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maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 9 OCTOBER 2019 Malta exporting electricity in historic first KURT SANSONE MALTA imported almost a quarter of its electricity requirements last year via the interconnector, which also served as an export channel, figures out today show. However, dependence on the inter- connector for electricity dropped by almost 30%, with Malta importing 631 GWh in 2018, according to the Na- tional Statistics Office. In 2017, Malta imported 897GWh via the interconnector to Sicily. But the figures also show that in Sep- tember 2017, the interconnector start- ed being used by Enemalta to export electricity to the European grid. The NSO said that almost 36,000 MWh were exported in 2017, drop- ping to almost 11,000 MWh in 2018. This is the first time in Malta's his- tory that the country is exporting elec- tricity. Production of renewable energy continued to increase, and was al- most exclusively through photovol- taic panels. In 2018, renewable energy sources produced almost 199,000 MWh of electricity, of which 95% came from solar panels. This represents a 165% increase on electricity generated from renewable sources in 2014. The bulk of Malta's electricity came from its power stations at Delimara – the Electrogas plant, the BWSC plant, and Enemalta's own diesel plant. The NSO said that the power plants produced 1.8 million MWh of electric- ity, which accounts for 68% of all elec- tricity production in 2018. The months of August and Septem- ber registered the highest electricity demand at 465 MW and 460 MW re- spectively during 2018. Lease tale quale of a bare shop at No. 6, Block XIII, Triq Wigi Rosato, Bormla, shown edged in red on plan P.D. 2019_0244. Tenders are to be accompanied by a Bid-Bond for an amount of €18,900 as stipulated in the tender conditions. Offers below the amount of six thousand and three hundred Euros (€6,300) per annum will not be considered. A fee of €50 will be charged for each copy of the tender document. www.landsauthority.org.mt/services/tendering Lands Authority St. Sebastian Street, Valletta Lands Authority, notifies that: Sealed tenders in respect of the following advertisements have to be dropped in the Tender Box at the Lands Authority, Auberge de Baviere, Valletta by 10.00 am on Thursday, 17th October, 2019. *Advert No. 186 L 692/1969 *Advert No. 187 L 410/1972/30A Lease tale quale of a site at Triq Hal Safi cornering with Triq il-Fdal Paleokristjan, Kirkop shown edged in red on the plan P.D. 2019_0332. Tenders are to be accompanied by a Bid-Bond for an amount of €4,770 as stipulated in the tender conditions. Offers below the amount of one thousand five hundred and ninety Euros (€1,590) per annum will not be considered. A fee of €10 will be charged for each copy of the tender document. *Advert No. 188 L 456/66/2 Sale tale quale in its present state including any latent defects of a garage without its own airspace at No. 2, Triq iċ-Ċipress, San Ġwann as shown edged in red on the plan P.D. 135_1981_26_2. Tenders are to be accompanied by a Bid-Bond for an amount of €2,073 as stipulated in the tender conditions. Offers below the amount of twenty thousand seven hundred and thirty Euros (€20,730) will not be considered. A fee of €10 will be charged for each copy of the tender document. *Adverts appearing for the first time. Tenders should be submitted only on the prescribed form, together with the relevant conditions and other documents, that are obtainable from the Lands Authority, Auberge de Baviere, Valletta on any working day between 8:30 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. Tender fees are non-refundable ISSUE OF TENDERS Power stations at Delimara produced 68% of Malta's electricity last year, NSO figures show