A 56 MW floating solar power project at the Jharkhand-based NTPC North Karanpura Thermal Power Station has been put out to bid by NTPC Limited.

The scope of work includes purchasing and installing solar modules as well as developing a power evacuation system for the floating solar project.

The successful bidder must also provide three years of operation and maintenance services for the project and an annual maintenance contract for essential equipment.

Bidders must have experience designing, supplying, erecting, and commissioning solar photovoltaic grid-connected power projects with a minimum capacity of 40 MW.

One of these projects must have had a capacity of 10 MW or higher and be in operation for at least six months before the technical and commercial bid opening date.