Myanmar introduces 1 GW solar tender
- The nation's Ministry of Electricity as well as Energy is looking for propositions for 30 large solar plants. The picked designers will certainly be granted 20-year power acquisition contracts.
Myanmar's Ministry of Electricity and also Energy (MOEE) has actually released an invite for PV programmers to send prequalifying bids for the building and construction of numerous solar plants throughout the nation, with an incorporated capability of 1 GW.
The record, which was released on the MOEE's Facebook web page, mentions that the chosen independent power manufacturers will certainly be granted 20-year power acquisition contracts. Generally, 30 solar centers with capabilities varying from 30 MW to 40 MW are anticipated to be constructed with the tender.
Potential designers will certainly have till June 18 to send their propositions.
According to the most recent stats from the International Renewable Energy Agency, Myanmar had actually cumulatively mounted 88 MW of PV capability by the end of 2019. A lot of that capability originated from a 50 MW solar plant that was finished last July.
Off-grid solar currently plays an essential function in Myanmar's electrification approach. A variety of roof PV varieties and also minigrid projects having actually currently been created in country parts of the nation. Nonetheless, the utility-scale solar section has actually additionally begun to remove.
