The Government of Belize has awarded the largest solar power plant – ever to be developed in Belize to date – to be engineered, procured and constructed by the company GLRE LTD from Belize.
In 2023 the last amendments were approved to the PPA (Power Purchase Agreement) between the Government of Belize and BAPCOL . Since then, BAPCOL , as the legal requesting governmental authority has called the PPA, has had to wait until April 14th of this year to request for the expression of interest for bidding.
As a result of the bidding, selection and approval process, it is the experience of the company GLRE LTD that in a relatively quick time received the award on July 10th. By a stunning ceremony with officials (see photo), the contract was signed for the PPA by GLRE LTD.
In parallel to this tender the company GLRE LTD has been working on multiple other solar projects in Belize. A multitude of solar rooftop installations are operating since 2023, next to many installations to generate aid for solar powered irrigation systems in newly developed Agroforestry projects in Belize. As large as almost a stunning quarter of this capacity, GLRE LTD managed to outperform in setting up an organisation for engineering, procurement and construction, up to installation ánd customer service & support . Since 2024 the company GLRE LTD has an operation team that allows for capacity building for multiple jobs in Belize.
As long as working in 3-5 years before this achievement, GLRE LTD has been active in lobbying for renewable energy and acquisition towards this pool of excellence in multiple countries in Central-America. Since 2023 GLRE LTD involved local stakeholders in Belize in providing comments and feedback on what was initially a project plan for multiple countries in Central-America, that has now evolved into the development of a Gold Standard for the Global Goals (GS4GG) certified project. As part of the process for implementing monitoring of renewable energy generation, a team of international experts is involved to help the alignment with an international crediting system. This allows for the formation of the mitigation of impacts in line with UN Sustainable Development Goals 07, 08, 13 and even SDG 15 – Life On Land. Because of the reforestation efforts that occur when groundmounted solar PV areas come in place of existing forestry where it is of need for the irrigation of Agroforestry plantations and as remote as it is, there ain’t no grid. This in Belize largest ever solar power plant under the PPA with GLRE LTD, will be part of this GS4GG project .
