Côte d'Ivoire opens RFQ under 60-MWp Scaling Solar tender

• The Government of Cote d'Ivoire has issued a Request For Prequalification (RFQ) to evaluate prospective buyers willing to layout, money, build as well as run two solar parks totalling at the very least 60 MWp.

The two-grid connected solar (PV) plants are intended to be installed in Laboa and also Touba in the western area of Bafing, the Ministry of Mines, Oil and Energy stated last week.

The pre-qualification stage concludes on September 6, 2021. Shortlisted bidders will certainly be then welcomed to participate in a Request for Proposals (RfP).

The potential prospective buyers are required to have the experience, knowledge and also funds to execute the projects under limited target dates. Pre-qualified bidders can bid for both projects, according to the official documents.

The tender that will certainly follow will certainly be open to independent power producers (IPPs). It will certainly be performed via the Scaling Solar effort, a World Bank Group program focused on governments in emerging markets. The giving in will be awarded for 25 years.

Cote d'Ivoire intends to create 42% of its overall power from renewable resource resources by 2030.