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The Grantee invites submission of qualifications and proposal data (collectively referred to as the “Proposal”) from interested U.S. firms that are qualified on the basis of experience and capability to execute a Feasibility Study for market expansion analysis to support the expansion of affordable fixed wireless internet access to an additional 1 million households in low-income urban communities across Africa. The Proposal submission deadline is June 24, 2023 at 5 p.m. Eastern Africa Time/10 A.M. EDT. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $1,261,500 grant to Poa Internet Kenya Ltd. (“Poa”) from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency.

About the Grantee
Poa is an internet service provider that launched in Kenya in 2015. Poa currently has operations in Nairobi with a business model to serve low and middle-income neighborhoods in urban areas that do not receive adequate service from other internet service providers.

Project Background
Due to the vast growth opportunity across the African continent, Kenya-based internet service provider Poa seeks to expand its operations to offer affordable internet access in low-income urban communities in three additional African countries. Poa’s goal is to build infrastructure that can reach one million households over the course of the five-year Project.

About the Study
The objective of the Study is to provide Poa with a market expansion study that would evaluate the conditions for the potential deployment of fixed wireless access infrastructure in Algeria, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Based upon the recommendations from the market expansion study of the aforementioned fourteen countries, the Study would then provide detailed target market analysis for Poa’s proposed expansion into three target markets.

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Regional Africa: Urban Internet Connectivity Expansion

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The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand invites submission of qualifications and proposal data (collectively referred to as the “Proposal”) from interested U.S. firms that are qualified on the basis of experience and capability to execute a feasibility study to assess the technical and economic viability of development of a grid-connected pumped storage hydropower (PSH) plant at the Vajiralongkorn Dam in western Thailand. The Proposal submission deadline is 5:00 PM ICT (6:00 AM EDT) on July 7, 2023. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $1,027,900 grant to the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency.

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The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) is responsible for approximately half of the power generation in Thailand and has exclusive control over the national transmission system.

EGAT is the largest power producer in Thailand, owning and operating power plants with a total installed capacity of 16,037 MW as of August 2021. The utility’s power generation facilities consist of three thermal power plants, six combined cycle power plants, nine renewable energy plants, four diesel power plants, and 29 hydropower plants. EGAT currently owns and operates three PSH projects with a total installed PSH capacity of 1,531 MW, with three more PSH plants planned or under development.

In addition to power plants for electricity generation, EGAT also owns and operates a high voltage transmission network that covers all parts of the country.

Project Background

In order to support increased adoption of variable renewable energy for power generation in Thailand, EGAT has proposed a feasibility study to assess the technical and economic viability of development of a grid-connected pumped storage hydropower (PSH) plant at Vajiralongkorn Dam in western Thailand. The PSH plant would provide a clean energy generation source and energy storage solution to support Thailand’s energy transition.

About the Study

The main goals of this feasibility study include conducting geotechnical and geological investigation of the Project site; developing a high-level conceptual design for the PSH plant; assessing the economic viability and developing initial cost estimates for the Project; identifying potential funding sources; conducting a preliminary environmental and social impact analysis; assessing opportunities for the export of U.S. products and services in Project implementation; and developing an implementation plan that describes all the key steps to design, build and commission the Project.

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Thailand: Vajiralongkorn Dam Pumped Storage Hydropower Plant Feasibility Study

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