SECI 1,000 MW tender proposal

The government has asked Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) to bring tenders of 1,000 MW every month, beginning from November 2018 till February 2019
SECI is the only Central Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) involved in the solar energy sector. It works under the Union Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE).
This directive is intended to help the country bridge the gap between current share of renewable energy in its energy mix and the targets under Paris agreement
The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has also started tendering, and allocation under the Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS) scheme, wherein projects are planned for connections with the ISTS grid directly,” a CRISIL research report stated. Further, it said that SECI has allocated 5 GW to the grid and another 3 GW is in the tendering phase.
The report also mentioned that the government has announced a 2.5 GW solar-wind hybrid scheme to facilitate higher utilisation of resources