Armenia starts 200 MW solar park tender

• The AYG-1 project, planned in the Aragatsotn province of western Armenia, will certainly be 85% owned by the effective developer as well as 15% by the Armenia Renewable Resources and also Energy Effectiveness Fund (Anif).

The Armenia Renewable Resources and Energy Efficiency Fund (Anif) has opened a tender for a 200 MW solar energy plant covering the areas of Talin, Dashtadem and also Ashnak, in the Aragatsotn district of western Armenia.

The AYG-1 job will be 85% had by the effective designer as well as 15% by Anif.

In the tender document, Anif-- which has been described as a non-governmental entity developed by the federal government of Armenia-- stated Abu Dhabi sovereign wide range fund-owned programmer Masdar would certainly be used first refusal for the job, provided it accept damage the cheapest other proposed solar electrical energy toll by at least $0.001/ kWh. Anif defined Masdar as "the initiator of the investment project."

Deals

Masdar as well as Anif in December agreed to develop 400 MW of solar generation capacity in Armenia, following the finalizing of a memorandum of understanding in July.

Other programmers thinking about bidding for the Anif task have up until July 1 to pre-qualify for the exercise.

The Fotowatio Renewable Ventures organisation owned by UAE-based Abdul Latif Jameel Power in April 2018 secured the contract to build the 55 MW Masrik-1 solar project tendered by the Armenian government.

Armenia had just 50 MW of solar capacity at the end of last year, according to International Renewable Energy Company figures. Those projects had been deployed under a six-year, 110 MW plan for huge range solar the Armenian government revealed in May 2017.