SJVN Prepares for Possible 250 MW solar Project in Bihar With Tender for Land

• SJVN Limited, the public noted mini-ratna collectively owned by the Government of India as well as Himachal Pradesh state, has actually secured a tender for leasing adjoining land holdings of 1250 acres to be considered for a solar energy project. Commonly, a land holding of that dimension will certainly house near 250 MW of solar projects.

The action adheres to a similar move by the PSU in Rajasthan too, where no more updates have actually been shared after the tender.

At a supplied lease period of 28 years, the tender has some very certain problems. The location of overall land used for purchase or lease in the state of Bihar will not be less than 250 Acres as a solitary linked patch. An optimum of 05 Land Patches at different places cumulating to an optimum of 1250 acres may be offered.

SJVN shall reserve the right to purchase/' lease for 28 years' the land as supplied, minimal than the total land offered, subject to fulfilment of MQR and various other Tender Conditions, in line with its very own requirements as well as future service technique as well as relying on the PPA ability won throughout the BREDA bidding process. Bucket-Filling technique shall be made use of for the purpose of Purchase/Lease of Land via this Tender.

Various other problems consist of the requirement to not be at an airborne distance of greater than 20.00 Kms from the Bihar

State Power Transmission Company Limited (BSPTCL)/ State Transmission Utility (STU) Grid Sub-Station (GSS), where Estimated Spare Capacity (ESC) of at least '(Total Offered Land in Acres/5)' MW is/will be available as on December, 2021 i.e. if as an example, overall acreage supplied for either Lease or Purchase is 1250 Acre, after that the local STU/BSPTCL GSS have to have an ESC of atleast '1250/5'=250 MW. For the function of range from STU/BSPTCL GSS, the point of offered land nearby to the supplied GSS will certainly be taken into consideration.

The minimal width of the land spot offered at any type of place within the spot shall be 500 Metres as well as should have a front of minimum 500 m size with any metaled/bituminous Govt Road.

The land provided have to not be in or within the forbidden series of any wildlife secured area or protection facility and there need to be no federal government constraint in setting up of Solar Power Project at the supplied land.

The PSU route has actually ended up being the favoured path for pressing solar in backward mentions thanks to their capacity to carry out, and mitigate dangers for feasible prospective buyers on the payments side. Dealing with the land purchase issue is additionally a significant difficulty went across, as for possible bidders are concerned, boosting the possibilities of even more affordable bids. SJVN already has a tie-up with IREDA for sustainable projects in place.