NHPC to develop 200 MW solar power project at Khavda  

NHPC Limited has won the bid to develop a 200 MW capacity solar power project to be set up in the 1,125 MW renewablle energy park of Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited at Khavda in Kachchh district of Gujarat.

The project will generate about 473 million units of electricity in the first year of commissioning. NHPC will develop the project on a build-own-and-operate basis at a tentative development cost of Rs 8.47 billion. The project has been secured at a tariff of Rs 2.66 per unit and will be completed in a period of 18 months