Wednesday, March 26, 2014: After the central government’s Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) received an ‘accounted’ disappointment. One of the first solar proposals invited by the state government of Assam is a boost to at least the individual state programmes. The government of Assam has issued request for proposals (RFP) for a grid-tied 60 MW-AC solar photovoltaic (PV) project.
As per the Assam Power Generation Corporation Ltd (APGCL) estimates, the project site can support 60 MW-AC of solar PV generation that is subject to alteration, due on the outcome of a feasibility study. The project will be build on a 140 hectare site owned by the state government.
The state-run power generator under which the solar plant is commissioned, will build the solar PV plant in three phases with differentiation of 20 MW-AC phase each.
APGCL has further intended to form a joint-venture company aimed to develop this project. While, the preferred partner will be chosen via strict bidding, the collective venture will give it a hold of 26 per cent, and the rest assets will be turned over to APGCL after 25 years.
The primary queries will be submitted by 8 April, and the pre-bid meeting will be held on 22 April, for the RFP. According to a SolarServer report, Hari Manoharan of RESolve Energy Consultants said, “The eligibility criteria is likely to heavily limit the number of prospective bidders as it seems rather stringent. It would be interesting to see which company succeeds in getting the allocation and at what price they would do so.”
The winning bid will most likely be chosen as per the lowest bidding rate received for 25 years of electricity supply.
