GSECL Invites Bids For 110 MW Solar In Gujarat

• The Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited (GSECL) has actually welcomed proposals to set up an aggregate 110 MW of grid-connected solar power plants in Gujarat. The quote document says that the plant dimensions can vary between 10 MW to 55 MW throughout three substations run by Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Limited (GETCO). GSECL obviously is the essential state generation company in Gujarat, which distributes power though the four state discoms, DGVCL, MGVCL, PGVCL and also UGVCL.

Complying with the typical trend of land availability being in place for such state company projects, these projects also include power emptying usefulness as well as land accessibility. The sites consist of Sanesh in Bhavnagar area for 55 MW, from 100 hectares of land, Pachchham in Ahmedabad, expected to hold a 40 MW facility over 92 hectares and as well as Nikava in Jamnagar, for 15 MW from 25 hectares. The bid defines appointing periods for each and every place, at 15 months for Sanesh, 12 months for Pachchham as well as 10 months for Nikava.

The basic scope of work includes layout, design, procurement and building and construction (EPC), procedure, and upkeep of the grid-connected solar plant. The prospective buyer shall leave power right into the GETCO's 66 kV substation with building and construction, erection, testing as well as commissioning of full 66 KV bay in addition to bus bar expansion in particular substations.

Secret qualification conditions include( as well as not limited to) comparable work or have plant setup under progression-- in India or outside-- for a cumulative 66% of the complete quote capacity, with a minimum 1 MW scale of plant. Out of this installed capability, cumulative 90% needs to have been appointed as well as in operation in India, with a minimum of one solar PV power plant having 66% of the appointed capacity.

The latest tender comes just two weeks after the winners announcement for the 700 MW tender for Dholera park (Phase IX) in Gujarat. That tender, handled by GUVNL (Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited) had been granted to Vena Energy Renewables, Tata Power, ReNew Power, SJVN Limited and also TEQ Green Power (a subsidiary of O2 Power).

While Gujarat has spared solar power projects when it concerns regional problems, the state is obtaining a bit of a credibility as the place where wind ambitions die, with a multitude of wind projects stuck in the state, many potentially never to find up in any way ow, thanks to the hold-ups in land as well as other relevant approvals.