India's Welspun wins 125MW PV in Madhya Pradesh auction

India’s largest solar PV developer Welspun Energy says it plans to invest $225m in two projects in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh after winning 125MW of the 200MW up for auction.

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.

The Madhya Pradesh government received bids totalling 430MW for its 200MW tender from 12 developers, including Azure, BGR Log in to read complete article.

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