Egypt invites bids for solar project management deal

15 April 2013

Work will involve assisting renewable power authority on 100MW solar plant

Egypt’s New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) has invited companies to express interest in a contract to provide project management services for the development of a 100MW solar project in Kom Ombo, located near the southern city of Aswan.

The work will involve providing technical assistance to NREA and project management services for the development of the 100MW concentrated solar power (CSP) scheme in southern Egypt. Companies have until 20 May to submit expressions of interest in the scheme.

The Egyptian government has received a grant from the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) through the African Development Bank towards the cost of the project.

The project management deal will be provided under two separate contracts. The first contract will involve providing support to NREA through the process of procuring a contractor for the project, which will include preparing and issuing bidding documents and evaluation of bids.

The second contract, which is dependent on satisfactory completion of the first part, will involve providing supervision of the execution of the construction contract.

The project is part of Egypt’s efforts to utilise renewable energy to meet its rapidly growing demand for electricity.

In late 2012, Egypt’s Electricity Transmission Company invited companies to express interest in a contract to provide a study on the integration of wind power in Egypt.

The government has received a grant from the African Development Bank to finance the project to integrate wind power into Egypt’s power plans. The study will look at the impact of integrating up to 7,200MW of wind power into the power grid and will assess capacity and load requirements to successfully implement the wind power proposals.

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