Malawian utility Escom issues 20MW battery storage tender

Malawian state-owned electricity utility, Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM), has issued a tender for the supply, delivery, installation, testing and commissioning of 20MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in the nation’s capital Lilongwe. The project is being financed by a grant from the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP).

The utility says the battery storage project will help with integration of variable renewable energy sources into Malawi’s national grid. The project will support frequency control, ancillary services, and other grid support applications.

The integration of more renewable energy into the Malawian energy grid is expected to improve electricity access to about six hundred thousand (600,000) households and industries connected to the country’s electricity grid. 

Malawi has significant untapped renewable energy potential, particularly in solar and wind resources. The country is looking to deploy energy storage systems to facilitate the integration of these intermittent renewable energy sources into the grid by storing excess energy generated during peak production times and releasing it during periods of high demand or low renewable generation.

Interested bidders for BESS tender are required to submit their bids on Tuesday, 15th April 2024 at the below addresses.

The addresses for the inspection, issuing, submission and opening of the bids are as follows: 

(a) Inspection and Issue of Bidding Document:  

Procurement and Disposal Unit  ESCOM House  First Floor Along Haile Selassie Road Blantyre  Email: bessprocurement@escom.mw 

(b) Purchase of Bidding Document:  

Accounts Office ESCOM, Umoyo House,  Third Floor Victoria Avenue  Blantyre 

(c) Submission and depositing of bidding Documents:  

ESCOM House Annex Building Tender Box situated at IT Reception 9 Haile Selassie Road, P.O. Box 2047 BLANTYRE (d) Opening of Tender Documents:  Mount Soche Hotel BLANTYRE-MALAWI Time:11am