The Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA) has revealed the list of pre-qualified companies to participate in the development of a 350MW solar pv power project.
Companies will compete to own up to a 40 percent share in the plant which will be developed at Sweihan under the Independent Power Project (IPP) model. ADWEA will retain control of the remaining 60 percent share of the ownership.
Over 90 companies originally responded to ADWEA’s request for an Expression of Interest (EOI) in December 2015, of which 48 companies subsequently submitted their Statement of Qualifications.
Following a comprehensive review process 34 companies have now been selected as pre-qualified parties and have received a detailed Request for Proposal (RfP).
Of these 34 companies, eight have been pre-qualified on a sole stand-alone basis, or as part of an already formed consortium, and are free to submit a proposal without the need to form or join a consortium.
The remaining 26 companies have been pre-qualified on a conditional basis and have been advised that within 28 days they are required to join or form a consortium before they are formally pre-qualified to submit a proposal.
Based on the specific conditions governing the formation of consortia a maximum of 15 bids can be received. The deadline for bid submission has been set in the RFP for 19 September 2016.
The Pre-qualified Bidders are as follows: Acciona/Swicorp (as consortium), Acme, ACWA Power, Adani, Alfanar/Building Energy (as consortium), Canadian Solar, China State Construction Engineering Corporation, EDF Energies Nouvelles, Elecnor, Enel, Engie, Equis, First Solar, Fotowatio FRV, Golden Concord Holdings/PAL Technology (as consortium), Hindustan Clean Energy, Intecsa/Cobra (as consortium), JGC, Jinko Solar, Kepco/GS Engineering & Construction/Hanwha Q Cells (as consortium), Mainstream, Marubeni, Masdar, Mitsui, Phelan Energy Group, ReNew Solar Power/ Japan Renewable Energy (as consortium), RWE/Belectric (as consortium), Sojitz, Solar Reserve , Spectrum/Maessa /Leighton Contracting (as consortium), Stumpf/MENA Infrastructure Fund (as consortium), Tenaga, Total/Sunpower (as consortium),TSK.
The project will comprise the development, financing, construction, operation, maintenance and ownership of a greenfield renewable power generation plant of 350 MW of power generation capacity, together with associated infrastructure.
The plant will be located in the Eastern Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, near the town of Sweihan approximately 120 km east of the city of Abu Dhabi, and in the vicinity of an existing high voltage substation, to which it will be connected.