Design · St. Kitts · 2025-01-02

SKELEC invites expressions of interest for 18MW Needsmust expansion

The St. Kitts Electricity Company invited expressions of interest on 2 January for engineering consultancy on an 18MW expansion of the Needsmust power plant, naming the Saudi Fund for Development as a partial financier. The notice does not state the amount, terms, or signing date of the Saudi Fund for Development financing, and does not state whether it is a loan or a grant. It states no total project capital cost and no completion timeline. As summarised in the material available to Newsful, the notice carries no closing date, no submission address, and no evaluation criteria. Current installed generating capacity and current peak demand on St. Kitts are not stated in that material. As of 5 January no source available to Newsful places the expansion beside the renewable energy transition named in the Prime Minister's 1 January address. No SKELEC officer, board member, or ministry official is named in the notice as summarised, and no reply attempt is recorded as of 5 January.