Albanian 300 MW solar tender attracts lowest bid of €0.0397/kWh – pv magazine International

Albania’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy announced that it had qualified nine bidders for the tender Tender for 300 MW photovoltaic plant It was launched in January.

Participating developers submitted 283.93 MW of project proposals at an average price of €0.0513 ($0.0557)/kWh. Fourteen bidders participated in the tender procedure and submitted 355.93 MW of project proposals.

The government has ruled out a 72MW solar project being developed by French renewable energy company Voltalia in Karavasta, which had submitted a bid of €0.05994/kWh. The government said it would now set aside the ruled-out capacity as a “reserve.”

The other pre-selected bidders are Blessed and Matrix Construction with 36 MW at EUR 0.051/kWh, and Seman SunPower shpk, General Electric and Agna sha with 10 MW at EUR 0.051/kWh. Aga Solar and Notus Energy have a 55.7 MW project at EUR 0.0499/kWh, while Solar PV, Gr ALBANIA, Enterprise Albania and RAB have offered 29.13 MW at EUR 0.0548/kWh. JGA Consulting, SWiss Approval Albania, Eterna and Gr Albania are offering 15.2 MW at EUR 0.0547/kWh.

Smart Gynesh Energy Technology, Smart Energy Group and Erseka Solar also offered 40.3 MW at €0.05353/kWh and another 20.2 MW project at €0.05628/kWh. Solar Park Gjorica, Infotelecom and Adam Global Energy offered 35.6 MWh at €0.0397/kWh, while Eco Park Group, Birra Peja, Vlorem Energy shpk, Future Energy Trading and Exchange Dynamic offered 41.8 MW at €0.05611/kWh.

The Albanian authorities have set a maximum price of €0.05997/kWh for the auction. The selected developer will receive a 15-year Contract for Difference (CfD).

In the previous tender procedure in 2021, Albanian authorities awarded a 100 MW solar project to Voltalia. The French company submitted the lowest bid of EUR 0.02989/kWh. Voltalia also won the tender for a 140 MW photovoltaic project in Karavasta, which was finalized in 2020. The French solar company secured the project by submitting a bid of EUR 0.02489/kWh.

According to the latest statistics from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the total installed photovoltaic capacity in the country at the end of 2022 was only 163 MW.