A request for expressions of interest has been issued by Tulu Moye Geothermal Operations Plc for an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for the 50 MW first phase of the 520 MW Tulu Moye project in the Eastern Rift Valley, Ethiopia.
Tulu Moye is being developed by project company TM Geothermal Operations Ltd (TMGO). TMGO is wholly owned by Tulu Moye SAS, which is owned in turn by the Meridiam Infrastructure Africa Fund and Reykjavik Geothermal Ltd.
The contractor is expected to provide a turnkey geothermal power plant, including the associated steam gathering system.
This request for expressions of interest is the first phase of a two-stage process in pre-qualification to gather a list of qualified contractors. Bids were due by 24 April 2019.
The second and third phases of the project are each planned to be 100 MW while a fourth phase will add 270 MW.
The first phase is scheduled to begin commercial operations by December 2021.
