Tata Power Solar, 3 others bag NTPC´s Solar Project

Four companies have bagged the EPC contract worth Rs 1,779 crore from public sector NTPC Ltd for setting up a 250 MW Solar Photovoltaic Power Project in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. Of this, Tata Power Solar Systems, Bengaluru, has been awarded 100 MW works, while the contract for 50 MW each was given to Lanco Solar Energy Pvt Ltd, Gurgaon, BHEL, Delhi, and Sterling and Wilson Ltd, Mumbai. The contract is the first phase of the 1,000 MW ultra mega solar power project proposed by NTPC in an area of 5,400 acre, allotted by the AP government and is expected to be commissioned in 12 months.