Somalia’s Ministry of Energy and Minerals has issued a tender for the construction of off-grid solar-plus-storage installations at 25 health facilities in the Marodi-Jeeh and Awdal regions.
According to the tender documentpublished on the media outlet ESI Africa, the selected developer will have to provide all components required for the projects. This includes solar panels, inverters and batteries, but also cables and monitoring solutions.
Interested developers have until December 17 to submit their offers.
Funding for the project, known as the Somali Electricity Sector Recovery Project (SESRP), comes from the World Bank. Further information can be downloaded from SESRPs website.
Somalia had deployed 51 MW of solar energy by the end of last year, compared to 47 MW the year before, according to figures from the International Renewable Energy Agency.
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