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					</table><a href="https://hartek.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hartek Group’s</a> commercial and industrial (C&amp;I) rooftop solar business has won a solar engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract from Kandhari Beverages for an 8 MW rooftop solar installation project in Jammu and Kashmir.
Hartek Group’s EPC services will include designing and procuring solar modules, inverters, and associated equipment, as well as testing and project commissioning.
The company will also provide operations and maintenance services for one year.
The project is expected to produce one million units of renewable energy annually. The rooftop solar is likely to be commissioned during the current quarter.
Hartek said this is the third solar project it secured in the last two years, increasing its cumulative installation capacity to 14 MW.
Simarpreet Singh, Executive Director and CEO, Hartek Group said that the company aims to partner with industries to help meet their sustainability and net zero goals.
Hartek said it has a turnover exceeding ₹1 billion (~$11.56 million). The company offers power systems, solar solutions, power distribution products, solutions for smart cities/grids, and fuel and value-added services.
In February 2024, Hartek <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/hartek-power-secures-solar-project-from-sjvn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">secured</a> an order from SJVN Green Energy to develop, implement, and maintain a 75 MW grid-connected solar power project and a 132 kV substation in Jamui, Bihar.
Last June, Jammu and Kashmir Energy Development Agency <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/jammu-and-kashmir-invites-rooftop-solar-systems" target="_blank" rel="noopener">invited</a> bids for supplying, installing, and commissioning grid-connected rooftop solar power projects on government buildings in the state.
India <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/indias-rooftop-solar-capacity-gw-in-9m-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">installed</a> 1.9 GW of rooftop solar capacity in the first nine months of 2024, exceeding both the annual and 9M additions of all previous years, according to Mercom India’s Q3 2024 India Rooftop Solar Market Report.
In March of 2023, Hartek <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/hartek-epc-contract-sjvns-15-mw-floating-solar" target="_blank" rel="noopener">won</a> an EPC contract from SJVN Green Energy for a 15 MW floating solar project at Nangal Pond in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh. The scope of work includes the comprehensive operation and maintenance of the project for three years.

Hartek Wins EPC Contract for 8 MW Rooftop Solar Project in J&K

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					</table>Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi <a href="https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1866334" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a> the village of Modhera in Gujarat as India&#8217;s first 24&#215;7 solar-powered village in a recent event organized. The Prime Minister pointed out that solar energy would help power all house lights, agricultural needs, and vehicles in the village. The first-of-its-kind project realizes the Prime Minister&#8217;s vision of the solarization of the sun-temple town of Modhera. It involved developing a ground-mounted solar power project and more than 1,300 rooftop solar systems on residential and government buildings, all integrated with Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). Once completed, the project is expected to demonstrate how India&#8217;s renewable energy prowess can empower people at the grassroots level.
Tata Power <a href="https://www.tatapower.com/media/PressReleaseDetails/1978/tata-power-commits-to-expand-its-presence-in-rajasthan-participates-in-invest-rajasthan-2022-summit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> its plans to develop up to 8 GW of utility-scale projects, 1 GW of rooftop solar, and install 150,000 solar pumps in Rajasthan over the next five years. The announcement was made at the recent Rajasthan Summit. The company has commissioned 2,066 MW of capacity in Rajasthan to date, and around 2,873 MW of solar projects under construction are expected to be completed in the next 12-24 months. Tata Power plans to have a renewable power portfolio of 10 GW in the state in the next five years. The company plans to install 10,000 public electric vehicle (EV) charging points in the state over the next few years.
Hartek Solar, the rooftop solar division of Hartek group, <a href="https://www.hartek.com/press-release/hartek-solar-to-build-2-mw-floating-solar-plant-foundation-stone-laid-by-president-of-india" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bagged</a> an order for a 2 MW floating solar project from Chandigarh Renewal Energy and Science &amp; Technology Promotion Society. The plant will be situated at Sector 39 Water Works, which supplies water to Chandigarh. This project is expected to generate 2.8 million units of electricity annually and save 80,000 tons of CO2.
Goldwind, a Beijing-headquartered wind turbine manufacturer, <a href="https://www.goldwind.com/en/news/focus-article/?id=755472528843109376" target="_blank" rel="noopener">secured</a> a deal with Masdar, Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, to supply 111 units of GW155-4.5MW turbines to the Zarafshan wind farm in the Navoi region in central Uzbekistan. The project delivery is scheduled to be started in the third quarter of 2022 and completed by the end of 2024. Once in operation, it would help power 500,000 Uzbekistan households, displacing 1.1 million tons of carbon dioxide annually. The project is expected to help Uzbekistan achieve the goal of increasing the proportion of green electricity to 25% by 2030.
Ilmatar Energy, a Finnish independent power producer, <a href="https://ilmatar.fi/en/ilmatar-and-finsilva-to-develop-a-200-mw-wind-farm-in-finland/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that it would develop a 200 MW wind farm in the Vermassalo area of Virrat in Northern Pirkanmaa. The areas are owned by the Finnish forestry and natural capital company Finsilva. The planning and permitting process for the Vermassalo wind farm will begin toward the end of 2022. The construction work is expected to occur in 2025–2026, and the electricity generation will begin around 2027–2028. The Vermassalo wind power project is in Northern Pirkanmaa, approximately 10 km from central Virrat, west of Vehmasjärvi. The tentative size of the project area owned by Finsilva is roughly 3,200 hectares, allowing 20–25 wind turbines to be placed in the area. The company also recently <a href="https://ilmatar.fi/en/ilmatar-to-build-finlands-largest-renewable-energy-hybrid-park/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">received</a> a grant of €19.5 million (~$18.92 million) from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment to implement a renewable energy hybrid park. Ilmatar is already in the process of building a large-scale wind farm in Alajärvi. The farm will comprise 36 wind turbines and have a capacity of 216 MW. The new project that was granted aid will add a new industrial-scale solar farm in the immediate vicinity of the wind farm. The solar farm will have a capacity of 150 MW and a 50 MWh battery storage offering flexibility.

