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Ecuador kicks-off 60 MW solar tender

Ecuador’s Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources is tendering for 200 MW of renewable energy generation capacity. The government is seeking proposals for two 30 MW solar power projects as part of the procurement exercise. The Engunga 1 and Tugaduaja 1 solar projects will be constructed in either Santa Elena or Guaya provinces and interested developers can take part in a pre-feasibility study. Popular content The clean energy facilities will be built under Ecuador’s private investment stimulus package, which includes an exemption from currency outflow tax and a 12-year exoneration from income tax – eight years if in Quito or Guayaquil. The International Renewable Energy Agency estimates Ecuador had 28 MW of solar capacity at the end of 2019, most of it in the form of a 24 MW solar park tendered in 2013. Some 4.4 GW of hydropower generation accounts for more than half the nation’s 8.2 GW power capacity, with thermal power plants supplying 2.4 GW. Ecuador

South Africa to tender 6.4 GW of solar and wind, 513 MW of storage and 4.5 GW of conventional generation

South Africa’s minister of mineral resources and energy, Gwede Mantashe, has announced the National Energy Regulator of South Africa has approved a government plan to tender almost 12 GW of power generation capacity. The decision will enable the government to procure generation capacity in line with the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP 2019), said Mantashe. The IRP aims for up to 6 GW of new large scale solar by 2030, as well as 6 GW of distributed-generation capacity. The government’s new procurement scheme comes on top of 2 GW of short-term, risk-mitigation generation capacity the government is tendering through a technology-neutral exercise launched late last month. The first tender for wind and solar power will likely constitute the long-expected fifth round of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Program (REIPPPP). Popular content “The capacity determined is 6,800 MW, to be generated from renewable energy sources (photovoltaic and wind), 513 MW to be generated from storage, 3,000 MW to be generated from gas and 1,500 MW to be generated from coal,” said Mantashe. “Work has commenced with key stakeholders, including the [energy] buyer, to firm up on the framework critical for the bankability of the program,” said Mantashe, without revealing further details. The International Renewable Energy Agency estimated South Africa had 2,561 MW of solar generation capacity at the end of last year, most of it driven by the REIPPPP incentives scheme. South Africa

India launches tender for 100 MW solar+storage project

Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) has invited bids to set up a 100 MW (AC) solar project and a 50 MW/150 MWh energy storage system in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. The turnkey project will cover more than 405 hectares of state land in the state Rajnandgaon district. The contract will include design, engineering, supply, construction, testing and commissioning, plus 10 years of operation and maintenance. Popular content The winning developer will be expected to use bifacial solar panels. The PV module supplier will need to have supplied a minimum of 5 GW capacity throughout the world, or 1 GW in India, within the last five years. India

Myanmar’s 1 GW solar tender concludes with lowest bid of $0.0348/kWh

Myanmar’s Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE) has concluded a 1 GW PV tender it launched in May by allocating all of the procured capacity. Final prices ranged from $0.0348/kWh to $0.051/kWh, according to a list of winning bidders, published by China Dialogue, a nonprofit organization. The biggest winners were Chinese inverter maker Sungrow and China Machinery Engineering Corp. (CMEC), with nine and eight projects, respectively. A consortium formed by China’s State Power Investment Corporation Limited (SPIC) and local company Khaing Long Gems secured four projects. Two more consortia – including a group involving Chinese solar manufacturers Longi and GGL Systems – also won projects. The remaining two bidders, including groups led by German developer ib vogt and Myanmar’s Gold Energy, also secured projects. “We can confirm that ib vogt has been selected as a winner for one of the projects in the Myanmar tender and we are currently in PPA negotiations with the utility,” a spokesperson from the company told pv magazine. “We are very pleased that our effort in putting out a competitive bid in a short timeframe was successful, despite the Covid-19 restrictions and the fact that this is the first project we develop in Myanmar.” Popular content The selected developers are now expected to sign 15-year power purchase agreements within the next 150 days, according to China Dialogue. Offgrid solar already plays a key role in Myanmar’s electrification strategy. A number of rooftop PV arrays and minigrid projects have already been developed in rural parts of the country. However, the utility-scale solar segment has also started to take off. According to the latest statistics from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Myanmar had cumulatively installed 88 MW of PV capacity by the end of 2019. Myanmar