en.Wedoany.com Reported - Paraguay's National Electricity Administration (ANDE) is advancing the structuring of a power purchase tender for the country's first large-scale solar photovoltaic power plant, planned for Loma Plata in the Boquerón Department.

ANDE President Félix Sosa held a working meeting with representatives from the World Bank, the Mining and Energy Vice Ministry of the Ministry of Public Works and Communications, as well as institutional executives and the project's technical team. The meeting presented technical results from adjustments to the tender documents based on the June 1 public hearing, with support from the World Bank and its consultants. According to ANDE, this process will provide technical, legal, and economic parameters for evaluating bids submitted in the tender.

The project plans for the private sector to install a solar photovoltaic power plant with an estimated capacity of 140 MW. This initiative is part of Paraguay's strategy to diversify its power generation mix, which has historically been dominated by hydropower. On the World Bank side, Senior Energy Specialist Lucía Spinelli, Energy Specialist Florencia Ballestero, and Consultant Mario Vignolo attended the meeting. Also present were Fabio Lucantonio, Director General of Primary Energy at the Mining and Energy Vice Ministry, and Gustavo Casal, Director of Energy Resources at the same institution.

In May of this year, it was reported that ANDE would hold a virtual public hearing on June 1 to present and disseminate the preliminary tender documents for the future Loma Plata solar photovoltaic plant. The project was introduced as a 140 MW plant, connected to the National Interconnected System at 220 kV via the Loma Plata substation. The tender is conducted under Law No. 7599/2025, which allows for long-term renewable energy tenders in Paraguay and recognizes non-conventional renewable energy projects, including those with energy storage.

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