Tata Power Renewable Energy (TPREL), a subsidiary of Tata Power has received a letter of award (LoA) from Tata Power Delhi Distribution (Tata Power-DDL), a joint venture of Tata Power and the government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCTD), for setting up a 255 MW hybrid (wind and solar) power project in Karnataka.

The project will be commissioned within 24 months from the PPA execution date. The letter was awarded through an e-reverse auction. The power generated from the project will be supplied to Tata Power-DDL, which supplies electricity to a populace of over seven million in North Delhi.

The letter indicates the current capacity bifurcation as 85 MW solar and 170 MW wind power with the green-shoe option of additional capacity of 85 MW solar and 170 MW wind.

With this win, the total renewable capacity of TPREL reaches 6,048 MW with an installed capacity of 3,884 MW (Solar - 2,956 MW and Wind - 928 MW); of these around 2,164 MW under various stages of implementation.