Chad: Consultancy services sought for N’Djamena solar project

French consortium Starsol has issued an invitation for consultancy services to assist with plans for the development, construction and operation of a solar photovoltaic (PV) plant near N’Djamena. The consortium, comprising Paris-based solar energy project developer Newsolar Invest, engineering company CIEC Monaco and infrastructure and renewable energy project financing arranger Arborescence Capital, received a $780,000 grant from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa in March 2015 for the development of a 40MW park as the first phase of the Starsol Solar PV project.