Six consortia shortlisted for gas power plant

Six consortia shortlisted to submit final bid for long-term power purchase and gas supply agreement.

10 August 2013, 12:00am
by Staff Reporter

1 min read

Energy minister Konrad Mizzi. Photo: Ray Attard/Mediatoday

The energy minister has shortlisted six final bidders for a 25-year power purchase and gas supply agreement that will power a new 200MW power plant at Delimara with liquefied natural gas (LNG).

With the government preparing for the first cuts in energy and water tariffs for Budget 2014, energy minister Konrad Mizzi today said the government was "on track" towards cheaper bills and cleaner air.

The shortlisted bidders are Daewoo Shipping and Marine Engineering, ElectroGas Malta Consortium, Edison SPA, Endeavour Energy Holdings LLC and Exodus Crossing LLC, Soffimat Gestamp, and Yildirim Tecnicas Power and Gas.

The bidders were shortlisted after having qualified through an initial expression of interest for the purchase of LNG and its eventual sale to Enemalta, to power a new 200MW power plant as well as the current 'phase 2' extension of the Delimara power plant.

"We have been working on this project since day one of being elected," Mizzi said in a statement. "Within less than a month of being elected, the government issued an international call for expressions of interest, receiving 19 submissions, a testament to the strong interest in this feasible project."

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