Somalia's Ministry of Energy and Minerals has launched a tender for the construction of off-grid battery energy storage system (BESS) plants at 25 health facilities in the Marodi-Jeeh and Awdal regions.
According to the tender document, published on the media outlet ESI Africa, the selected developer will have to provide the battery energy storage system (BESS) including all components required by the projects. These include the solar modules, the inverters, and the batteries, as well as the cables and monitoring solutions.
Interested developers will have time until December 17 to submit their offers.
Financing for the project, known as the Somali Electricity Sector Recovery Project (SESRP), has come from the World Bank. Further information can be downloaded from SESRP's website.
