State announces winning bidders in seventh window
Not a single wind project was awarded preferred bidder status though
23 December 2024 - 15:40
Not a single wind project was awarded preferred bidder status in the seventh bid window (BW7) in the government’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement (REIPPPP) programme when the names of the successful bidders were announced on Monday.
Instead of the 5,000 MW of generation capacity government targeted with the release of a request for proposals (RfP) a year ago, consisting of 1,800MW of solar and 3,200MW of wind generation, it awarded only 1,760MW of solar generation...
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