Leap of faith from donors as Zambia’s Get FiT moves ahead

The Get FiT secretariat in Zambia issued a request for proposals (RfP) for the procurement of 100MW solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity on 31 August and bids are due by 29 November. The Get FiT programme is being jointly developed and implemented by the Ministry of Energy and German development bank KfW to fulfil the government’s renewable energy feed-in tariff (Refit) strategy. The Get FiT secretariat in Zambia is managed by Multiconsult, which is also the implementation consultant. The programme received 41 project submissions from 24 solar power developers during prequalification.