India’s NTPC tendering for 18MW solar project in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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The capacity at Chidiyatapu in South Andaman, the most populous of the Andaman Islands, will be awarded via a reverse auction. flickr: Sankara Subramanian

India’s largest utility NTPC has invited bids for developers to set up an 18MW grid-connected solar PV project in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

The capacity at Chidiyatapu in South Andaman, the most populous of the Andaman Islands, will be awarded via a reverse auction, domestic competitive bidding process. It will be open category in terms of from where the solar cells and modules are sourced.

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Contract winners will be responsible for design, engineering, manufacturing, supply, packing and forwarding, transportation, unloading, storage, installation and commissioning, as well as O&M for a period of five years.

In May, there were multiple local reports that mining and power giant Neyveli Lignite also planned to set up a 20MW solar project on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands as part of a Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) proposal to set up 50MW in the region.

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