Rays Power wins contract from Delhi Metro

Rays Power Experts announced on 1 April, that it had won a contract from Delhi Metro.

According to the contract, the solar power solutions provider will be setting up a seven MW solar rooftop photovoltaic project at selected stations and sites.

The company will be constructing and commissioning the project for DMRC selected stations and sites. It is a tariff-based project at a consistent tariff of Rs 6.248 per unit for a duration of 25 years.

With this contract, Rays Power Experts will be the only company to build one of the largest solar rooftop PV projects in Delhi for DMRC.

Welspun plans 100 MW solar plant in Tamil Nadu

Welspun Renewables has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) for setting up a 100 MW solar project in the state.

So far, the government has signed 146 MW of PPAs under the existing solar power purchase programme and now Welspun’s 100 MW is among these PPAs.

As per the scheme, the developers who set up projects before September will sell their power to TANGEDCO at a rate of Rs 7.01 a kWhr.

Jeweller GRT (15 MW) and the Andhra-based SSNR Power (10 MW) are among the other companies who have signed PPAs.