The Project involves the construction and 25-year operation of a new power plant in Manatuto, Timor-Leste, comprising a 72 MW solar power plant co-located with a 36 MW/36 MWh battery energy storage system. This will be the country's first full-scale renewable energy IPP project. "In Timor-Leste. Global law firm DLA Piper, as part of an advisory team led by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has advised Eletricidade de Timor-Leste (EDTL) on a power purchase agreement with a consortium comprised of Électricité de France and Itochu for the development of Timor-Leste's first utility-scale solar. Paralleled to the development of biogas and biofuel, the Government is carrying out the program for the installation of hydro power plants, that started, in 2009, with the construction of the Loihuno power plant, inaugurated last June by the Prime Minister. East Timor plans to retire its diesel power plants in the "near-to-medium term".
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