Ecuador’s Ministry for Electricity and Renewable Energies of Ecuador (MEER) has tabled a project with financial support from the German bank KfW to develop a hybrid energy generating system that combines a conventional 1.2-MW combustion engine generator (running on diesel, jatropha oil and pure vegetable oil) with a 1.1-MW solar PV array.
The system will also boast a 700-kW energy storage system consisting of inverters and a battery bank offering an output of 3.3. MWh. In addition, the tender will include training employees of the local electricity operator, Empresa Eléctrica Provincial Galápagos, to operate the plant.
The company Lahmeyer International has been contracted as engineer for the project design, tendering process and monitoring, while the tender will be carried out in accordance with KfW’s Procedures for Procurement.
According to MEER, the hybrid system “will provide 100% renewable energy supply to the largest of the Galapagos Islands and help to protect the unique ecosystem of the island”.
MEER is now asking for expressions of interest to take part in the tender process from EPC companies with international experience as well as experience in developing PV power plants.
The deadline for submission of expressions of interest is 30 August, and should be sent to MEER by post or by email here.
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