Nitesh Powertech has won South Eastern Coalfields’ (SECL) auction for the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC)  of 1,160 kW grid-connected rooftop solar systems on 12 buildings identified in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.

The projects will be installed at SECL’s GM offices in Sohagpur, Bisrampur, Baikunthpur, Bhatgaon, Dipka, Johilla, Raigarh, CWS Korba, and Chirimiri. Two projects will be installed at SECL headquarters, and one at its Central Excavation Workshop.

The tender was issued in February 2025.

The total contract value is ₹53.12 million (~$593,610.6).

The company must design, engineer, fabricate, construct, erect, install, test, and commission the rooftop solar systems. It must also provide operation and maintenance services for five years.

Additionally, Nitesh Powertech must ensure a minimum capacity utilization factor of 15%.

The project must be completed within 180 days.

Several coal mining companies are seeking to install solar projects at their facilities.

In July last year, SECL issued a tender for a 1.5 MW grid-connected floating solar project at the Sharda OC in Sohagpur, Madhya Pradesh.

In June 2024, SECL invited bids to commission a 5 MWac/6.75 MWdc grid-connected ground-mounted solar project at Vivek Nagar Mines in Sohagpur, Madhya Pradesh.

In the same month, Central Mine Planning & Design Institute, a subsidiary of Coal India, invited bids for the design, engineering, procurement and supply, construction and erection, testing, and commissioning of grid-connected solar projects of a cumulative capacity of 35 MW.

In September this year, Coal India floated an expression of interest for the EPC of 150 MW interstate transmission system-connected solar projects with a co-located battery energy storage system. In the same month, Coal India floated an EPC tender to set up 3,000 MW grid-connected solar projects anywhere in India on a turnkey basis.

In July, it invited bids to set up an 875 MW solar power project at Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam’s 2,000 MW Solar Park at Pugal.