Algeria: 1GW renewable energy tender will be launched between June and July
May 11, 2021
Algeria’s Energy Transition and Renewable Energy Minister Chems Eddine Chitour announced this week that it will soon launch a tender for 1GW of renewable energy capacity. On April 29, the Algerian government issued a decree in the country’s official magazine authorizing Chitour ministries and commissions to manage and supervise procurement.
The Algerian President expressed his thanks to Mouloud Bakli of Club Energia, who told Photovoltaic Magazine: “The tender will be launched between June and July. It will be divided into ten batches of 100MW each and will allow projects planned with foreign funds.”
He also explained that at present, the government is formulating a purchaseable power purchase agreement for selected projects, and some domestic content requirements for cables, modules and installation structures should be included in the bidding. Bakli said: "PPA may be pegged to the U.S. dollar."
It is expected that three more tender documents of the same scale will be issued every year between 2022 and 2024.
The Algerian government held a tender for off-grid, hybrid solar diesel and photovoltaic projects in 2019. Both procurement rounds are part of the country’s plan to deploy 22 gigawatts of clean energy power generation capacity by 2030, including 13.6 gigawatts of solar power.
According to data from the International Renewable Energy Agency, as of the end of last year, Algeria’s solar power generation capacity was approximately 423 megawatts.
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