Updated | 19 proposals in Delimara gas plant expression of interest

19 proposals were submitted by various companies for the purchase and supply of gas for the new Delimara plant.

The proposals were submitted at Marsa power station.

Energy corporation Enemalta will today open the expressions of interest for the power-purchase and gas supply agreement.

Companies were invited to register their interest and submit outline proposals for the supply of natural gas and electricity to Enemalta under a long-term gas supply and power purchase agreement.

The gas supply agreement will be required to operate current Enemalta plant which will be converted to run on natural gas.

Pre-qualified candidates will be invited to bid for the power purchase and gas supply agreement and commence supply by 2015.

Labour was elected to government with a pledge to lower energy bills by 2015 using the supply of natural gas to a new 200MW power station built at Delimara. The successful tenderer will have to build the power station, and sell the electricity generated to Enemalta using a 10-year power purchase agreement for gas that will be supplied to a new terminal.