Tata Power Company’s subsidiary -- Tata Power Renewable Energy (TPREL) has received the ‘Letter of Award’ (LoA) from Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (MSEDCL), a wholly owned corporate entity under the Maharashtra Government, to set up a 200 MW solar PV project in Solapur, Maharashtra.
The project will be commissioned within 18 months from the PPA execution date. The project was awarded through competitive bidding, followed by a reverse e-auction. The installation will reduce around 432.94 million kg of CO2 emissions annually and will be one of the most substantial solar PV projects. With this win, the total renewables capacity of TPREL reaches 6,503MW with an installed capacity of 3,909 MW (Solar - 2,981 MW & Wind - 928 MW) and 2,594MW under various stages of implementation.
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