The Rural Areas Electricity Company (Raeco) in Oman has received proposals for financial, commercial and legal consultancy roles on its planned project to develop photovoltaic (PV) solar capacity at 11 sites across rural areas of the sultanate.

The client received proposals from consultants on 4 October, after it re-tendered the advisory roles. According to sources close to the process, the results of the consultancy tender will be issued in“the next few weeks”.

It is estimated that the total capacity for the 11 sites around Oman will be 42MW. Raeco plans to develop the capacity under the independent power producer (IPP) model.

Raeco is planning to tender the 11 sites together, but a different tariff may be submitted for each individual project.  The client has set a target of January 2019 to issue tender documents for the programme.

Raco currently provides power for about 38,000 residents in Oman.