SJVN Ltd, a state-owned company, has signed a deal with Tata Power Solar Systems to develop a 1,000 MW solar project in Bikaner, Rajasthan, costing Rs 5,500 crore. “SJVN has agreed into an EPC deal with M/s Tata Power Solar Systems Ltd for a 1,000 MW solar project in Bikaner, Rajasthan,” according to a company release.
In the presence of Nand Lal Sharma, Chairman and Managing Director of SJVN, Chief General Manager (ECD), SJVN S K Sood, and Vepul Jain, Chief – Business Development, Tata Power Solar Systems Ltd, the contract agreement was signed.
This Rs 5,500 crore EPC contract, according to Sharma, is the country’s largest solar contract to date.
The contract includes end-to-end delivery of commissioned solar plant to SJVN including arrangement of land on outright purchase basis, power evacuation system up to the ISTS (inter-state transmission system) sub station, and operation and maintenance of the solar PV plant for three years.
