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Our projects & energy team is advising this client in connection with the global competitive procurement conducted for the 100 MW Solar PV Project (Metehara Project).

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Our projects & energy team is advising this client in connection with the global competitive procurement conducted for the 100 MW Solar PV Project (Metehara Project).

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr islead advisor to the Ethiopian Government, appointed through Tetra Tech ES, Inc., as the implementing partner to the US Agency for International Development’s Power Africa initiative.

 

24 May 2018 1 min read Featured work

 Our projects & energy team is advising this client in connection with the global competitive procurement conducted for the 100 MW Solar PV Project (Metehara Project). This mandate is wide-ranging and includes advising on governance issues; procurement of IPPs; technical issues; and agreements on grid interconnection. Our team has designed and drafted the request for proposals and the corresponding project documents including the related power purchase agreement; government implementation agreement; connection and use of system agreement; and more.

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