“Shell, Edison and Russian-owned giant Gazprom are among the global companies that have submitted bids to build the new gas power plant in Delimara and sell electricity to Enemalta.

The call closed yesterday and the Government plans to have up and running by March 2015.

Enemalta will buy some 200MW of electricity from the winning bidder, along with gas to fire its own existing 150MW BWSC power station, which will be converted to gas.

The companies, joint ventures and consortia are: Electro Gas Malta Consortium; Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co. Limited; Edison Spa; GMR Energy Limited; Bumi Armada; Abener Energia SA; Vitol SA; Endevour Energy Holdings LLC and Exodus Crossing LLC; Yildirim Energy Investments Inc; Energy World International Limited; Soffimat- Gestamp; Med- Gas AS; Gasfin Development SA; CPECC China Power Engineering Consulting Group Corporation; Independent Power Corporation plc; Mag Air Energy LLC; Devco International LLC; Shell Gas and Power Developments BV and Gazprom Marketing and Trading Limited.

The submissions will go through an evaluation process and then be shortlisted. The final contract is expected to be signed and sealed by the end of September.

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