Oman Power & Water Procurement Company (OPWP) has received bids for the planned 500MW photovoltaic (PV) solar independent power project (IPP) at Ibri.

The client received proposals from developers by the 11am deadline on 12 November.

MEED reported in April that OPWP had prequalified 12 groups for the planned solar IPP.

The 12 groups which were prequalified to participate in the tender were:

• Acwa Power (Saudi Arabia)
• BP Lightsource (UK) / CHINT New Energy Development (China)
• EDF (France) / Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco)
• Engie (France)
• GCL New Energy International (Hong Kong) / Alfanar (Saudi Arabia)
• Marubeni Corporation (Japan)
• Masdar (UAE) / Total Solar (France)
• Mitsui & Company (Japan)
• Hanwha Energy Corporation (South Korea)
• Sumitomo Corporation (Japan)
• X-Elio Energy (Spain)
• Zorlu Enerji (Turkey) / Abengoa (Spain)

MEED reported in early November that OPWP had appointed Germany’s Fichtner and the UK’s DLA Piper as the technical and legal advisers respectively, for the scheme. OPWP has also appointed US/India’s Synergy Consulting as financial adviser for the solar project.