Energy · Field notes
Grid and T&D field notes
For how grid and t&d is procured, read the sector guide: How grid and transmission equipment is procured: the supplier field narrows before the project.
Grid and T&D · Field note
Vizag’s green hydrogen transmission tender: the charge waits for all eight elements, the guarantee does notVizag phase I: a flat annual charge, paid only once all eight elements are commissioned; the guarantee, delay damages and a CERC deadline come first.
Grid and T&D · Field note
In Peru’s Group 1 transmission bundle, the winner bid two projects a dollar under the caps and won all fourPeru ranked four transmission concessions on one sum: the winner bid two a dollar under the caps, and each contract’s tariff rests on its project’s bid.
Energy and transport · Explainer
Development-bank tenders: which bank pays can decide who may bidWhich development bank pays can decide who may bid: eligibility, local price margins, standstill and complaints at the World Bank, ADB, AfDB, EBRD and EIB.
Grid and T&D · Field note
In Zambia’s Nakonde–Kasama tender, losses are priced into the bid and enforced at the factory testZESCO’s 330 kV substation tender priced guaranteed losses into the bid comparison and set the same rates as penalties for losses over the guarantee.
Grid and T&D · Field note
Transformer lead times: when suppliers are chosen at the framework, the delay risk comes with each orderIn an IEA survey, large power transformers took up to four years to obtain. Why buyers choose suppliers at the framework, and where the delay risk lands.