Bihar

SJVN Green Energy Ltd (SGEL) has invited bids to install and commission 275 MW (AC) of grid-connected solar projects, including 200 MW at Khavda Solar Park (Gujarat) and 75 MW at Jamui (Bihar). The solar modules for both projects will be supplied by SGEL.

Sterling and Wilson has won rural electrification projects aggregating to INR 1,080 crore in the Indian states of Bihar and Chhattisgarh.

Bihar-based Husk Power Systems, which serves rural Asia and Africa, became EBITDA positive in the fourth quarter of 2022 in India and Nigeria. 

Mumbai-based Oriano has switched on a 30 MWp solar project in Bihar and 10 MWp in Jharkhand for self-consumption by Rajasthan-based Shree Cement Ltd.

SJVN Green Energy has tendered the balance-of-system (BoS) package for a 125 MW (AC) solar plant in Bihar. Bidding closes on January 17.

Tata Power Solar Systems has launched off-grid PV solutions in eleven variants ranging from 1 to 10 kW. The solutions are a combination of modules, inverters, and batteries.

The state of Bihar has started accepting bids from lithium battery and solar module manufacturers to set up factories under its preferential procurement incentive scheme. To be eligible, the bidders must meet the minimum qualifying criteria and be willing to set up at least 25 MW of solar module production capacity and 50,000 of lithium battery output per year.

The Mumbai-based utility-scale solar power development and EPC company has secured 30MWp of solar projects in Bihar and 10.30MWp in Jharkhand under captive, open-access mode.

The Bihar-based rural clean energy services provider has received US$4 million from India Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) to construct 140 microgrids in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

The State-owned hydropower producer will set up grid-connected solar power plants in the state and sell the electricity generated at an INR 3.11/kWh tariff under a 25-year PPA with the State Discoms.