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Indian Railways tenders 400 MW of grid-connected solar

Bidders have until September 16 to pitch for generation capacity which can be installed on vacant land owned by the rail company nationwide.

Uma Gupta

16 Jun 2020

Indian Railways has already identified land to be leased to its management company JV under nominal lease rents. | Image: Encavis AG

The Railway Energy Management Company joint venture established by Indian Railways and engineering consultancy Rites Ltd has invited bids for the development of 400 MW of grid-connected solar generation capacity on vacant railway-owned land.

Successful bidders in the procurement exercise, which will open on Saturday, will have 420 days to develop solar plants on Indian Railways-owned land anywhere across the nation.

Bidders will have to supply a Rs4 lakh bank guarantee and will develop the grid-connected projects on a capital expenditure basis for sale to Indian Railways.

The rail operator has tasked the Railway Energy Management Company with procuring 3 GW of solar capacity on its estate during three 1 GW phases which will be installed by 2022-23. The management company will also oversee management of the resulting power supply.

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