Procurement and Construction of Interconnection Facilities to inject at the Interconnection the electricity generated to the Main Grid or Isolated owned and operated by a DNO. The DNO shall provide the EPC tender document for the interconnector which conforms to the best technical specification and compliance with National and International standards and; Operation and maintenance of both the generating units and Interconnection Facilities. Whether a Candidate has such qualifications will be determined through the evaluation process described in Section 6 of this RFQ. Qualified Bidders will be notified of eligibility to submit a binding Project Proposal for 1MW to 10MW facilities. Only Qualified Bidders will be eligible to bid at the Request for Proposal stage. RFQ Instructions Solicited Capacity The EIPC hereby Responses to Qualification for grid-connected wind and solar small power projects. The nominal capacity to be awarded in this first bid round for connection to the Main Grid will be announced during the RFP stage. For Isolated Mini-Grids, solar and wind small power project capacity will be tendered where the DNO has identified unmet existing or future demand, and in an amount commensurate with existing or planned substation capacity. In areas where there are existing generation facilities using fossil fuels, Bidders may be allowed to substitute up to 75% of the DNO’s existing operational generating capacity at any instance of time subject to the provisions of the Grid Code about safe dispatching of power and operation of the balancing fossil fuel power plants. Eligible Locations Projects are proposed to be located nearest to an existing substation to minimize the cost of interconnection facilities. However, projects may be proposed at a reasonable distance from the existing substation depending on the findings of areas with good solar irradiations and sufficient wind speed. The Interconnection Point, i.e. location of the main meter, shall be at the small power project’s facility. Therefore, costs for interconnection facilities will be borne by the Preferred Bidder and will be included in the Bid Price. The chart below shows ownership and responsibilities for construction and Operation and Maintenance (O&M) of interconnection facilities.
Procurement and Construction of Interconnection Facilities to inject at the Interconnection the electricity generated to the Main Grid or Isolated owned and operated by a DNO. The DNO shall provide the EPC tender document for the interconnector which conforms to the best technical specification and compliance with National and International standards and; Operation and maintenance of both the generating units and Interconnection Facilities. Whether a Candidate has such qualifications will be determined through the evaluation process described in Section 6 of this RFQ. Qualified Bidders will be notified of eligibility to submit a binding Project Proposal for 1MW to 10MW facilities. Only Qualified Bidders will be eligible to bid at the Request for Proposal stage. RFQ Instructions Solicited Capacity The EIPC hereby Responses to Qualification for grid-connected wind and solar small power projects. The nominal capacity to be awarded in this first bid round for connection to the Main Grid will be announced during the RFP stage. For Isolated Mini-Grids, solar and wind small power project capacity will be tendered where the DNO has identified unmet existing or future demand, and in an amount commensurate with existing or planned substation capacity. In areas where there are existing generation facilities using fossil fuels, Bidders may be allowed to substitute up to 75% of the DNO’s existing operational generating capacity at any instance of time subject to the provisions of the Grid Code about safe dispatching of power and operation of the balancing fossil fuel power plants. Eligible Locations Projects are proposed to be located nearest to an existing substation to minimize the cost of interconnection facilities. However, projects may be proposed at a reasonable distance from the existing substation depending on the findings of areas with good solar irradiations and sufficient wind speed. The Interconnection Point, i.e. location of the main meter, shall be at the small power project’s facility. Therefore, costs for interconnection facilities will be borne by the Preferred Bidder and will be included in the Bid Price. The chart below shows ownership and responsibilities for construction and Operation and Maintenance (O&M) of interconnection facilities.
Competitive_Bidding_Request_for_Qualification_RfQ_for_Wind_and_Solar_SPPs_2016_Solicitation.docx