The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has scrapped two offshore wind energy tenders with a combined capacity of 4.5 GW. The tenders have been cancelled due to a lack of developers’ participation. The first tender was for sea-bed lease rights to develop 4,000 MW of projects, while the second was for a 500 MW offshore wind project to be built off the coast of Gujarat in India under the viability gap funding (VGF) scheme.
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Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL), one of India’s largest renewable energy companies, has commissioned a total of 1 GW of solar capacity at Khavda in the state of Gujarat. This 1 GW project is the part of a larger 30 GW renewable energy park that is expected to be completed over the next five years and will be spread over 538 sq km of barren land.
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Arctech has signed an agreement to supply 2.8 GW of SkyLine II single-axis solar trackers for a 15 GW solar project in Khavda, Gujarat. The project is scheduled to be completed in the third quarter of 2023. SkyLine II is a flagship product with a peculiar edge in the Indian market. The first 1P tracker is designed with a pentagonal torque tube and synchronous multi-point drive mechanism.
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In Gujarat, ENGIE will commission a 200 MW solar power project at the Raghanesda Solar Power Park. ENGIE worked with many government agencies in Gujarat to build the project. The company won the project through a bidding procedure, and a power purchase agreement for 25 years was signed in August 2019 with Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited.
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