PEDA Floats Tender to Set Up 220 MW Solar Plants in Punjab

• The tender is under the PMKUSUM scheme for plants ranging from 1 to 2 MW in dimension.
• The prime target for the system is farmers, although other groups are likewise allowed with problems.

The Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) has actually invited applications from interested farmers for establishing solar PV nuclear power plant of private ability 1, 1.5 or 2 MW in Punjab under the PM-KUSUM System available for sale of power to Punjab State Power Participation Limited (PSPCL).

The total aggregate capability of solar power plants to be established in the state is 220 MW. Interested farmers, teams of farmers, panchayats, cooperatives, farmer manufacturer organisations, and water user associations can obtain the tender.

The solar energy generated by the plants will be bought by PSPCL at the prefixed Levelised tariff of Rs. 2.748/ KwH for 25 years informed by Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC). In case the overall accumulated ability of qualified applications gotten for a certain 66Kv sub-station is greater than the ability alerted for connectivity at that sub-station, then turn around e-competitive bidding (discount on pre taken care of levelled tariff at Rs 2.748/ Kwh) will be performed for option of solar power generators (SPGs) as well as allotment will be based upon the most affordable tariff supplied in rising order up until the target capacity is attained.

The e-registration charge is Rs 2,300, RfS document/processing charge is Rs. 10,000 and earnest money down payment for various solar power plants is as follows: Rs. 1,00,000 for 1 MW; Rs. 1,50,000 for 1.5 MW; as well as Rs. 2,00,000 for 2 MW.

The on-line pre-bid meeting will take place on October 13, 2021, from 3 pm to 4:30 pm. The last date as well as time for the entry of applications on the web site is October 25, 2021, at 4 pm.

In May this year, PEDA released an e-tender for 5 MW of grid-connected roof solar PV plants on federal government structures anywhere in Chandigarh as well as Punjab.

In February, under its 'Har Ghar Paani, har Ghar Safai' objective, the Punjab Water Supply as well as Sanitation Department set up the initial of many scheduled solar-based water supply projects at Jagrawan-Muradpur and Talwara villages of the Jalandhar area.