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All solar energy plants developed under MoldaviaThe first auction of the renewable energy sources are now operational, the Ministry of Energy of the Land has said.
The auction that ran out August 2024 to March 2025, intended to purchase 60 MW of solar and 105 MW of wind energy projects. Shortly after the auction was closed for applicants, the ministry announced that the auction was excessreceived 42 bids, including 34 for a total of 236.61 MW of solar energy.
The ministry then selected 11 winners who had completely treated the capacity for the auction.
In August, the government offered these investors a large producer status, which facilitates the signing of a 15-year fixed price guarantee with SA Energocom, a state-owned company that is the central electricity supplier of Moldova, with effect from the date of commissioning.
Fixed prices were set at MDL 1.16/kWh for the solar projects and MDL 1.32/kWh for the wind projects. The prices are comparable to the ceiling price of the MDL 1.67/kWh auction for solar and MDL 1.50/kWh for wind.
The ministry said these solar panels will be able to generate around 8.4% of the annual electricity consumption of Moldova. After the first year of the operation, they are expected to reach the share of electricity sources in the final consumption 30%.
The latest figures from the Ministry show that by the end of July the total renewable capacity of Moldova at 784 MW was an increase of 204 MW from the total at the end of 2024. According to the statistics published by the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena), the solar capacity of Moldova at 344 MW was at the end of 2024 compared to 201 MW at the end of 2023.
Moldovies’s National Agency for Energy Regulation approved The introduction of guarantees of origin certificates for renewable energy sources in July. In April, the country announced plans for a 246 MW tendering of the storage of colattered battery this fall.
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