Jammu Tawi, Nov 30: The government is planning to issue tenders for 7,500 MW of solar projects in the Leh and Kargil region of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) by December 15.
As part of the initiatives under the National Solar Mission, the Ministry of New and Renewable energy (MNRE) has launched the ambitious plan of implementation of 23 GW (23,000 MW) grid-connected ultra mega solar PV projects in the Leh and Ladakh regions of Jammu & Kashmir.
“First phase will comprise setting up of 2,500 MW solar PV capacity in Kargil region and 5,000 MW to be set up in Leh district,” a senior official of Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) told The Hindu, adding that the government may also think of subsidising the projects considering the projects are in remote location.
“The subsidy and other issues will be considered post price discovery after the bids. Nothing has been decided yet,” said the official.
The scope of work shall comprise setting up of the solar PV projects along with implementation of the entire power evacuation infrastructure (substations along with transmission lines),till the drawl point.
A single tender shall be issued for selection of the project developer, who shall be responsible for the setting up of the solar PV project along with the power evacuation infrastructure.
Tentatively, the projects are planned to be set up in the Pang region in Leh and in the Zangla region in Kargil. Drawl point for the 2500 MW project is tentatively planned to be located in New Wanpoh and for the 5000 MW capacity, it has been tentatively planned to be located in Hisar.
