NTPC Renewable Energy (NTPC REL) has invited bids for land and power evacuation packages for NTPC Green Energy’s (NGEL) 240 MW solar projects with battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Devikot, Rajasthan.

The last date to submit bids is April 29, 2025. Bids will be opened on the same day.

Bidders must submit an earnest money deposit of ₹20 million (~$231,634) and ₹22,500 (~$260.58) as the bid procurement fee.

The scope of work involves land arrangement, securing the approach road until the pooling substation, topography survey for land parcels, geotech investigation for pooling substation and transmission system, land-fencing, and lease management for private land.

It also entails design, engineering, supply, erection, testing, and commissioning of pooling substations, transmission line from pooling substation, design and construction of terminal bay, telemetry system for data communication, installation of common power project controller, and conducting grid compliance study for the solar installation and BESS.

It also covers the operation and maintenance of the pooling substation, transmission line, and terminal bay at Devikot for three years.

Bidders must have arranged land for an estimated 5 acres/MW for a minimum lease period of 29 years and 11 months. They can use a maximum of 10% of government land for the project.

They must ensure an average slope of 10% for installing tracker-based module mounting structures. The slope must be in one direction for at least 100m in length.

Bidders must pay lease charges to landowners on behalf of NTPC REL. The charges would be reimbursed to the developer.

They must have executed land arrangements for grid-connected solar projects and parks, wind projects, and parks, or a combination of all. The executed projects must have a minimum cumulative capacity of 100 MW. At least one project/park must have a minimum capacity of 50 MW and be in a single location.

Alternatively, bidders must have executed works amounting to ₹235 million (~$2.72 million) as developers or as engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractors in power/ steel/ oil and gas/ petrochemical/ fertilizer/cement/coal mining, including coal handling plant and/ or any other process industry.

They must have operated projects in the non-renewable energy sector for at least one year and six months for projects in the renewable energy sector.

Additionally, they must have experience in executing at least one electrical substation with a minimum voltage level of 33 kV, either as developers or EPC contractors.

They must have successfully operated an electrical substation in the non-renewable energy sector for at least one year and six months for projects in the renewable energy sector.

Bidders must have a minimum annual turnover of ₹235 million (~$2.72 million) in the last three financial years.

Recently, NTPC REL  invited bids for the land and power evacuation package to develop 550 MW interstate transmission system-connected solar projects with a battery energy storage system near the 550 MW Shimboo ka Burj solar project in Rajasthan.

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