Tata Power Solar Systems has been given the mandate by Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) to build a 100 MW EPC solar project along with a 120 MWh utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS).
The total contract value is approximately ₹945 crore, India’s largest solar and battery storage project. The project will be executed within 18 months.
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The utility-scale EPC order book of Tata Power Solar now stands at 4.4 GW (DC) capacity with an approximate value of ₹9,000 crore
SECI project sites are located in Chhattisgarh. The order scope includes engineering, design, supply, construction, erection, testing, O&M and commissioning of the solar and battery projects.
Praveer Sinha, CEO & MD, Tata Power said, “We are glad to receive this prestigious order from SECI to build Solar EPC projects along with India’s largest utility-scale BESS project. This is the second grid-scale solar plant with BESS and is recognition of Tata Power Solar’s pioneering work in project execution capabilities in the solar energy domain.”
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