Kuwait’s Ministry of Electricity & Renewable Energy (MEWRE) has given bidders several more weeks to prepare their proposals for a contract to supply and install a 400-kilovolt (kV) overhead transmission line (OHTL) linking a substation in Shagaya to a substation in Subiya.MEWRE, through the Central Agency for Public Tenders, has extended the tender closing date from 25 March to 15 April. The bid deadline for the contract has been extended several times since the proposal request was issued in October last year.The planned OHTL network will link the solar energy transformer station at Shagaya to the Subiya power station, also known as SWPS-2.The bid bond for the contract is set at KD450,000 ($1.46m).Subiya is home to an existing power complex. In January this year, MEWRE announced the completion of the upgrades of four GE Vernova 9F.03 class gas turbines at the 2GW Subiya combined-cycle power plant.The project is expected to increase the power plant’s block output by up to 6.3% and reduce the heat rate by as much as 1.8%.Kuwait plans to expand its renewable energy capacity through a multi-phased solar programme in Shagaya.MEWRE, through the Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects (Kapp), prequalified six consortiums and companies that can bid for the contract to develop the Al-Dibdibah power and Al-Shagaya renewable energy phase three, zone one project in August last year.The tender for the 1,100MW solar independent power project has yet to be issued. (ICE KUWAIT)

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