Alpex Solar, in a consortium with NVNR Power & Infra, has secured a 70 MW solar engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract from the Central Mine Planning and Design Institute (CMPDI), a subsidiary of Coal India.

The project will be situated at Nandan Washery in the Kanhan Area, within the Western Coalfields region of Nagpur, Maharashtra.

The tender was floated in July 2024. Alpex Solar holds 70% of the total order value.

The total project cost is ₹3.5 billion (~$40.9 million) and must be completed in 540 days.

Alpex Solar and NVNR Power & Infra will be responsible for the design, engineering, procurement and supply, construction and erection, testing, and commissioning the grid-connected 70 MW solar project with ten years of comprehensive operation and maintenance.

The work must commence within 30 days from the issue of the letter of acceptance and submission of performance security or seven days after handing over the site for the first activity.

The consortium must also construct a 32 kV double circuit transmission line from the main control station to the feeding substation, and two bay extension arrangements.

The modules used must warrant peak output power at standard testing conditions, which should not be less than 90% at the end of ten years and not less than 80% at the end of 25 years.

Since the proposed project is for captive consumption at various load centers of Western Coalfields in Maharashtra through open access, the contractors must also do the load center mapping.

Recently, Alpex Solar won the Solar Energy Corporation of India’s auction for supplying 400 MW of domestically manufactured solar modules. Alpex Solar won 97.5 MW and TP Solar won 292.2 MW.

In April, Coal India invited bids to set up a 1,000 MW (AC) ground-mounted solar project on a turnkey basis at the Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam’s 2,000 MW solar park in Rajasthan’s Bikaner district.

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