Timor-Leste, so far, has made big infrastructure investment in the transportation sector (roads, airports and ports), and power sector. However, with the recent signing of USD $248 million in loans from ADB and the World Bank, meaningful infrastructure investment has been extended to the water sector.
Furthermore, Timor-Leste has completed its first PPP project, the Tibar Bay Port, where the government contributed about USD $129 million for its construction and continues to pursue this modality in other sectors including tourism and housing. In general, infrastructure contributes to the diversification of the economy in the following ways:
For the Solar IPP project, Government of Timor-Leste represented by the Ministry of Finance has provided backstop guarantee for EDTL obligations under the Implementation Agreement. Special Investment Agreement, if concluded could allow the winning bidder a leasing of the Site at a concessional rate and other benefits.
For Timor-Leste, bidders are typically from legacy countries such as Indonesia, Portugal and People’s Republic of China. For the Solar IPP project, Government of Timor-Leste represented by the Ministry of Finance has provided backstop guarantee for EDTL obligations under the Implementation Agreement.
Australia's Market Development Facility (MDF) and ITP Renewables conducted an assessment of the potential market for roof-top solar energy systems in Timor-Leste.
Timor-Leste has rapidly expanded electricity access to more than 83 per cent of the population but the country has yet to achieve energy security.1 Consumer costs, even with government subsidy, remain high and outages are common. In addition, most of Timor-Leste's electricity is generated through costly and polluting diesel generators.
Creating A Utility Scale Solar IPP Project in Timor-Leste
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GM invests in US-based lithium refining company
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EU-Breakthrough Energy partnership invests €60 …
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Sigma Lithium to invest $100m in Brazil plant
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Govt invites Chinese companies to invest in petroleum and minerals
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Infrastructure and Economic Diversification in Timor-Leste
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Battery storage: Brookfield''s X-ELIO invests in German Eco Stor
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Going Green
Timor-Leste has rapidly expanded electricity access to more than 83 per cent of the population but the country has yet to achieve energy security.1 Consumer costs, even with government …
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Top ten countries for new lithium-ion battery projects
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China''s Hainan Mining plans to invest $164m in lithium plant
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SK On batteries to use Korean lithium
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Tender for vanadium battery energy storage project in Timor-Leste
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East Timor will attract investment in new energy batteries this year
Santos has approved $235m of investment for an infill drilling campaign that will extend the life of the Bayu-Undan field off East Timor. Timor-Leste''''s investment promotion agency was …
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East Timor will attract investment in new energy batteries this year
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Study confirms viability of Greater Sunrise Development in Timor …
3 · The Prime Ministers of Timor-Leste and Australia, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão and Anthony Albanese, respectively, in a joint statement issued last Saturday, 21 December, …
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Timor-Leste lithium battery energy storage project
Financial close has been reached for a 25MW / 100MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Belgium which has also been successful in a grid capacity auction alongside gas-fired power plants. The battery system will be built in Ruien, East Flanders, co-developed through a …
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Timor-Leste lithium battery energy storage project
Financial close has been reached for a 25MW / 100MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Belgium which has also been successful in a grid capacity auction alongside gas-fired power plants. The battery system will be built in Ruien, East Flanders, co-developed through a joint venture (JV) between the European arm of …
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Infrastructure and Economic Diversification in Timor …
Source: da Cruz Cardoso, J (2019). Timor-Leste and China relations in the context of infrastructure development. In Leandro et. al., Challenges, Development and Promise of Timor-Leste (Table 2, p. 169). Over …
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3 · The Prime Ministers of Timor-Leste and Australia, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão and Anthony Albanese, respectively, in a joint statement issued last Saturday, 21 December, reaffirmed the commitment of both countries "to ensuring that the development of the Greater Sunrise fields in the Timor Sea provides long-term benefits for the people of Timor-Leste".
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Timor-Leste has rapidly expanded electricity access to more than 83 per cent of the population but the country has yet to achieve energy security.1 Consumer costs, even with government subsidy, remain high and outages are common. In addition, most of Timor-Leste''s electricity is generated through costly and polluting diesel generators.
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While manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries for energy storage has scaled up rapidly and enormously in recent years, driven on in large part by their use for electric transport and consumer electronics, vanadium flow batteries are more limited in application to use for grid and off-grid battery storage. Although they offer a good potential to store large amounts of …
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Creating A Utility Scale Solar IPP Project in Timor-Leste
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