SJVN Green Energy, SJVN’s renewable energy arm, has commissioned Assam’s first utility-scale solar project.

The 70 MW solar project in the Dhubri district of the state is also SJVN’s first operational solar power project in the northeastern region.

The project was inaugurated by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

The project has been developed in the Khudigaon village of Dhubri district and is set up on 330 acres of land, leased by the Assam Power Distribution Company for 28 years.

The total engineering, procurement, and construction cost of the project is around ₹3.67 billion.

The project was awarded to SJVN Green Energy by the Assam Power Distribution Company (APDCL) in February 2023 at a tariff of ₹3.92 (~$0.043)/kWh.

The project has been designed to operate at a capacity utilization factor of 23%, and it is expected to generate 141.13 million units of electricity in the first year and approximately 3.23 billion units over 25 years.

The Assam government aims to add 11.7 GW of renewable energy capacity by the end of the financial year (FY) 2030. In its Integrated Clean Energy (ICE) Policy 2025, the state said that clean energy projects and renewable energy manufacturing plants commissioned during the policy period will be eligible for incentives.

According to the Q3 2025 India Solar Market Update Report by Mercom India Research, India added 26.6 GW of solar capacity in the first nine months (9M) of 2025, an increase of 53.7% year-over-year from 17.3 GW. Large-scale solar accounted for 81.5% of the capacity commissioned in 9M 2025, with solar open access projects accounting for 28.3%.

Recently, SJVN Green Energy commissioned the full capacity of the 1 GW Bikaner Solar Power Project. The project is being developed at a cost of ₹54.92 billion (~$612 million) and executed under the Domestic Content Requirement mode, using locally manufactured solar cells and modules.