The Board of Directors of the National Electric Energy Company (ENEE) selected the Windey-Equinsa consortium as the winner of the International Public Tender LPI-001-ENEE-UEPER-2024 .
"The outcome of the bidding process was quite successful," said Erick Tejada Carbajal , Secretary of State for Energy and General Manager of ENEE .
According to the tender documents, the winning bidder will be responsible for the study, design, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of a grid-connected battery energy storage system.
The BESS project, which will be located at the Amarateca Substation, will have a capacity of 75MW/300MWh (50 MW for block 1 and 25 MW for block 2), with a power factor of 0.90.
Regarding the useful life, 25 years are considered for the system excluding batteries; while for the batteries, which will be of lithium-ion technology, a useful life of 10 years from the start of service or 6000 cycles must be guaranteed, whichever comes first.
Six bids were submitted for this project, ranging from $50 million to $98 million, "from fairly solid companies," according to statements made by the Secretary of Energy and General Manager of ENEE to Energía Estratégica .
The event held in November 2024 was attended by six proponents and five qualified: Windey Equinsa Consortium; Electric Solar SA de CV Company; Mecánico Eléctricas Representations, SA de CV; Amarateca Consortium (Sinohidro Corporation Limited-SEL); and AMERGY Consortium .
View prices and bidders for the BESS storage tender in HondurasThe offer from the Windey-Equinsa consortium, awarded by ENEE at the beginning of this month of March, stood out for being the lowest, with a total amount of USD $ 50,240,000.00 and with a bid maintenance guarantee by Ficohsa Seguros SA of $ 1,154,000.00 valid until 11/April/2025.
"We secured a bid with a very competitive price that met all the technical criteria," Erick Tejada confirmed exclusively to this publication. Who is the winning consortium? Equipos Industriales SA (Equinsa) , a company with 33 years of experience in the electrical sector in Honduras, has 2.8 MW of installed capacity nationwide through its business unit , Equinsa Energy .
For its part, Windey , a Chinese technology company renowned for manufacturing wind turbines and with experience in energy storage projects, has already implemented over 100 MWh of energy storage solutions through its Smart Energy Storage Company unit. What's next? Once the ENEE Board of Directors has awarded the contract, the contract will be drafted, signed, and construction will commence in the coming days.
"We expect to start construction in at least a month; and to see the entire project up and running in 8 months," anticipated Erick Tejada Carbajal , Secretary of State in the Office of Energy and General Manager of ENEE .