The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has tendered 1 GW of PV projects to be developed across 218 administrative divisions (»taluks«) in 20 districts in the state of Maharashtra. MSEDCL will enter into PPAs with the successful bidders to purchase the solar power for a period of 25 years from the commercial operation date of the solar power projects. The scope of work includes the design, finance, procurement of land, engineering, procurement, construction, operation, and maintenance of the facilities. A single bidder must bid for minimum 2 MW and can bid for maximum 10 MW per taluka. The MSEDCL has set INR 3.30 ($0.0494) per kilowatt-hour as the upper tariff ceiling for this tender.
According to consultancy Mercom Capital Group, recently MSEDCL also retendered 1,000 MW of grid-connected solar projects and invited Expressions of Interest (EoI) from prospective solar project developers to set up a 1 GW floating solar PV project on Ujjani Dam reservoir in Solapur district of Maharashtra.
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