Bahrain looks for designer of 72-MW solar project

• The Kingdom of Bahrain, via its Ministry of Electricity and Water Affairs, has introduced a competitive bidding procedure to choose a business or a consortium to install a minimum of 72 MW of solar power generating capacity across multiple premises in Sakhir.

The ministry revealed in a statement that it seeks to deploy solar (PV) panels on both rooftops and land, car park tones and electrical vehicle (EV) charging terminals for the Bahrain International Circuit, University of Bahrain, Bahrain International Exhibition & Convention Centre and Al Dana Amphitheatre.

In order to qualify for this tender, interested events require to have successfully commissioned a minimum of 10 grid-connected solar power systems, a minimum of fifty percent of which on parking lot, and also to have completed at the very least 40 MW of grid-tied solar projects throughout the world over the past 3 years.

The tender was introduced on August 17 and will go through October 16, 2022. The awarded agreement will certainly have a term of twenty years.

Bahrain has actually committed to attaining net zero carbon emissions by 2060.