Saudi Arabia’s Acwa Power has been awarded a contract to develop two photovoltaic (PV) solar projects with a total capacity of 250MW in Ethiopia.

Solar power in Ethiopia

Ethiopia’s public-private partnership (PPP) board, in conjunction with the country’s Finance Ministry, has approved Acwa Power’s tariff of $2.5 cents per kilowatt-hour to develop the Gad and Dicheto solar independent power producer (IPP) projects at sites in the Somali and Afar regions respectively.

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Acwa Power saw off competition from four other bidders to win the deal. The PPP body had prequalified 12 developers to participate in the tender.

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