Ethiopia, April 18 -- Ethiopia kick started the second round of its World Bank-led Scaling Solar programme with a 500MW solar tender, while the first 250MW round is still approaching the final proposal stage.

The Public-Private Partnerships Directorate General (PPP-DG) within the Ministry of Finance issued a Request for Pre-Qualification ( RFQ ) for the PV capacity on Wednesday and the deadline for application submissions is 29 May 2019. The next stage will involve a Request for Proposals (RFP) from pre-qualified bidders.

The proposal is for four separate PV projects at Weranso, Welencheti, Humera and Mekelle.

International bidders are encouraged to participate in consortia with local private partners.

Earlier this month, PPP-DG issue...