SECI Issues Tender For 97.5 MW Rooftop Solar Scheme

The detailed tender document is under preparation and shall be available for download from February 21, 2019.

The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has issued a notification with reference to its Notice Inviting Tenders (NIT) for the implementation of 97.5 MW grid-connected rooftop solar PV system scheme for government buildings in different states/union territories of India under the CAPEX/RESCO model under global competitive bidding.

The detailed tender document is under preparation and shall be available for download from February 21, 2019, onwards on www.tcil-india-electronictender.com.

The Central Electronics Limited (CEL) has recently floated a tender inviting bids for the implementation of 11.12 MW at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) premises across India. The rooftop project will be developed under the government’s Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) which now has a target of 100,000 MW of grid solar power by 2022, and will be set up under the RESCO mode.

The tariff cap for the sites falling under general category states and union territories is Rs 7/kWh while for the sites falling under special category states and Its the cap is fixed at Rs 4.82/kWh.

Last week, SECI had issued an NIT for development of a 2 MW solar PV plant at Army Posts in Jammu and Kashmir, at the army posts in Siachen and an army post in Partapur.

SECI’s Tranche 6 Wind Energy Tender, for 1.2 GW, saw a return to happy days again, as a total of nine developers made bids totalling 2325 MW for the 1200 MW tender. Softbank promoted SB Energy made the biggest bid for 600 MW, followed by ReNew Power, EDF, and ENEL who bid for 300 MW each, while Engie and Adani made bids for 250 MW each.