Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd has commissioned a 1 GW solar project for SJVN Ltd. in Rajasthan, India, which supplies green electricity to Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand. The installation is built in accordance with the Domestic Content Requirements (DCR).
Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd. (TPREL), a subsidiary of Tata Power, has commissioned SJVN’s 1 GW DCR compliant solar project in Rajasthan. This milestone represents the largest solar project commissioned by TPREL to date and one of the most extensive renewable energy developments in India.
All 2.4 million modules used in the project have been manufactured at TP Solar’s solar cell and module manufacturing facility in Tirunelveli.
The project covers Bandarwala and Karnisar Bhatiyan locations in Bikaner and is designed to provide clean, reliable power across multiple states. The project capacity is allocated to serve key state utilities including 500 MW for Rajasthan Urja Vikas and IT Services Ltd. (RUVITL), 300 MW for Jammu & Kashmir Power Ltd. (JKPL) and 200 MW for Uttarakhand Power Corp. Ltd. (UPCL).
In its first year of operation, the project is expected to generate approximately 2,454.84 million units of green electricity and offset nearly 1.74 million tons of CO₂, significantly contributing to national decarbonization goals.
“The project stands out for its robust engineering and innovative execution, and has been delivered in one of India’s most challenging environments, with temperatures peaking up to 50°C in summer and dropping as low as 3°C in winter, exacerbated by difficult terrain and restricted vehicle movements,” TPREL said. “Despite these limitations, TPREL ensured a timely and safe completion through the deployment of advanced DCR-compatible cells and mono bifacial DCR modules, precision ramming techniques and high-performance inverters designed to operate efficiently under extreme heat.”
With this commissioning, TPREL’s total utility-scale renewable capacity has reached 11.6 GW, including 4.9 GW operated as third-party EPC. Tata Power currently has 5.8 GW of its own capacity operational, of which 4.7 GW is solar energy and 1.1 GW is wind energy. Another 5.8 GW is in various phases of deployment, evenly divided between 3 GW solar and 2.8 GW wind projects, which are expected to be commissioned in phases over the next three to 24 months.
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