WEEKLY SOLAR PV TENDERS UPDATES
In this newsletter, read about TelOne Zimbabwe’s bids for hybrid solar power plants; Australia’s proposal for Western Australia CIS Design 2025; Dubai’s DEWA MBR solar park phase VII tender launch.
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AFRICA
TelOne Zimbabwe Invites Bids For Hybrid Solar Power Plants: TelOne Zimbabwe, the state-owned telecommunications company, plans to have 60 kW of combined hybrid solar power plants commissioned for its exchange sites, accompanied by lithium-ion battery storage systems. Of the total capacity, a minimum of 40 kW solar PV, 96 kWh of battery, and 40 kW of rated UPS power capacity will need to be installed for Chitungwiza, Hatfield and Glenview locations as a vendor-financed project.?The remaining 20 kW solar PV, 48 kWh of battery, and 20 kW rated UPS Power is sought for TelOne Centre for Learning.
According to the tender specifications, the PV modules to be supplied must use monocrystalline solar cells with a maximum power rating of at least 620 W. It seeks a minimum solar PV module efficiency of 22% with a 25-year linear power warranty. The lithium-ion battery module to be installed must support over 4,500 cycles at a recommended 90% DoD. Additionally, the tender document specifies a 3-phase hybrid inverter to be used with a 48V DC power output source. It launched the tender in February 2025, and the last date to submit bids is March 6, 2025.?
AUSTRALIA
Australia Proposes Western Australia CIS Design 2025; Seeks Feedback: Australia’s federal government has designed a Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) tender to encourage investment in renewable energy generation in Western Australia, such as wind and solar projects and dispatchable capacity. It is now seeking feedback on the CIS 2025 Wholesale Electricity Market (WEM) Design Paper through the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW).?Designed for the Western Australian WEM, this will be the 1st CIS tender seeking to underwrite renewable energy generation capacity in the WEM. The latter operates in the South West Interconnected System (SWIS) where the Western Australia state government expects to locate up to 51.5 GW of new renewable energy and storage capacity by 2042 (see Western Australia’s Gigantic RE Plans For SWIS).?CIS is the federal government’s flagship scheme to support the installation of 9 GW of clean dispatchable capacity and 23 GW of variable capacity by 2030 (see Australia Announces Plans To Auction 32 GW RE Capacity).??
Through the design paper, the DCCEEW is seeking feedback on the approach to support hybrid projects for the 2025 WEM CIS tender to be launched in mid-2025 for 1.5 GW of renewable energy, and 400 MW/1,600 MWh of dispatchable supply.?“The proposed 2025 WEM CIS tender is expected to cover both generation and clean dispatchable capacity projects. Projects will bid into either the generation or clean dispatchable capacity component of the tender as appropriate for the project’s technology type (but not both),” reads the paper.?Dubbed CIS 2025 WEM Design Paper, this proposal includes hybrid projects either as part of generation capacity or a dispatchable capacity. To be eligible for inclusion in the CIS tenders, projects must have submitted requests to Western Power for grid connection. ??
Announced on February 28, 2025, the WEM Design Paper is open for public feedback till March 31, 2025.??
The 1st CIS tender in the WEM called CIS Tender 2—WEM Dispatchable targets 500 MW of 4-hour equivalent dispatchable capacity. It opened in July 2024 with results expected in March 2025. In December 2024, 6.4 GW of new renewable energy capacity was selected under the country’s maiden CIS auction (see Australia Selects Over 6 GW RE Capacity Under CIS Tender I).?
ASIA
Dubai’s DEWA Launches MBR Solar Park Phase VII Tender: The Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) has opened the competitive solicitation process for phase VII of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park (MBR Solar Park). It seeks bidders for 1.6 GW AC to 2.0 GW AC of solar PV and 1 GW/6 hours of battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity.?Calling it one of the world’s largest solar+storage projects under the independent power producer (IPP) model, this phase will be commissioned in phases, starting from August 2027 and 2029. This will ensure the project is online ahead of the target completion date of 2030 for the 5 GW MBR Solar Park. DEWA will offtake power from phase VII under a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA). It recently appointed a global consortium led by Deloitte as the consultant for this phase (see Dubai Announces 1.6 GW Solar PV & Battery Energy Storage System Tender).??
“Our strategic road map for the seventh phase of the solar park aligns with the Dubai Economic Agenda (D33) to consolidate the Emirate’s status as a top-tier sustainable economy. The project is expected to attract substantial foreign investment, create high-skilled jobs and drive technological advancement in the GCC’s renewable energy sector,” said the MD and CEO of DEWA, Mohammed Al Tayer.??
DEWA issued the call on February 25, 2025. It will accept bids from interested companies till March 21, 2025. Details are available on DEWA’s website with tender no. CG/0004/2025.??
Being developed as the world’s ‘largest’ single-site solar park under the IPP model, the MBR Solar Park will exceed its original targeted capacity of 5 GW with the completion of phase VII. So far, 2.86 GW of tendered capacity has come online in 5 phases. Another 1.8 GW under phase VI, won by Masdar, is scheduled to come online in stages between 2024 and 2026 (see $0.016215/kWh For 1.8 GW Solar Project In Dubai). ?
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