January 4 (Renewables Now) - Israel has awarded 608.95 MW of projects in its second tender for solar-plus-storage capacity, the country’s Electricity Market Regulatory Authority announced last week.
The tender set up a final tariff of ILS 0.1745 (USD 0.0544/EUR 0.0443) per kWh, as compared to ILS 0.199/kWh achieved in the initial tender round held in the summer of 2020. Winning projects will sell power at the specific price for a term of 23 years.
The 33 successful proposals were submitted by seven developers. Israel-based developers Doral Group Renewable Energy Resources LTD and SolGreen secured the largest losts, of 200 MW and 95.6 MW, respectively. EDF Energies Nouvelles Israel Ltd, part of French energy group EDF, won 90 MW and Israel’s Enlight Renewable Energy got 82 MW. The list of all winners is available in the table.
| Developer | Awarded capacity (MW) |
| Doral Renewable Energy Resources | 200 |
| Solgreen Ltd | 95.6 |
| EDF Renewable Energy Israel Ltd | 90 |
| Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd | 82 |
| Energix Renewable Energies | 80 |
| Meshakim & Partners | 40 |
| Shikun & Binui | 21.35 |
The projects should start delivering power to the national grid by July 2023. They come with some 2,400 MWh of storage capacity, which will be tied to selected solar plants.
In its first solar-plus-storage tender, Israel allocated 168 MW of capacity. The winning offers were submitted by three domestic developers -- Doral Energy, Enlight Renewable Energy and Ellomay Capital.
(ILS 1.0 = USD 0.312/EUR 0.254)
