Jordan’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) has extended the bid submission date for proposals for the second round of its direct proposal programme.

MEMR has extended the deadline to 30 September from 6 July for developers to submit proposals for the programme.

In February, MEMR prequalified a total of 47 expressions of interest, 24 of those conditionally, for solar schemes; and six firms, two of those conditionally, for wind energy projects for the second stage of the renewable energy direct proposal programme.

Under the direct proposal programme, applicants, which can be single companies or joint ventures, submit proposals for the wind and solar projects, which will be implemented on a build-own-operate (BOO) basis. Applicants selected by the government will receive a memorandum of understanding (MoU), which will allow them to proceed with feasibility studies and measurement programmes.

MEMR has also invited companies to submit expressions of interest (EoIs) for the third stage of the programme by 14 August.  

The ministry recently signed power purchase agreement (PPA) contracts with 12 developers for solar projects as part of the first round of its direct proposal programme. The PPAs were signed with developers for 20-year BOO contracts for photovoltaic (PV) solar projects, nine of which will be located in the Maan Development Area Project in Maan. The total investment for the solar plants will reach about $560m.