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<p>The <a href="http://upneda.org.in/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency</a> (UPNEDA) has announced a tender to install 25 MW of grid-connected rooftop solar photovoltaic projects atop government and semi-government buildings in the state under RESCO model.</p>
<p>The bid submission deadline is August 12, 2019, with the bid opening date of August 13, 2019.</p>
<p>The eligible bidders should participate in the site survey, design, manufacture, supply, erection, testing, and commissioning including warranty, operation, and maintenance of the projects. Bidders can apply for a minimum aggregate bid capacity of 1 MW and a maximum aggregate bid capacity of 10 MW.</p>
<p>The scope of work also includes ensuring gross metering as per the state policy, quality control of the grid-connected rooftop solar PV projects, and operation and maintenance of the projects for 25 years.</p>
<p>The size of each project should be between 25 kW and 500 kW.</p>
<p>The modules used in the projects should be manufactured in India. Rest of the components can be procured from any source, states the tender.</p>
<p>According to UPNEDA, the successful bidder should furnish performance security for the allocated capacity only. The earnest money deposit will ₹4,00,000 ($5,814)/MW while the bidder should furnish a performance bank guarantee at the rate of ₹25,00,000 ($5,814)/MW. Moreover, the net worth of the bidder should be at least ₹8 million (~$ 115,966) in the financial year (FY) 2018-19.</p>
<p>Regarding the technical criteria, UPNEDA has specified that the bidder must have experience in design, supply, installation, and commissioning of at least 500 kW of grid-connected solar PV power projects under RESCO model in the last seven fiscal years.</p>
<p>Earlier this year, the Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (<a href="http://www.uperc.org/Default2.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">UPERC</a>) finalized the <a href="https://mercomindia.com/uttar-pradesh-net-metering-solar-rooftop/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">proposed regulations</a> related to net-metering provisions for rooftop solar projects in the state. The state has now increased the upper cap of rooftop installations <a href="https://mercomindia.com/uttar-pradesh-net-metering-rooftop-solar-2-mw/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">under net metering mechanism</a> from 1 MW to 2 MW.</p>
<p><a href="https://mercomindia.com/indian-oil-floats-epc-tender/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Recently</a>, Oil major Indian Oil Corporation Limited floated a <a href="https://iocletenders.nic.in/nicgep/app" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">tender</a> for the engineering, procurement, and construction of two grid-connected rooftop captive solar power projects in Uttar Pradesh.</p>
<p>Image credit: U.S. Department of Energy from United States [Public domain]</p>
<div class="saboxplugin-wrap" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope itemprop="author"><div class="saboxplugin-tab"><div class="saboxplugin-gravatar"></div><div class="saboxplugin-authorname"><a href="https://cms.mercomindia.com/author/anjana/" class="vcard author" rel="author"><span class="fn">Anjana Parikh</span></a></div><div class="saboxplugin-desc"><div itemprop="description"><p><img class="alignleft" src="https://mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Anjana2.png" width="112" height="121" />Anjana is a news editor at Mercom India. Before joining Mercom, she held roles of senior editor, district correspondent, and sub-editor for The Times of India, Biospectrum and The Sunday Guardian. Before that, she worked at the Deccan Herald and the Asianlite as chief sub-editor and news editor. She has also contributed to The Quint, Hindustan Times, The New Indian Express, Reader’s Digest (UK edition), IndiaSe (Singapore-based magazine) and Asiaville. Anjana holds a Master’s degree in Geography from North Bengal University, and a diploma in mass communication and journalism from Guru Ghasidas University, Bhopal.</p>
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