Coal India Issues Tender For 300 MW Khavda PV Solar Project

Coal India Issues Tender For 300 MW Khavda PV Solar Project

Coal India Limited has issued a fresh tender for a 300 MW solar project at Khavda. The government entity is now seeking EPC companies for executing the project in the region, touted to be India’s biggest renewable park. These are ground-mounted grid-connected solar projects.

This comes at a time when Coal India has planned to add a total of 5 GW of renewable capacities by 2025-26. Earlier, the state utility in Gujarat-Gujarat Urja Vikash Nigam’s (GUVNL) issued a tender for supply of 600 MW of grid-connected solar project to be set up at Khavda solar park. Coal India Limited (CIL) was awarded a contract for 300 MW.

In the latest tender, Coal India has invited bids from EPC companies to supply, design, engineer and commission the project with an Operations and Maintenance (O&M) for 5 years. The tender said that the total capacity of solar modules, excluding spare, is minimum 405 MWp. CIL has also mandated a Capacity Utilisation Factor (CUF) of these projects at 28%.

The tender said that the company has planned to finance the project through domestic funding and own resources. It said that the commissioning period is upto January 31, 2026. Talking about the competition period timeline, the CIL tender said, “Commissioning period upto 31.01.2026 or actual COD of Associated Transmission System of Khavda Solar Park (KPS-2) whichever is earlier, subject to minimum time period of 12 months from the date of LOA. However, if there is any further delay in commissioning of transmission line, the SCOD will stand auto extended upto 30 days from such commissioning and no LD will be deducted.”

The fresh tender comes two months after a similar tender was issued by Coal India, seeking EPC players.

Coal India Limited (CIL) is the state-owned coal mining corporate came into being in November 1975 is at the forefront of the nation’s coal production in the Indian energy sector, CIL. CIL alone produces around 83% of country’s entire coal output. In a country where 69% of the total electricity generation is coal based, CIL virtually empowers the nation’s power sector. Around 80% of CIL’s total supplies are catered to power sector. CIL is currently developing several Solar, Floating & Hybrid innovative Renewable Energy Projects.