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					</table><p>HPCL Renewable and Green Energy (HPRGE), a subsidiary of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (<a href="https://www.hindustanpetroleum.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HPCL</a>), has invited bids for the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) packages of three floating solar projects.</p>
<p>The projects are:</p>
<ul>
<li>9 MW floating solar project in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.</li>
<li>14 MW floating solar project in Balotra, Rajasthan.</li>
<li>2 MW floating solar project in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.</li>
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<p>Selected developers must undertake the projects’ operation and maintenance for ten years.</p>
<p>The last day to submit the bids is October 15, 2024. Bids will be opened on the same day.</p>
<p>The electricity generated from the Jaisalmer project can be transmitted to the consumption site using intra-state open access, utilizing the state’s transmission and distribution network, or under a behind-the-meter system. For the Balotra and Visakhapatnam projects, electricity can be consumed onsite using a behind-the-meter system.</p>
<p>Bidders for the Jaisalmer project must have an average annual financial turnover of at least ₹72.6 million ($866,441) over the last three years. The required turnover for the Balotra project is ₹97.5 million ($1.16 million), and for the Visakhapatnam project, at least ₹9 million (~$107,410) over the same period.</p>
<p>For the Jaisalmer and Balotra projects, bidders must have experience in executing an EPC contract for a grid-connected floating solar power project of at least 1 MW, including the balance of system. For the Visakhapatnam project, bidders must have experience with a grid-connected floating solar power project of at least 500 kW, including the balance of system.</p>
<p>This experience may include the supply of solar modules, with or without transmission line work, and should cover at least three months of comprehensive operation and maintenance.</p>
<p>The solar modules to be used in the projects must comply with the latest Approved List of Models and Manufacturers issued by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.</p>
<p>In May, HPRGE <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/hpcl-seeks-bids-for-and-floating-solar-project/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">invited</a> bids for a detailed feasibility report and project management consultancy services for grid-connected rooftop and floating solar projects with a cumulative capacity of 81.5 MW.</p>
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HPCL Floats EPC Tenders for Floating Solar Projects in Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh


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					</table><p>HPCL Renewable and Green Energy (HPRGE), a subsidiary of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (<a href="https://www.hindustanpetroleum.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HPCL</a>), has invited bids for land and EHV transmission system package for the development of ISTS-connected solar power projects of 600 MW in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu.</p>
<p>The last date for the submission of bids is June 21, 2024. Bids will be opened the same day.</p>
<p>The scope of work includes identifying and arranging the required land and designing, engineering, supplying, constructing, erection, and commissioning the EHV transmission system up to the ISTS substation.</p>
<p>This excludes the pooling substation at the solar project end but includes bay construction at the grid substation for a 600 MW capacity.</p>
<p>The scope encompasses three years of operation and maintenance of the transmission system and EHV bays at the ISTS substation.</p>
<p>Each project and location will have a capacity of 300 MW.</p>
<p>Bidders must arrange land for the solar project for at least 29 years and 11 months from the date it is allotted to HPGRE.</p>
<p>The land can be leased government land, private land, or a combination of both. The land parcel must be contiguous at a single location. Bidders must propose a lease or sublease for 30 years for a total of 1,200 acres.</p>
<p>They must offer land according to the specification of a minimum of 4 acres per MW.</p>
<p>The proposed land must not be within Great Indian Bustard zones, coastal regulation zones, or prohibited ranges of any wildlife-protected areas, forest areas, or defense establishments.</p>
<p>There should be no government restrictions on setting up the solar power project on the proposed land.</p>
<p>Bidders must submit an earnest money deposit of ₹1 million (~$11,969).</p>
<p>Successful bidders must furnish a performance bank guarantee of 5% of the EPC contract price (excluding land lease and O&amp;M contract value) within two weeks of issuing the letter of award.</p>
<p>Bidders must have experience completing similar works in India over the past ten years.</p>
<p>This experience should include the following for grid-connected solar PV projects/ solar parks or wind projects/ wind parks with a capacity of 50 MW or higher at a single location:</p>
<ul>
<li>Arrangement of land for the project.</li>
<li>Obtaining technical feasibility approval for power evacuation through an STU/ISTS substation.</li>
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<p>The capacity to be quoted by the bidder in each schedule is 300 MW, which corresponds to approximately 1,200 acres of land.</p>
<p>The average annual financial turnover for the last three years, ending on March 31, 2024, should meet the following requirements: For Schedule 1, with a proposed capacity of 300 MW, the turnover should be at least ₹80 million (~$957,526).</p>
<p>For Schedule 2, with a proposed capacity of 300 MW, the turnover should also be at least ₹80 million (~$957,526). If Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 are combined for a total proposed capacity of 600 MW, the turnover should be at least ₹160 million (~$1.9 million).</p>
<p>In May, HPRGE <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/hpcl-seeks-bids-for-and-floating-solar-project" target="_blank" rel="noopener">invited</a> bids for a detailed feasibility report and project management consultancy services for grid-tied rooftop and floating solar projects with a cumulative capacity of 81.5 MW.</p>
<p>HPRGEL also <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/hindustan-petroleum-epc-300-mw-solar" target="_blank" rel="noopener">invited</a> bids for the engineering, procurement, and construction package with land for 300 MW of solar projects in seven states.</p>
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HPCL Subsidiary Tenders Land and Transmission System for 600 MW Solar Project


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<p>The projects to be implemented in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu must be commissioned within 15 months of receiving the work order.</p>
<p>The last day to submit the bids is May 30, 2024. Bids will be opened on the same day.</p>
<p>Bidders must submit an earnest money deposit of $105.5 million (~$1.26 million).</p>
<p>Selected bidders must submit 2% of the EPC contract value as performance security within 15 days from the bid acceptance. They must also submit 5% of the operation and maintenance (O&amp;M) contract value as a bank guarantee.</p>
<p>The scope of work involves identifying and transferring land leases to HPRGEL, organizing grid connectivity at the ISTS substation, and performing all EPC works with open category type modules, including power evacuation system and telemetry to the interconnecting grid substation. Bidders must also conduct performance testing to demonstrate guaranteed generation at the interconnection point and supply mandatory spares.</p>
<p>They must also undertake the O&amp;M of the complete solar project, including the switchyard and power evacuation system, until the interconnecting grid substation, for ten years after the defect liability period.</p>
<p>Bidders should have completed at least one similar work order of a minimum of ₹16.52 billion (~$197.86 million), two similar works each of ₹10.33 billion (~$123.72 million), or three similar works each of ₹8.26 billion (~$98.92 million) during any of the last seven years.</p>
<p>Bidders should also have carried out O&amp;M for a solar project of a minimum of 25 MW at a single location project for at least one year from the commissioning date.</p>
<p>The average annual turnover of the bidders should be at least ₹6.2 billion(~$74.25 million) during the last three financial years.</p>
<p>Only solar modules registered in the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers issued by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy must be used in the projects.</p>
<p>Recently,  HPRGE <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/hpcl-seeks-bids-for-and-floating-solar-project/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">invited</a> bids for a detailed feasibility report and project management consultancy services for grid-connected rooftop and floating solar projects with a cumulative capacity of 81.5 MW.</p>
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