SECI Invites Bids For Solar Projects At Five Locations In RESCO Mode

SECI recently released a tender to select solar power developers to build 1750 kW Grid-Connected Rooftop Solar PV Projects under RESCO mode. It has sought bids up till 28th February 2025. 

The project would be located across five locations, Meghalaya, Chandigarh, Bhilai, New Delhi, and Guwahati. The tender mentioned the location and the project below:

1. 800 kW at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Meghalaya 
2. 150 kW at National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research (NITTTR), Chandigarh
3. 450 kW at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bhilai
4. 250 kW at North Eastern Handicrafts & Handlooms Development Corporation Limited (NEHHDC), Guwahati 
5. 100 kW at Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi

SECI’s rooftop solar tender mentioned, “The solar power develop (SPD) is expected to ensure that the following while installing the RTSPV Project in the IIT Bhilaipremises:

a. The Solar PV modules would be of half-cut Mono PERC cell technology, with each module having a minimum capacity of 500 Wp and achieving a minimum efficiency of 20%.

b. The inverter would be designed to maintain a steady output frequency of 50 Hz, with the Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) at its output being less than 3%.

The tender also laid down the tariff rate for the project, it mentioned:

The SECI tender would provide the project at the following tariff rate, “The Project-1 NIT, Meghalaya would provide 800 (kW) for Rs. 5.15,
Project-2 at NITTTR, Chandigarh would provide 150 (kW) for Rs. 4.66, Project-3 IIT, Bhilai at Chhattisgarh 450 (kW) for Rs. 4.50, Project-4 NEHHDC, Guwahati at Assam would provide 250 (kW) energy at Rs. 5.00, and Project-5 at ICSSR, New Delhi Delhi would provide 100 (kW) energy at Rs. 5.15.”

Criteria for Energy Supply

The tender also laid down the criterion for energy supply, which stated, “The bidders would declare the annual CUF of the project at the time of submission of the response to RfS. The developer would be allowed to revise the same once within the first year after COD. Thereafter, the CUF for the Project would remain unchanged for the entire term of the PPA. The declared annual CUF shall in no case be less than 15% for Projects to be set up in Zone III (i.e. projects located in Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, and New Delhi) and 13.5% for Projects to be set up in Zone IV (i.e. projects located in Meghalaya and Assam).”