F2006 Call for Power: 48 bidders, 81 projects

On Dec 8, 2005, BC Hydro issued its F2006 Open Call for Power, soliciting tenders for:

Large Projects: 2500 GWh/year from projects of 10 MW or more, 900 GWh/y by 01-Nov-2009, 1600 GWh/y by 01-Nov-2010.

Small Projects: 200 GWh/year from projects smaller than 10 MW, by 01-Nov-2010

Bidder registration closed on Jan 6, 2006.

Tender deadline is Apr 7

Electricity Purchase Agreement (EPA) announcements will be Aug 4, 2006.

The list of tenders and projects will be made public after April 7. In the meantime, BC Hydro is making no disclosures about bidders, projects, locations, fuel types, other than this statement:

Given the short period of time between registration and tendering for the F2006 Open Call For Power, BC Hydro believes sharing the aggregated information is the fairest approach for all Bidders and will deliver the most competitive Tender prices. In aggregate, BC Hydro has received registrations from 48 Bidders for a total of 81 Projects representing potentially 2,800 MW in capacity. The break down by Call stream is 34 Projects representing approximately 2,500 MW in capacity in the Large Project stream and 47 Projects representing approximately 300 MW in capacity in the Small Project stream. Technologies and fuel types of Projects that have registered include biomass, coal, hydro with storage, run-of-river hydro, waste heat and wind.

F2006 Open Call for Power website: http://www.bchydro.com/info/ipp/ipp20988.html
Call for Tenders: http://www.bchydro.com/rx_files/info/info39163.pdf
Schedule: http://www.bchydro.com/rx_files/info/info39538.pdf