Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has invited a Request for Solution (RfS) for 1.2 GW of ISTS-connected wind-solar hybrid power projects with assured peak power supply across India. The RfS requires the developer to also install an Energy Storage System (ESS) with a minimum power capacity of 100 MWh per 100 MW of project capacity.
Bids can be submitted until 16 January 2023. Bid processing fees are INR500,000 for each project between 50 MW and 99 MW and INR1.5m for each Project of 100 MW or above. The processing fees include an 18% Goods and Services Tax (GST).
At the end of 2021, solar and wind accounted for nearly 20% of installed capacity in India, with respectively 49 GW and 40 GW. The country aims to develop 175 GW of renewable capacity by the end of 2022, including 100 GW of solar.
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