Offshore wind tender for allocation of seabeds: MNRE

The Ministry of New and Renewable Vitality has notified {that a} tender will likely be issued for allocation of seabed for improvement of offshore wind vitality tasks off the coast of Tamil Nadu via its nodal company Nationwide Institute of Wind Vitality (NIWE). These tasks will promote energy beneath open entry mode/third celebration sale/sale via energy exchanges or for captive consumption. The grid evacuation infrastructure as much as the offshore substation (together with the offshore substation) shall be supplied as a part of ISTS community by CTU/PGCIL.

The bid will likely be on the idea of single stage two envelope whereby the primary envelope would be the techno-commercial bid and second envelope would be the monetary bid whereby the bidder quotes the location lease rental with a minimal ground value at Rs. 0.1 million/sq km/12 months. The leasing of the seabed space to the developer will initially be for the interval of 5 years extendable by additional 1 12 months on case to case foundation. The developer has to fee the offshore wind vitality undertaking together with conducting required research/surveys inside this time interval. The undertaking developer shall pay the seabed lease ground value at Rs. 0.1 million/sq km/12 months (lease leases) for the remaining operation interval from the date of commissioning.

Entry the notification right here