www.canberratimes.com.au
27 Jan 2012
The process to choose a company to build a large solar-farm to generate electricity for the ACT has begun. The territory government has asked for tenders in an effort to select a power producer to build and operate the power station either in or near the territory. Environment Minister Simon Corbell said today that he expected the tender process would attract bids from companies who had the ability to deliver on the government's plans to create large-scale solar at the lowest cost.
"Companies will be able to submit proposals to establish solar facilities to support the development of up to 40 MWs of large-scale solar generation capacity", Mr Corbell said. "The request for proposal has been facilitated by the Electricity Feed-In (Large Scale Renewable Energy Generation) Act 2011, enacted in December 2011, and allows for 40 GWs of generating capacity to be established in the first auction".
Potential producers would eventually vie to put together offers that would generate the 40 MWs of power to be fed into the territory's power grid at the lowest cost. But the first round of tenders would produce a shortlist of companies deemed to be capable of delivering the facility based on their expertise and their records in the industry. "This process will make sure Canberrans get the best value investment in renewable technology, but also see more than one large scale facility being established", the minister said.
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