Daily News Wrap-Up: Modhera to Become India’s First Solar-Powered Village

Based on project capacity commissioned in 2017, <a href="http://sterlingandwilson.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sterling and Wilson</a> has emerged as the leading solar engineering procurement construction (EPC) developer in the country.
The newly released report by Mercom India Research <a href="https://mercomindia.com/product/mercoms-india-solar-market-share-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">India Solar Market Leaderboard 2018</a> reveals the market leaders that emerged from a record year for the solar industry. The report covers market share and shipment rankings across the Indian solar supply chain in 2017.
Sterling &amp; Wilson accounted for 12 percent market share and was the top EPC firm in India in 2017 and was the also the top EPC provider in India in terms of cumulative installations.
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Sterling and Wilson was the only EPC which had over 1 GW of commissioned capacity in 2017.
“The EPC market was dominated by large firms which occupied the top ten spots and accounted for 63 percent of market share. But, only one company had over 10 percent of market share,” said Raj Prabhu, CEO of Mercom Capital Group.
Most large developers have begun executing EPC services in-house on some projects to control costs.
Competition is intense among EPC companies as barriers to entry are low. Cost cutting and poor quality EPC work was exposed when storms affected the north Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana and <a href="https://mercomindia.com/storms-affect-solar-assets-north-indian-states/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">damaged</a> solar projects.
Margins for EPC providers is razor thin due to aggressive bidding for EPC services by providers. Several small and medium size EPC providers are struggling.
With approximately 20 GW of solar projects tendered since December 2017, the development activity is expected ramp up as these tenders are auctioned. Solar installations in Q1 2018 <a href="https://mercomindia.com/solar-installations-india-q1-2018/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">totaled</a> 3.3 GW and Mercom India Research has forecasted solar installations in 2018 to come in at approximately in the 8-9 GW.
To learn more about the report and get a full list of market leaders, click <a href="https://mercomindia.com/product/mercoms-india-solar-market-share-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>
 For a complete Market Share Tracker, click <a href="https://mercomindia.com/product/mercoms-india-solar-market-share-tracker/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>
Download Executive Summary <a href="https://mercomindia.com/india-solar-market-leaderboard-2018-executive-summary-form/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>
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