The Plantation Corporation of Kerala (PCK) has issued an expression of interest (EOI) inviting bids for a cumulative 50 MW of solar power projects at its Kasaragod and Cheemeni estates in the Kasaragod district.

The last date to submit the bids is January 3, 2025. Bids will be opened on January 6.

PCK holds a total of 14,135 hectares of estates in different parts of Kerala. It has identified one site in Kasaragod for 20 MW and Cheemeni for a 30 MW solar power project.

PCK is seeking technically proficient and financially sound bidders to ensure the timely completion of these projects.

Bidders must have experience in solar power generation with a minimum capacity of 10 MW for the 20 MW project and 20 MW for the 30 MW project.

Bidders can be single companies, joint companies, special purpose vehicles, or joint ventures. The bidder must have an office and service facility in India.

The bidders’ annual turnover must be ₹300 million (~$3.5 million) for the 20 MW project and ₹500 million (~$5.9 million) for the 30 MW project.

The bidders’ team must have at least two electrical engineers with five years of experience and one civil engineer with five years of experience in solar power project implementation.

In November, Kerala’s Agency for New and Renewable Energy Research and Technology (ANERT) invited bids for a grid-connected 1 MW solar project at the Kerala University of Health Sciences, Thrissur.

Earlier this year, ANERT invited bids for a 1.5 MW ground-mounted solar power project with grid connectivity under the RESCO model in the Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod.

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