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The Sri Lankan authorities’s CEB has kicked off a 70 MW ground-mounted photo voltaic tender within the South Asian nation. In line with lately revealed tender paperwork, the Sri Lankan-based tasks will vary from 1 MW to five MW and be developed on a 20-year construct, personal and function (BOO) foundation.
The tasks might be linked to current grid substations. These are the 1 MW (AC) Kurunagala grid substation; the two MW (AC) Ampara grid substation; the two MW (AC) Habanara grid substation; the three MW (AC) Veyangoda grid substation; the 5 MW (AC) Kosgama grid substation; and the 5 MW (AC) Pannala grid substation. Builders should procure 22-year lease agreements for 1.21 hectares per 1 MW of land.
Tasks might be awarded 20-year PPAs with a most tariff of LKR 34.93/kWh ($0.11/kWh).
The venture’s technical necessities should not specified within the tender paperwork.
Purposes should embody a feasibility examine masking prices, technical particulars, and environmental and archaeological impression. Tasks might be chosen as a part of the “aggressive bidding” course of.
The plant’s industrial operation date is anticipated to be roughly two years after the letter of award is issued. Deadline for functions is Dec. 19, 2023.
This tender is the third launched within the nation since October. Sri Lanka recorded 714 MW put in photo voltaic PV capability on the finish of 2022, in accordance with the latest knowledge revealed by the Worldwide Renewable Vitality Company (IRENA).
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