RVUNL, a power supplier headquartered in Rajasthan, India, recently issued a tender. The successful PV project developer will install the 810MW grid connected PV project in the super large PV park of RVUNL in Bikaner in a build own operate manner.

According to this bidding document issued by RVUNL, its contents are as follows: the grid connected photovoltaic project will be built in the photovoltaic park of RVUNL with a total installed capacity of 2GW, which is developed in Ramsar Chhota, Barala and Bandrewala villages. The selected developer must open and operate the photovoltaic project within 15 months from the date of signing the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). The deadline for bid submission is February 22, 2023, and the bid will be opened on February 24. The bidder must submit a bid processing fee of 1 million rupees (about 12097 US dollars) and a deposit of 720 million rupees.

The selected project developer must provide 1.44 billion rupees of contract performance guarantee within 30 days before signing the letter of intent. The PV project shall be designed to interconnect with the collection substation in the PV park through a special cable of 33kV voltage class. Transmission costs, transportation costs and losses from the project to the interconnection point will be borne by the project developer and will not be reimbursed. The average annual turnover of the bidder in the last financial year shall be at least INR 4.05 billion. Their net assets shall be equal to or greater than Rs. 7.2 billion in fiscal years 2021~2022.

The bidder must also have an internal resource generation capability of at least Rs. 810 million in the form of profit before depreciation, interest and tax at the end of fiscal years 2021 to 2022. They must also have a letter of approval in principle from the lending institution, promising to provide a credit line of at least 1.01 billion rupees (about 12.22 million US dollars) to meet the working capital requirements.

PV modules used in the project must be from the model and manufacturer approval list published by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of India. The declared annual capacity utilization rate shall not be lower than 19% under any circumstances, and the bid winner must keep the power generation capacity up to+10% and - 15% of the declared value.

RVUNL has the priority to purchase electricity, and PV project developers can sell more than 10% of the excess power generation to RVUNL or other entities. If the distributor agrees, RVUNL can purchase these surplus energy at the price of 75% of the electricity price that should be paid to the photovoltaic project developer. Keywords: overseas news, engineering news

In addition, Urja Vikas Nigam, headquartered in Rajasthan, invited bids in October this year, requiring bidders to provide two-year load and renewable energy power generation forecasting and schedule optimization services. The successful bidder needs to help Urja VikasNigam prepare, plan and propose energy portfolio management, provide all consumers with all-weather power, and minimize the cost of power purchase.Editor/Xing Wentao