The Coal Baseload Independent Power Procurement Programme Request for Qualification and Proposals (RFP) was released by the Department of Energy (DoE) in December 2014. The RFP allows preferred bidders, with the approval of the DoE, to undertake any refinancing or re-arrangement of the debt or equity at any time during the term of the Implementation
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Understanding the Coal Baseload IPP Procurement Programme – PB PD Undertaking
In the Request for Qualifications and Proposals (RFP) issued in relation to the Coal Baseload IPP Procurement Programme, the Department of Energy (DoE) recognises that, at any bid submission date, bidders may not have all of the necessary appointments, consents or documents required to undertake their projects immediately upon being appointed as preferred bidders.
To…
Cross Border Projects under Coal Baseload Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme Request for Qualification and Proposal
The Coal Baseload Independent Power Procurement Programme Request for Qualification and Proposals (RFP) released by the Department of Energy (DoE) allows bidders to bid cross border projects. We highlight some of the key features relating to cross border projects under the RFP.
Cross border facility and cross border project
A cross border facility is a…
Understanding the Coal Baseload IPP Procurement Programme – Affected Projects
The Request for Qualifications and Proposals (RFP) released by the Department of Energy (DoE) in respect of the Coal Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (CIPPPP) introduces a new Part D which relates to affected projects.
The RFP allows a bidder to inform the DoE of any project in which it is involved which is experiencing…
Projects to perform ancillary services under the new Coal Baseload IPP Procurement Programme
Under the Coal Baseload IPP Procurement Programme projects may be required to provide ancillary services to Eskom as grid provider to support the reliable and secure operation of the transmission system by Eskom. The ancillary services will be procured under a separate agreement to the power purchase agreement (PPA), namely the Ancillary Services Agreement (ASA).…
Coal Baseload Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme – Concepts in the Request
The Department of Energy’s (DoE) highly anticipated Coal Baseload Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme Request for Qualifications and Proposals (RFP) has introduced concepts that we did not see in the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme. We highlight a few of these concepts:
Affected Projects
The RFP provides for an Affected Project –…
Key features of the Coal Baseload Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme Request for Qualification and Proposal
In December 2014, the Department of Energy (DoE) released the Coal Baseload Independent Power Procurement Programme Request for Qualification and Proposals (RFP). We highlight some of the key features of the RFP.
Bid phases
The RFP provides for more than one bid submission phase. The first bid submission date is 8 June 2015. The DoE…
Baseload – Coal Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme
After the success of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPP Programme) run by the Department of Energy of South Africa (DoE), the release by the DoE of the requests for proposals for gas, coal and hydro under the government’s baseload procurement programme is hotly anticipated. We highlight below some of the differences…