EDF, Total JV lands 1.35 GW of India solar project awards
- Eden Renewables India, the EDF and Total-owned joint endeavor, has sealed its standing in India's solar market by getting honors for 1.35 GW of new-build solar PV.
The awards, grabbed between April as well as July this year, were announced late last week. Eden was confirmed to be the champion of 2 projects, each of 450MW capacity, within Solar Energy Corporation of India's (SECI's) 8th as well as nine tender, and a different honor, also of 450MW, from India's National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC).
The NHPC project has actually already discussed a 25-year power acquisition arrangement, authorized at the end of August 2020.
Building on all 3 projects is currently because of begin throughout H1 2021, with appointing slated for "in the direction of the start of 2022", the firms stated.
The project information complies with the JV having actually authorized 25-year PPAs for four projects in north India last summer season.
Having actually launched in 2016, Eden Renewables India has actually currently taken its profile of solar projects under development, unfinished or in operation to more than 2.2 GW.
Fabienne Demol, executive vice president and international head of service development at Total Eren, claimed the subsidiary plays a "key role in achieving our neighborhood passions".