First tender for 1,000-mw solar capacity in DSIR likely in August
Posted: 2019-08-06 by SmartHomes
The first tender for the
1,000-megawatt (mw) solar
capacity in the Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR) in Gujarat is
likely to be issued next month, a senior official has said.
The DSIR is proposed to have a 5,000-mw solar park, at an
estimated cost of Rs 25,000 crore, and spread across 11,000 hectare.
"This is going to be the largest single-location ultra
mega solar park of 5,000 mw in the country. We are hopeful of inviting bids for
the first 1,000 mw in the next one month," Dholera Industrial City
Development Corporation (DICDC) managing director Jai Prakash Shivahare said at
a select media interaction here over the weekend.
He further said the greenfield project is expected to
generate more than 20,000 jobs.
Gujarat Power CorporationNSE -0.94 % (GPCL), Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam (GUVNL) and Gujarat Electric Transmission Corporation (GETCO) along
with the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) are implementing the project.
Gujarat principal secretary to the chief minister, MK Das,
said the state expects good response for the bids.
"After we decided to go slow on the solar power
capacity addition due to higher costs, we are now getting back to it in a big
way. Also now that the prices have come down, we want to take advantage of this
market," he said.
Das said, "We expect very good response as the capacity
we are offering is massive, which will not only give economies of scale to the
developers, but also benefit from the development happening in the Dholera
region ."
Meanwhile, a 200-mw wind park has also been planned in
Dholera, which would attract an additional investment to the tune of Rs 1,400
crore.