Albania’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy says it has shortlisted 9 bidders for a 300MW PV tender it was launched in January.
Participating builders submitted 283.93 MW of venture proposals at a median worth of €0.0513 ($0.0557)/kWh. Fourteen bidders participated within the procurement train and submitted 355.93 MW of venture proposals.
The authorities excluded a 72 MW photo voltaic venture that the French renewable vitality firm Voltalia is creating in Karavasta, which submitted a suggestion of €0.05994/kWh. The authorities says it should now discard this excluded capability as a “reserve.”
Other preselected bidders embody Blessed and Matrix Construction with 36 MW at €0.051/kWh and Seman SunPower shpk, General Electric, and Agna sha with 10 MW at €0.051/kWh. Aga Solar and Notus Energy have a venture of 55.7 MW at €0.0499/kWh, whereas Solar PV, Gr ALBANIA, Enterprise Albania, and RAB have proposed 29.13 MW at €0.0548/kWh. JGA Consulting, SWiss Approval Albania, Eterna, and Gr Albania bid 15.2 MW at €0.0547/kWh.
Smart Gynesh Energy Technology, Smart Energy Group, and Erseka Solar additionally supplied 40.3 MW at €0.05353/kWh and one other venture of 20.2 MW at €0.05628/kWh. Solar Park Gjorica, Infotelecom, and Adam Global Energy proposed 35.6 MWh at €0.0397/kWh, whereas Eco Park Group, Birra Peja, Vlorem Energy shpk, Future Energy Trading, and Exchange Dynamic bid 41.8 MW at €0.05611/kWh.
The Albanian authorities have set a ceiling worth of €0.05997/kWh for the public sale. The chosen developer will likely be awarded a 15-year contract for distinction (CfD).
In the earlier procurement train in 2021, the Albanian authorities assigned a 100 MW photo voltaic venture to Voltalia. The French firm submitted the bottom bid of €0.02989/kWh. Voltalia additionally received a young for a 140 MW PV venture in Karavasta that ends in 2020. The French photo voltaic firm secured the venture with a bid of €0.02489/kWh.
The nation’s cumulative put in PV capability stands at solely 163 MW by the tip of 2022, in keeping with the most recent statistics from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
