Tenders

Somalia opens solar-plus-storage project tender

A procurement exercise is open for the design, supply, and installation of 10 MW of solar and 20 MWh of battery energy storage in northeastern Somalia. The deadline for applications is Feb. 10, 2025.

By

Patrick Jowett

Jan 07, 2025

Somalia’s Ministry of Energy and Water Resources has launched a tender for the development of a solar-plus-storage plant.

The “Somali Electricity Sector Recovery Project” will involve the design, supply, installation, testing, and commissioning of a 10 MW solar plant with a 20 MWh battery energy storage system and a 33 kV electricity evacuation line.

The project, on 290 hectares in Garowe, Puntland, is being developed for National Energy Corp. of Somalia, one of the country’s largest utilities.

The World Bank, which is financing the project lists the tender details on its website and notes a pre-bid conference will be held virtually on Jan. 23, 2025, with the application deadline set for Feb. 10, 2025.

Somalia deployed 51 MW of solar by the end of 2023, up from 47 MW in 2022, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency.

In November 2024, a tender was opened for 25 off-grid solar-plus-storage plants at health facilities across two regions of the country.

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