India's state-owned Solar Energy Corp has selected California's SunEdison, India-based Thermax and Azure Power India to construct 5.5MW of rooftop PV systems in Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and Gurgaon in India.
According to reports the project constitutes part of a 10MW rooftop PV project. The companies were selected as part of a competitive tender for this bigger initiative.
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The systems will be installed rented rooftops, with the generated electricity feeding directly into the grid.
Thermax will buidl 1MW in both Bangalore and Chennai.
Azure Power will build 0.5MW systems in each of the four cities.
SunEdison will install 0.5MW in Bangalore, Chennai and Delhi under the financial support from SEI Green Technology.
The reports have not disclosed further information about the city where the remaining 4.5MW will be installed.