SECI Terminates RfS for 7500 MW Solar Projects in Leh and Kargil

• SECI has informed that the RfS issued for establishing of 7500 MW solar PV projects in Leh and Kargil (Jammu & Kashmir) has actually been ended.

The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has informed that the Request for Selection (RfS) released for the choice of solar power developers for establishing of 7500 MW grid-connected solar PV projects in Leh and also Kargil (Jammu & Kashmir) has actually been terminated.

The tender was first provided in December 2018 (December 31), nevertheless, being the first multi gigawatt tender provided in the subcontinent and worsened by reduced action and also sector turmoil over policy issues saw the tender expanded multiple times over 2018 and after that into 2019.

The tender was then restored right into focus in August 2020 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi throughout his Independence Day speech renewed the Centre's aim to develop a 7.5 GW solar power park in Ladakh to set the union region on course to coming to be carbon neutral. In his speech, Modi had actually claimed that "Ladakh has a number of specialties. Not just do we have to preserve them, we need to nurture them as well. As Sikkim has made its mark as an organic state in the northeast, Ladakh-- Leh as well as Kargil-- can additionally develop their very own specific niche as a carbon-neutral region."

Adhering to which in December 2020, SECI had expanded the proposal entry due date for its tender. The last day for quote submissions was expanded until January 31, 2021. Nonetheless, the nodal company has actually now announced that it has terminated the RfS.

At the time of issuance, it was revealed that the projects belong of the scheme approved by the federal government for establishing of 23 GW Grid-connected solar PV Projects in the Leh & Kargil regions of Jammu & Kashmir. The overall ability is targeted to be implemented in numerous phases, the very first phase being the implementation of a 2500 MW grid-connected ability at Suru in Zanskar, 245 kilometres eastern of Kargil, and 5000 MW capacity at the Morey levels, some 215 kilometres eastern of Leh.

It is believed that the project has actually been prepared with an approximated outlay of Rs 45,000 crore and also the project is established for commissioning in 2023, conserving 12,750 tonnes of carbon emissions in every year of procedure.