1.2 GW solar tender

Bidders can pitch for up to 300 MW of generation capacity per project with the deadline for proposals on February 4. The eighth tranche of inter-state transmission system program capacity offered by the Solar Energy Corporation of India comes with an energy price ceiling of $0.039/kWh.

With the third procurement round of the kingdom’s National Renewable Energy Program, the Renewable Energy Project Development Office is tendering four large-scale solar projects. Successful bidders will have to include at least 17% local content in their facilities.

Unlike the other, India-wide 1.2 GW tender rolled out simultaneously yesterday, the delivery point for a second wave of projects will be designated inter-state transmission system substations in the state of Madhya Pradesh.