Somalia tenders solar-plus-storage at 28 educational sites

Somalia’s Ministry of Energy and Minerals has opened a tender for hybrid, off-grid solar plants with battery energy storage systems (BESS) to serve 28 educational facilities.
The successful bidders will be responsible for the design, supply, installation, testing, and commissioning of the installations, as well as two years of operations and maintenance (O&M) services, with the possibility of O&M contract extensions.
The education facilities are located across the Marodi Jeh and Awdal regions of northwestern Somalia.
The tender details state the work will be funded by the World Bank as part of the Somali Electricity Sector Recovery Project.
A pre-bid conference will take place on Feb. 23, 2025, ahead of a closing date for applications on March 12, 2025.
The tender follows procurement of solar-plus-storage at 25 health facilities in the same two regions, toward the end of 2024.
A tender for 10 MW of solar and 20 MWh of battery energy storage in northeastern Somalia opened in January 2025 and will be accepting applications until Feb. 10, 2025.
Somalia deployed 51 MW of solar by the end of 2023, up from 47 MW in 2022, according to International Renewable Energy Agency figures.