Regional organization the Caribbean Community Climate Change Center has tendered for 4.5 MW of solar generation capacity and a 2 MW micro turbine plus other components for four Barbados Water Authority pumping stations.
The PV capacity will comprise two 2 MW projects and a 500 kW facility. Those three installations will power three pumping stations with the fourth connected to the micro turbine.
Bids can be submitted until March 31.
Barbados hosted 24 MW of solar capacity at the end of 2018, according to International Renewable Energy Agency figures. Private utility BL&P has 256.6 MW of generation assets, 85% of them powered by heavy fuel oil and 15% diesel.
The nation aims to generate 29% of its electricity from renewables by 2029.
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2MW is not a micro turbine, it is moderately large. Is this a typo for hydro turbine?
Hi Nick,
We will bow to your knowledge on this one, as solar is more our thing. However, we have taken the description “micro turbine” from the tender document in question.
“Design, Supply, Installation and Commissioning of SIX (6) microturbineswith an aggregate capacity of 2.0 MW, includingSwitchgear at BWABelle Pumping Station, BARBADOS. ”
Might clarify the point. That’s from the invitation to bid document.
Typically “micro” is under 500,000 watts and most often under 150,000 individually. Otherwise, they’re just plain old gas turbines 🙂