Micronesia introduces tender for utility range solar-plus-storage
- The federal government of the Federated States of Micronesia intends to boost power generation capability on the islands of Yap as well as Kosrae.
The federal government of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) has actually released a tender for building of a number of solar plants connected to power storage space systems.
The initial of 2 great deals in the tender worries an 800 kW/800 kWh storage space system to be attached to a power plant had by the Yap State Public Service Corporation utility plus a 300 kW roof planetary system and also a 1.6 MW ground-mounted solar plant, all on the island of Yap.
The 2nd project, on the island of Kosrae, entails 1 MW of rooftop and also ground-mounted solar ability and also a 60 kW, solar-based minigrid combined with 30 kW/160 kWh of storage space.
Building of the centers is anticipated to need around $15 million and also designers can send proposals till July 13.
The project is being backed by the Asian Development Bank.
The FSM had 2 MW of mounted solar ability by the end of the year, according to International Renewable Energy Agency numbers, amongst a complete generation capability of 18 MW.
