Niger: Bids sought for solar-diesel hybrid plant in Agadez

Société Nigerienne d’Electricité (Nigelec) invites prequalification applications by 28 February for the design, supply and installation of equipment, and commissioning of a 19MW solar photovoltaic (PV)-diesel hybrid power plant in the central city of Agadez. The contract, to be co-financed by the Agence Française de Développement and the European Union, also requires the operation and maintenance of the project for two years before its transfer to Nigelec.