Energy secretary for the 49.7 million population state, Mr. N. Srikanth, has now confirmed the tender saying that Andhra Pradesh Green Energy Corporation Ltd is the agency for the project.
The state government of Andhra Pradesh has recently come under pressure from big name overseas investors and even the national governments of Japan and France for its management operations.
However, with tariffs as low as they are in recent national auctions managed by Solar Energy Corporation of India of late, some distribution agencies are now reportedly balking at following through on earlier projects at higher tariffs.
At present Andhra Pradesh has roughly 7.7 GW of installed photovoltaic (solar) operations (PV) and wind projects and ranks number two in India for green energy capacity – 10% of the national total overall – with 4,092 MW of installed wind by way of FiTs, and 3,230 MW of PV through competitive bidding.