind farm development
Construction of the wind farm will be commenced in year 2019 and it will start to serve the national grid by year 2021.
ADB provides a loan to the Government of Sri Lanka, a sum of US$ 50 million, earmarked for refinancing of loans granted by participating financial institutions to electricity customers and investors to install rooftop solar PV systems. RMA evaluate the economic viability and the financial viability of the project for participating financial institutions, electricity utilities as well as electricity customers. A technical study was carried out to analyze the impact of roof top solar PV integration at low voltage distribution level considering an actual distribution scheme.
Chip Mong Insee Cement Corporation plans to install a rooftop solar photovoltaic electricity generation system at their new cement manufacturing facility in Cambodia. This feasibility study was carried out to assess the technical and regulatory issues related to the project, and to examine the, financial viability. The main outputs of the study are (i) forecast grid electricity tariffs, (ii) project financial viability, and (iii) evaluation of project implementation models.
Working with e.Gen of Bangladesh, RMA was selected to provide consultancy services to the Asian Development Bank for the USD 425 million Tranche 3 of a Multi-tranche Financing Facility to be disbursed in Bangladesh from 2016, and a new USD 540 million loan for approval in 2016 for disbursements in Bangladesh. The project involved a diverse mix of generation, transmission, distribution and metering components, and RMA provided the team leadership, conducted the technical due diligence and social assessment of each component of the project proposed by the Government of Bangladesh.
RMA provided the consultancy service of a distribution expert to the Asian Development Bank to support Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board in the implementation of roadmap of the Power System Expansion and Efficiency Improvement Project related to Distribution system upgrade, rehabilitation, extension and rural electrification. Reviewing of, master plan development process, preparatory activity for feeder level loss studies and reliability calculations and, requirement of manpower and equipment for development of improved Geographic Information System was carried out.
RMA carried out a preliminary assessment for a biomass power plant for CIC Holdings PLC considering the fuel wood requirement, land area required for cultivation, raw water requirement, capacities of boilers and steam turbines, grid interconnection options and project costs and corresponding financial returns.
