The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has cancelled solar tenders aggregating 950 MW. The cancelled capacities include projects tendered in the Kadapa and Pavagada Solar Parks under JNNSM Phase-II, Batch IV.

The cancelled tenders include 500 MW of solar projects under the Open category and 150 MW of solar under the DCR category at the Kadapa Solar Park Tranche-IV, which was originally announced on June 20, 2016. 100 MW (Open category) of solar at the Kadapa Solar Park Tranche-V which was announced on August 9, 2016, and 200 MW of solar at Pavagada Solar Park Tranche-VI which was announced on August 29, 2016 were also canceled.

The SECI tenders for Kadapa Solar Park Tranche-V and Pavagada Solar Park Tranche-VI had provisions for battery energy storage systems (BESS) of 5MW/2.5MWh.

Steeply declining solar tariffs may have led to the cancellation of the entire tendered capacity of 950 MW. A SECI official told Mercom, the tenders have been cancelled for now, but the SECI plans to re-tender and is in negotiation with states on tariffs.