NTPC REL Floats 250 MW EPC Tender For Bikaner, Rajasthan

NTPC Renewable Energy Limited (NTPC REL) has opened bids for a 250 MW EPC tender for a grid-connected solar project in Bikaner, Rajasthan, with submissions due by June 30, 2025.

NTPC Green’s subsidiary,  NTPC renewable energy arm’s (NTPC REL) latest tender requires bidders to design, engineer, manufacture, supply, pack, transport, unload, store, install, test, and commission the solar plant, including the supply of solar PV modules. Financially, bidders must have an average annual turnover of at least Rs. 159 crore over the past three financial years.

Technically, bidders should have experience in EPC work for grid-connected solar photovoltaic (SPV) power plants totaling at least 40 MWp. Additionally, at least one project of 10 MWp or higher must have been operational for a minimum of six months before the techno-commercial bid opening date.

NTPC’s Previous Projects

NTPC told the commissioning target for FY26 and FY27, in an investor’s call while sharing the Q4 financial results, the management said, “Yes. As far as the expected COD is concerned, first of all, let me take FY26. On a stand-alone basis, we expect a capacity of 2,019 MW. This is coming from our Barh I Unit 3 – 660 MW, and North Karanpura Unit 3 – 660 MW and in renewables we are expecting an addition of 699 MW. So, in stand-alone, it would be 2,019 MW. In JVs and subsidiaries, it will be a total of 9,787 MW. This would comprise of Patratu Unit 1 and 2 – 1,600 MW, THDC Khurja Unit 2- 660 MW; THDC hydro pumped storage project – 1,000 MW. And renewables will be around 6,527 MW. So, all this put together would be 9,787 MW of JV subsidiary capacity. NTPC Group as a whole would tally to 11,806 MW.

Pooling Substation, Land Transfer Delay Project Implementation

When questioned about the reason behind the delay in capacity addition, the management said, “Last year, the major slippages were primarily at our Khavda and Bhadla. Khavda, we had planned for a capacity of 1,255 MW. But this got delayed primarily because of the pooling substation getting delayed a little bit, which got commissioned now lately in April, and we are going to start bringing the capacities of Khavda this year.”

They added, “We are planning in the Q1 itself around 600 MW. And then progressively, this entire capacity will come. Another slippage was at Bhadla 500 MW, which was because of the delay in the land transfer by the Government of Rajasthan. Now that is also been done and the work has started in September 2024, and we will make up for this lost time.” The company while sharing its projections mentioned, that in renewables it’s expecting an addition of 699 MW.