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Tata Power Renewable Energy has commissioned a 1 GW solar PV plant for Indian state-owned power utility SJVN in Rajasthan, India.
Spanning the Bandarwala and Karnisar Bhatiyan sites in Bikaner, Rajasthan, the project is expected to generate approximately 2,454.84mn units of electricity and offset nearly 1.74mn tonnes of CO₂ in its first year of generation.
The capacity has been allocated to key state utilities – 500 MW to Rajasthan Urja Vikas and IT Services, 300 MW to Jammu & Kashmir Power, and 200 MW to Uttarakhand Power Corporation.
The facility is SJVN’s largest to comply with the country’s domestic content requirement (DCR) rules, integrating advanced DCR-compliant cells, mono bifacial DCR modules, and high-performance inverters, optimising energy generation even under extreme climatic conditions, Tata Power said in a statement.
All 2.4 million modules used in the project were manufactured at the company’s solar cell and modules manufacturing facility in Tirunelveli.
With the commissioning of this project – the largest of the company to date – Tata Power’s total renewable utility-scale capacity has reached 11.6 GW, including 4.9 GW executed as third-party EPC.
Bihar commissions first phase of 301 MW/495 MWh solar-plus-BESS project
Meanwhile, Bihar State Power Generation Company has commissioned the first phase of a 301 MW/495 MWh solar-plus-BESS (battery energy storage system) project in India’s Lakhisarai district, Bihar.
The first phase includes a 185 MW/254 MWh solar-plus-BESS project covering 689 acres. Hithium Energy Storage supplied the BESS for the first phase of the project in 82 integrated LiFePO4 liquid cooling containers, each with a capacity of 3.44 MWh.
The BESS will be designed to supply 45.5 MW for up to four hours, meeting up to 20% of the company’s normal daily solar power generation.
In the second phase of the project, the company will develop a 116 MW/241 MWh solar-plus-storage site. It is expected to deliver uninterrupted power for four to five hours during peak demand, with commissioning set for January 2027.
In October 2025, the Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission set a target of meeting 43.33% of its energy requirements from renewable sources by the financial year 2030.
