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Lesson
Based on the experience from this TA, comprehensive contingency plans need to be in place to address potential disruptions or changes in future energy projects. These plans should account for geopolitical, economic, and environmental factors. Moreover, it is important to encourage diversification of energy sources to reduce reliance on a single resource. Exploring renewable energy options, such as solar, wind, and hydropower, to enhance the resilience of energy projects and prioritizing sustainability in all energy projects are particularly important in this regard.

Project Number: 44184-012
Project Name: Afghanistan and Turkmenistan: Regional Power Interconnection Project
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Lesson
Geopolitical shifts, market dynamics, and government decisions could impact project continuity. This was shown by the TA which highlighted challenges in ensuring the continuation of projects beyond the TA phase.

Project Number: 44184-012
Project Name: Afghanistan and Turkmenistan: Regional Power Interconnection Project
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Lesson
Court cases and stay orders, due to compensation complaints, can cause unnecessary project delays. Court cases and stay orders secured by a few landowners, despite being awarded due compensation approved by competent authority, hampered project implementation. Some cases were resolved quickly, while others lingered, waiting for court resolution.

Project Number: 43464-023
Project Name: Himachal Pradesh Clean Energy Transmission Investment Program (Tranche 1)
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Lesson
When a project provides substantial climate mitigation and environmental benefits, a project economist with strong background and experience in environmental valuation method can undertake the project economic analysis at appraisal. Usually, energy efficiency improvement projects have very low pay back periods and high economic internal rate of return. ADB should investigate the ways in which it can formalize the use of carbon prices in energy efficiency project economic analysis.

Project Number: 47051-002
Project Name: Chemical Industry Energy Efficiency and Emission Reduction Project
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Lesson
A well-designed and functioning project performance monitoring system (PPMS) is critical for the monitoring of project performance and collecting data for economic analyses (among other information). Given the data issues persistent in the Pacific e.g., availability and quality of data, careful thought on designing a comprehensive but implementable i.e., “fit for purpose” PPMS is imperative upon project teams. This can enable better data collection, which can facilitate better post-evaluation.

Project Number: 35448-013
Project Name: Omnibus Infrastructure Development
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Lesson
Decisions to invest further in concentrated solar thermal power projects, which are capital intensive, critically depends on the feasibility of the location and assessment of environmental risks, as well as the comprehensive and well-justified identification, quantification, and valuation of economic benefits.

Project Number: 46058-002
Project Name: Qinghai Delingha Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Project
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Lesson
A well-designed project performance management system is useful in facilitating the identification, quantification, and valuation of economic benefits.

Project Number: 46058-002
Project Name: Qinghai Delingha Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Project
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Lesson
This validation also offers the following additional lessons learned: (iii)Changes in the scope of a TA at implementation could usefully be reflected in DMF indicators; and indicators could be made more specific and illustrative of project achievements, so that project success can be properly assessed

Project Number: 41613-012
Project Name: Integrated Renewable Energy Development
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This validation also offers the following additional lessons learned: (ii) Early due diligence can help to identify shortcomings and risks and enable the TA to take early corrective action.

Project Number: 41613-012
Project Name: Integrated Renewable Energy Development
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Lesson
This validation also offers the following additional lessons learned: (i) Responsiveness to government policy priority requests is a key determinant of the TA achieving its intended results.

Project Number: 41613-012
Project Name: Integrated Renewable Energy Development
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Lesson
The TCR noted that the use of appropriate selection processes can reduce time and costs for ADB but stops short of explaining how the TA team went about doing this. A valuable lesson for other project teams could be a more specific and valuable information. This validation encourages TCRs to provide more detailed information that could guide other teams in designing, implementing, and monitoring and evaluating projects.

Project Number: 41613-012
Project Name: Integrated Renewable Energy Development
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Lesson
This validation agrees but suggests that this lesson is relevant to the next section–Management. A key lesson is to ensure that recruiting consultants with the right skill sets should be prioritized at an early stage in implementation, especially for projects requiring highly specialized technical skills

Project Number: 41613-012
Project Name: Integrated Renewable Energy Development
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Lesson
It is important for the revision to DMF indicators to be consistent with the changes sought in memos, as this can help ensure better quality reporting. For example, the Memo of 9 February 2011 sought the approval for PriceWaterhouse Coopers Pvt. Ltd. consultants to set up the International Center for the Application of Solar Energy Technologies in IIT Rajasthan. However, the indicators were not refreshed; neither does the TCR comment on this in detail, thus risking activities such as these not being adequately captured through reporting.

Project Number: 41613-012
Project Name: Integrated Renewable Energy Development
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Lesson
Clearly explained what happened during TA implementation but failed short of drawing a lesson statement. A lesson would be: The efficiency of consultant recruitment is critical to ensuring smooth and successful TA implementation. For this TA, the QCBS method for recruiting consulting firms was added through a minor change in November 2014, about 20 months after TA inception.

Project Number: 46500-001
Project Name: Establishment of the Pacific Regional Infrastructure Facility Coordination Office
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Lesson
In finalizing this validation report, SAOD revised the lesson in the TCR and highlighted that considering country context in designing activities is important. Identifying in-country activities requires close collaboration with concerned national government agencies, and building upon similar past and current initiatives or mechanisms.

Project Number: 46470-001
Project Name: Action on Climate Change in South Asia
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