Tata Power Solar Systems (Tata Power Solar), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power, announced that it has received an order worth Rs 1,200 crore from state-run power giant NTPC. Tata Power Solar, India’s largest integrated solar company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power, has received a “Letter of Award (LoA)” to build 320 MW of ground-mounted Solar PV project for NTPC, a company statement said.
The scope of work includes the land, acquisition, engineering, procurement, installation, and commissioning of the grid-connected solar project on a turnkey basis along with three years of operations and maintenance services for the solar plant, power evacuation system and telemetry up to the interconnecting state transmission utility (STU) substation. With this addition, the order pipeline of Tata Power Solar stands at approximately 4 GWp with an approximate value of Rs 12,000 crore.
The company has previously executed large projects such as the 150MW Ayana at Ananthapur, 50 MW Kasargod at Kerala, 6MW Greenko, 30MW solar power plant in Lapanga, Odisha and 105MW of floating solar at Kayamkulam, which is under implementation. It has also won an auction conducted by Gujarat for 400 MW of projects to be built at Dholera solar park.
Tata Power Solar Systems Limited, formerly Tata BP Solar, is an Indian company that specialises in solar energy services. The company manufactures solar modules, solar cells, and other solar products, and provides EPC services for solar power projects.
NTPC Limited, formerly known as National Thermal Power Corporation Limited, is an Indian Public Sector Undertaking, engaged in the business of generation of electricity and allied activities. It is a company incorporated under the Companies Act 1956 and is promoted by the Government of India.