Mozambique opens solar-storage minigrid tender

Login

Register

http://www.clubofmozambique.com/

Mozambique opens solar-storage minigrid tender

5:29 CAT | 21 May 2025

FILE - For illustration purposes only. Mozambique’s Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy, through ARENE, has launched a tender targeting independent power producers (IPPs) and mini-grid developers to finance, design, construct, operate, and transfer four lots of solar mini-grids in Nampula Province. The total installed capacity across the lots is up to 3MW, with each lot consisting of multiple mini-grids ranging from 25kWp to 100kWp, paired with battery energy storage systems (BESS). The program is supported by Germany’s KfW Development Bank via a financial grant under the “Green People’s Energy for Africa” initiative (BMZ 2018 68660). Deadline June 26, 2025. [File photo: Green Building Africa]

Mozambique’s Energy Regulatory Authority (ARENE) is running a tender for the development of minigrids comprising of solar and battery energy storage systems (BESS).

ARENE plans to select two to four minigrid developers to finance, design, construct, own, operate, maintain and transfer four lots of hybrid minigrids with a total capacity of 3 MW in Nampula province. Each lot will feature various minigrids with planned installed capacities between 25 kW and 100 kW, alongside associated BESS infrastructure.

The invitation to tender states that registered users can obtain a complete set of pre-qualification documents from ARENE’s website. The German government, through KfW Development Bank, will provide funding for the work.

Mozambique’s cumulative solar capacity stood at 107 MW at the end of 2024, up from 103 MW at the end of the year prior, according to figures from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

Deadline June 26, 2025

Please see the ARENE Website for more information or see GTAI for additional information on Tender lots and the Program is provided in the Prequalification document.

Source: pv magazine