NTPC Green Energy has invited bids for land and an extra-high-voltage transmission system package to develop up to 900 MW interstate transmission system (ISTS)-connected solar projects in Bhuj, Gujarat.

Bids must be submitted by June 9, 2025. Bids will be opened on the same day.

Bidders must submit a bidding document cost of ₹22,500 (~$265).

Bidders applying for a capacity of 300 MW must submit a bid security of ₹20 million (~$235,277), those quoting 600 MW must submit ₹50 million (~$588,192), and those quoting 900 MW must submit ₹100 million (~$1.17 million).

Selected bidders must arrange government or private land at 5 acres/MW on a freehold or leasehold basis for a minimum of 29 years and 11 months. They must also complete fencing of the offered land with at least two gates and security cabins per tender drawings, excluding areas related to the transmission line.

Successful bidders must provide necessary land documents and inputs for arranging ISTS connectivity. They must also design and construct an extra-high-voltage transmission line to the ISTS substation. This responsibility includes obtaining the right of way, constructing the terminal bay at the ISTS end, supplying mandatory spares for the transmission line, and undertaking the operation and maintenance of the transmission line and terminal bay for three years post-project commissioning.

Bidders must have secured land for solar or wind projects with a minimum combined capacity of 100 MW, including at least one project or park with a minimum capacity of 50 MW. These projects may be either operational or under development.

Alternatively, bidders must have executed an industrial project in the power, steel, oil and gas, petrochemical, fertilizer, cement, or coal mining sectors valued at a minimum of ₹179 million (~$2.1 million) for bids up to 300 MW, and ₹597,000 (~$7,022)/MW for bids of higher capacity, within the past ten years. They must have delivered these projects either as a developer or an engineering, procurement, and construction contractor.

Before the techno-commercial bid opening date, the referenced projects must have been operational for at least one year for non-renewable sectors or six months for renewable energy sectors.

Bidders must also have completed at least one electrical substation project with a minimum voltage of 33 kV, equipped with circuit breakers and a power transformer. These substations must also have been operational for at least one year for non-renewable or six months for renewable sectors before the bid opening.

Bidders must have had a minimum annual average turnover of ₹179 million (~$2.1 million) for bids up to 300 MW and ₹597,000 (~$7,022)/MW for larger bids during the last three financial years. They must also have maintained a positive net worth as of the last day of the previous financial year.

Recently, NTPC Renewable Energy invited bids for a land and power evacuation package to develop 230 MW ISTS-connected solar projects with a battery energy storage system near the 230 MW Ettayapuram solar project in Tamil Nadu.

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