The Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (UPNEDA) has invited expressions of interest (EoI) for 1.3 GW solar power projects in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh.

The projects will be developed on a build-own-operate basis in Garautha and Mauranipur tehsils.

The projects will be developed on 5,508 acres of land, comprising 957 acres of government land leased to the developers for 30 years and 4,551 acres of private land to be arranged by the developers. The projects will also utilize wastelands.

The land is distributed across three contiguous parcels in nine villages of the Garautha tehsil and one contiguous parcel in a village of the Mauranipur tehsil.

The government land will be allocated to the developers on a first-come first-serve basis and at the land lease rates as defined in the Solar Energy Policy, 2022.

Developers must survey, design, supply, install, test, commission, and operate and maintain the special purpose vehicles to be set up for the projects. They must connect the projects with the nearest substations of the state transmission utility/distribution company.

The successful developers must secure and maintain all consents, clearances, permits and approvals for the entire lease period. They also have to arrange for the power procurers on their own.

Under the Uttar Pradesh Solar Energy Policy, 2022, UPNEDA has set a target of adding  22,000 MW of solar energy by 2027. Out of this, 14,000 MW will be large-scale solar power projects.

Last September, UPNEDA invited bids for 320 MW grid-connected ground-mounted solar power projects in eight locations in Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh.

In July 2024, UPNEDA floated a tender for 3.205 GW grid-connected solar power projects under feeder-level solarization of the PM KUSUM component C2 program.

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