Côte d’Ivoire prequalifies nine bidders for 60 MW Solar Scaling Project

The Government of Côte d’Ivoire, through the Ministry of Mines, Oil and Energy (Ministère des Mines, du Pétrole et de L’Energie) and Côte d’Ivoire Energies (CI-ENERGIES), has released the list of prequalified bidders for the development of the 60 MW Solar Scaling project.

The selected partner will be responsible for the design, financing, construction, and operation of two grid-connected solar PV plants on an IPP basis with a total installed capacity of at least 60 MWp. The facilities will be developed under the World Bank Group’s Scaling Solar program. The two plants will be located in Laboa and Touba in the Bafing Region, in the western part of the country. The following nine firms and consortia were selected out of 20 candidates:

1. VOLTALIA SA
2. ELSEWEDY ELECTRIC
3. GLOBELEQ AFRICA HOLDINGS LIMITED
4. NAREVA HOLDING
5. SCATEC ASA
6. INFINITY POWER HOLDING
7. ENEL GREEN POWER SPA
8. GREEN YELLOW SAS
9. EDF RENOUVELABLES – MERIDIAM