SECI reissues revamped solar tender for 6 GW of projects with 2 GW of manufacturing

SECI has revamped and reissued the manufacturing-linked solar tender, which it had initially floated in January 2019. It has now tendered 6 GW of ISTS-connected solar PV projects linked with a 2 GW of solar power manufacturing component. SECI has set the maximum tariff payable to the project developer at Rs 2.75 per kWh for 25 years. A single bidder can choose to develop up to 1,500 MW of solar projects linked with 500 MW of solar power manufacturing capacity. A total of four projects (each project comprising up to 1,500 MW of solar PV projects linked with 500 MW of solar manufacturing capacity) have been tendered. A single bidder can bid for all the four projects, that is, the entire tendered capacity.