ArcelorMittal launches RFI for solar PV project development in South Africa

ArcelorMittal South Africa is inviting independent power producers (IPPs) to participate in a request for information (RFI) process for the supply and management of several photovoltaic (PV) power plants at its operations. 

A subsidiary of ArcelorMittal Holdings which is a leader in the global steel industry, ArcelorMittal South Africa is the largest steel producing company on the African continent. With its head office in Vanderbijlpark, the company has six operational sites: Vanderbijlpark, Newcastle, Vereeniging, Pretoria, Thabazimbi, and Saldanha, now in care and maintenance.

Further, the company has repeatedly stated that continued, unaffordable increases on regulated costs, including energy tariffs, are having a seriously negative impact on its financial performance. To substantially reduce the blended price of electricity, improve its control of input costs and ensure a stable and secure supply of electricity for its operations, ArcelorMittal South Africa intends to enter into a power purchase agreement (PPA) with an IPP to build, own and operate the planned PV power plants

The power plants at the Vanderbijlpark operations will have supply capacities of 10MW and 100MW while the other sites will each have 10MW plants. The land for the power plants will be made available by ArcelorMittal South Africa to the successful IPP/IPPs.

The deadline for the submission of documents for the tender is on August 28, 2020. 

The tender document can be accessed on our business opportunity page here.