Request for Information for Renewable Energy Source

Description

Please note that this information notice is not a call for expressions of interest, no tender documents are available and we are not seeking tenders at this point. This is solely an information gathering exercise, where we wish to engage the market to assess available solutions and gather information for developing a specification. To deliver our essential safety service and to reduce our carbon footprint, it is now essential that Irish Lights remove the requirement for diesel generators and associated firefighting systems, and reduce energy consumption and improve environmental status. This process has already started and a lot of lighthouses now have either battery back-up for mains power or solar power for off-shore lighthouses. Irish Lights are seeking dialogue and technical proposals for off-grid renewable energy sources that can provide sufficient energy for 3 individual stations: Fastnet, Tuskar and Kish Lighthouses. Please see the attached document for further information. Lot 1: Please note that this information notice is not a call for expressions of interest, no tender documents are available and we are not seeking tenders at this point. This is solely an information gathering exercise, where we wish to engage the market to assess available solutions and gather information for developing a specification. Such information may be used by the contracting authority to inform any specifications and procurement documents drafted in any future procurement competition. Participation in this information gathering process is not linked to participation in any future procurement process. Technical proposals and dialogue are welcomed. Background: At one time all of Irish Lights’ lighthouses had a generators, that were used either as a backup to the mains power or the main source of power supply. To deliver our essential safety service and to reduce our carbon footprint it is now essential that Irish Lights: • update to modern efficient equipment; • ensure reliable operation of the Aids to Navigation; • remove the requirement for large diesel generators and associated monitoring and firefighting systems; • reduce energy consumption and improve environmental status. This process has already started and a lot of lighthouses now have either battery back-up for mains power or solar power for off-shore lighthouses. Irish Lights are seeking dialogue and technical proposals for an off-grid renewable energy source(s) that can provide sufficient energy for 3 individual stations: Fastnet Lighthouse, Tuskar Lighthouse and Kish Lighthouse. Please see the attached document for further information.