Team News Riveting
Mumbai, September 2
TP Saurya Limited (TPSL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Power, has received a “Letter of Award” (LoA) from Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited (RUMSL) to build 330 MW of Solar Project in Neemuch Solar Park of Madhya Pradesh.
The project will have two units of 160 MW and 170 MW. The project has been awarded through Tariff-based competitive bidding followed by e-Reverse auction.
Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chauhan, in the presence of Hardeep Singh Dang, Minister of Department of New and Renewable Energy; Sanjay Dubey (IAS), Principal Secretary; Akash Tripathi (IAS), MD, MPPMCL and other key dignitaries handed over the LOA to Mr. Ashish Khanna, President – Renewables, Tata Power.
Speaking on the achievement, Dr. Praveer Sinha, CEO & MD, Tata Power said, “We are glad to receive this prestigious order for development and operation of 330 MW Solar Project from Rewa Ultra Mega Solar in Madhya Pradesh. We have been progressively growing our portfolio of grid-scale solar plants across the country. “
The projects will be set up at the Neemuch Solar Park in Neemuch district at Madhya Pradesh and the energy will be supplied to the Indian Railways and the Madhya Pradesh Power Management Company Limited under Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) valid for a period of 25 years. The company has won this capacity in a bid finalised through reverse auction by RUMSL. The project will be commissioned within 19 months from the date of execution of the PPA.
With this, the total renewable capacity of Tata Power will reach 4361 MW with an installed capacity of 2947 MW and 1414 MW under implementation.
Tata Power together with its subsidiaries and jointly controlled entities, has an installed and managed capacity of 13,061 MW. The Company has presence across the entire power value chain – generation of renewable as well as conventional power including hydro and thermal energy, transmission & distribution, coal & freight,
logistics and power trading. With 4.2 GW of clean generation capacity from solar, wind, hydro and waste heat recovery accounting for 32 per cent of the overall portfolio the company is committed to clean energy generation.
