Six ISA Programmes in progress
Togo, a West African and member country of International Solar Alliance (ISA), has appointed India’s NTPC Ltd for development of about 300MW solar power project as part of its ambitious plan to achieve universal electricity access by 2030 with focus on capacity addition in Solar Power generation.
The country, having taken various initiatives to achieve these targets, has been requesting ISA assistance for development of its solar capacity, said the Power Ministry on 28 Jan 2020.
India-led ISA has been taking various initiatives to assist the member countries to develop Solar Projects.
Presently there are 6 ISA Programmes to develop Solar capacities in member countries which include Agricultural Pumps, Mini grids, Rooftop Solar, Large Scale Grid connected Projects etc.
Implementation of ISA Programmes are member driven and ISA Secretariat facilitates the implementation.
NTPC owns an installed power capacity of more than 58,000MW which include 870MW of Solar Projects and 1,062MW under development.
Apart from development of own Solar projects, the company has been the nodal Agency for development of more than 4,000 MW of Solar Projects on IPP Model.
Togo has engaged NTPC for Project Management Consultancy (PMC) based on endorsement of ISA.
As per NTPC Proposal, in ISA member Countries where Solar Projects are implemented through competitive bidding, NTPC may act as a project PMC.
NTPC will carry out various activities for selection of Solar Project developers (SPDs) on competitive basis for setting up Projects on ownership basis and enter into Power Purchase Agreement with Government-designated entities.
The scope of PMC includes presentations to the concerned ministries and other stakeholders in ISA Countries for structuring of Projects, assistance to bring out enabling policy and regulatory framework for competitive procurement of Solar Power, bid process management for selection of Project developers on competitive basis, structuring PPA, Roof and Land leasing agreements etc.
The PMC charges of NTPC will be recovered from the selected SPDs.
NTPC based on the feasibility, may also develop Solar Projects by putting own equity in Countries where Feed in Tariff is in force.
NFP (National Focal Point) of Togo, based on the endorsement of ISA has sent a communication to DG ISA for engaging NTPC for the PMC services for development of Solar PV Projects/Parks on 70 Hectares of identified land in Dapaong (Dalwak Region: Capacity More than 33 MW) and on 500 Hectares of identified land in Mango (Savanes Region: Capacity About 250 MW).
Togo is the first ISA Country taking NTPC services. fiinews.com
