Fiji has issued a new tender seeking companies to express interest in building four ground-mounted solar PV power plants with a combined capacity of 31.93MW.
Launched through the partly state-owned energy company Energy Fiji Limited, the tender was revealed on 31 August and invites companies to bid to develop 21.93MW of solar PV on the island of Viti Levu, as well as a 10MW solar PV project, alongside a co-located energy storage component, on the island of Vanua Levu. This will be via a public-private partnership.
The projects will be located on around 28.51 hectares of land, and the selected bidder is expected to develop, operate, and maintain the ground-mounted grid-connected solar PV projects.
Energy Fiji said the bidder will be selected through an international open competitive bidding process, conducted in accordance with the procedure set out in the Request for Tender (RFT).
Once selected, power purchase agreements (PPAs) and a sub-lease agreement for each of the project sites will be negotiated with Energy Fiji to implement the project.
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