Philippines utility Meralco relaunches 850 MW renewables tender
By Emiliano Bellini | PV Magazine | April 20, 2022
Meralco has decided to reopen a renewables tender, following its initial failed launch in late January.
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Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has launched a tender for 850 MW of renewable generating capacity.
The procurement exercise is Meralco’s second attempt to seek proposals for around 600 MW of capacity that will have to start providing power by February 2026, and another 250 MW set to begin commercial operations in February 2027. An initial tender for the same capacity was launched in late January, but Meralco said earlier this month that the exercise failed, as no bids were submitted.
The bids were expected to challenge a recent offer made by Terra Solar, a joint venture between Prime Infrastructure Capital and Solar Philippines Power Project Holdings. It proposed the construction of 2 GW of PV and 4 GWh of storage at a levelized cost of energy of PHP 6.08 ($0.12)/kWh.
Through this second tender, selected bidders will be granted a 20-year power purchase agreement. Interested developers have until June 6 to submit expressions of interest.
Source: PV Magazine