JULY 20238TOP STORYMINISTRY APPROVES SJVN'S TO SET UP TRANSMISSION LINES FOR 1 GW SOLAR PROJECTINDIA'S GOVERNMENT ISSUES A TENDER TO BUILD A 4.5 LAKH TONNE GREEN HYDROGEN GENERATING FACILITYThe Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition (SIGHT) programme has invited bids for the construction of a 4.5 lakh tonne per year green hydrogen generation facility in India. The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has administrative supervision over SECI, a government-owned company in India. It serves as a key agency for carrying out various renewable energy programmes around the nation. A total of 4.5 lakh tonnes per year are up for bid, comprising 4.1 lakh tonnes under technology-agnostic pathways and 40,000 tonnes under biomass-based pathways.This tender will award a total of 450,000 tonnes of green hydrogen (GH2) annually. A bidder, including its parent, affiliate, or ultimate parent, as well as any group companies, were required to submit a single bid committing to the establishment of a GH2 manufacturing plant. It said that quotes for the projects may only be provided in multiples of 500 tonnes.The minimum and maximum bid capacities for the Technology Agnostic Pathways (Bucket I) would be 10,000 tonnes and 90,000 tonnes, respectively. The minimum bid capacity under Biomass Based Pathways (Bucket II) is 500 tonnes, while the maximum bid capacity is 4,000 tonnes. 30 months from the date of the Letter of Award would be the maximum amount of time permitted for commissioning (SCD).The pre-bid meeting is set for July 28, 2023, and the tender was floated on July 10, 2023. By September 11, 2023, hard copies of the bids may be submitted; they will then be opened on September 12. The National Green Hydrogen Mission would get an outlay of Rs 19,744 crore from the Union Cabinet through 2029­30. SJVN's proposal to install overhead transmission lines for its 1,000 MW solar power project in Bikaner, Rajasthan, has been granted by the Ministry of Power. On November 15, 2022, SJVN published a notice for the transmission programme in regional newspapers and the Weekly Gazette of India, requesting feedback or objections on the suggested transmission path within 60 days of the publication date.SJVN then declared that Juniper Green Cosmic only submitted one objection, which was eventually withdrawn. The approval from the Ministry of Power is valid for 25 years, and SJVN must get permission from the authorities before building the planned lines. SJVN must abide by the relevant commission's rules for transmission, operation & maintenance, and open access.The villages of Bandarewala, Deensar, Barala, Bhanipura, Sarah Barola, Gol Pratap Singh, Kawni, Mehrasar, Jaimalsar, Nokha Daiya, and Randhisar in the Bikaner district will be crossed by the overhead lines for the transmission programme. The applicant will only operate the lines with the electrical inspector or chief electrical inspector of the central government's approval.At the time of the electrical inspection, the company must present the necessary approvals to the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), having already obtained them from agencies like civil aviation and defence. SJVN had won the contract from the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) for the development of a 1 GW grid-connected solar power project under the CPSU Phase-II (Tranche-III) programme under viability gap funding.
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