THE Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) will this Friday host a pre-bid meeting to provide further information on its recent Request for Proposals (RFPs) from interested entities, to provide new Generating Capacity from renewable energy sources.
The meeting will take place at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel and interested entities are urged to attend to get more information on this project, and get clarifications where needed.
Applicants are invited to submit proposals to provide new generating capacity amounting to net 37 megawatts (MW) of electricity generation from either or both firm capacity and energy-only technology from renewable energy-based power generation facilities on a build, own and operate basis. The submission date for applications is January 27, 2016.
The OUR issued its latest RFP on July 31, 2015, as it moves to conclude a project started in 2012 to identify a total of 115 MW of generation projects from renewable sources.
Three bidders were selected then, for energy only projects totalling 78MW. They are Blue Mountain Renewables LLC, to supply 34MW of capacity from wind power at Munro, St Elizabeth; Wigton Windfarm Limited, to supply 24MW of capacity from wind power at Rose Hill, Manchester; and WRB Enterprises Inc (now Content Solar), to supply 20MW of capacity from Solar PV from facilities in Content Village, Clarendon. The 78 MW identified through these three suppliers was subsequently increased to 80.3 MW.
The OUR was requested by Cabinet to complete the procurement of the additional 37MW from renewable energy sources. The details of the RFP has been posted on the OUR’s website.