MNRE To Start 23 GW Solar Projects In JK

SRINAGAR — The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) would launch  23 GW solar projects in the Leh and Ladakh regions of state.

In Phase-I of the project 2,500 MW solar power capacity will be set up in Kargil region and 5,000 MW in Leh district.

The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) will implement these projects. The grid-connected solar PV projects are planned to be set up in the Pang region in Leh and in the Zangla region in Kargil. The 2,500 MW grid-connected solar PV project is planned in New Wanpoh region and the 5,000 MW grid-connected solar PV project in Hisar.

The work will include setting up of the grid-connected solar PV projects along with implementation of the entire power evacuation infrastructure (substations along with transmission lines), up to the drawl point.

A single tender will be issued for the selection of the project developer, who will be responsible for the setting up of the project along with the power evacuation infrastructure. According to SECI, “The request for selection (RfS) document is likely to be issued by December 15, 2018.”

Speaking at the CII’s Government and Business Partnership Conclave in August, the Minister of Power, R.K. Singh, said, “We have 35 GW of installation potential in Ladakh. We will come out with single bid of 25 GW with storage and delivery at Una.”

This will be India’s largest tender so far in terms of the capacity envisaged. In December 2017, SECI had invited Expression of Interest (EoI) from prospective project developers to set up of 10 GW of floating solar PV projects in a phased manner in the next three years. Around the same time, SECI also invited EoI from prospective manufacturers to set up an integrated solar manufacturing facility totaling 20 GW in India within a three-year time-frame. Both these mega tenders are yet to reached the auction stage.

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