Welspun says it bid a tariff of 8,050 rupees ($147) per megawatt hour (MWh) – the second lowest of 12 qualified bidders in the 10 May reverse auction.

The subsidiary of the $3.6bn Welspun Group plans to build one PV project of 100MW and another of 25MW on barren land in the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh, a project it expects to take 19 months from signing the price purchase agreement.

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