Welspun raises $161m for 130MW Indian PV plant

Developer Welspun Energy says it has reached financial close on a 130MW PV project in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.

The plant – which Welspun is billing as India’s biggest PV project to date – is due to be commissioned in May 2014.

Welspun secured long-term project funding of 8.85bn rupees ($161m) to build the plant, via a consortium led by Central Bank of India.

The developer won the project in a reverse auction run by the state last year, when it was the second-lowest bidder with a tariff of 8.05 rupees ($0.146) rupees per kWh.

Work has already started at the site in Mandsaur district.

Vineet Mittal, managing director of Welspun Energy said: “The closure of the financial agreements indicates the…

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