The company has won 200 MW under base capacity at a tariff of Rs 2.75/kWh and another 200 MW under a green shoe option at a tariff of Rs 2.71/kWh from GUVNL under a tariff-based competitive bidding process followed by an e-Reverse auction.
Recently, a formal agreement was signed between Brookfield and entrepreneur Vineet Mittal - founder of the Avaada group, and the first tranche of $400 million has been disbursed.
The project was awarded through a competitive bidding followed by an e-reverse auction in which Avaada emerged as the winner with a quoted tariff of Rs 2.70/kWh.
The group is adding capacity across its different verticals and aims to become a 30 GW firm by 2030. Mittal said its current business plan is fully funded.
Avaada Group has been declared one of the winners in an auction conducted by Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (MSEDCL)
Avaada Energy is raising green bonds for Rs 1,440 crore (USD 192 million) in the Indian capital market at 6.75 per cent, making it India’s largest AAA-rated Green Bond by any renewable energy developer, the company said in a statement.
Avaada Energy is owned by Vineet Mittal, the former promoter of Welspun Energy. He left the Welspun Group after selling the entire 1.1 GW renewable energy portfolio of Welspun Energy To Tata Power for $1.4 billion.
The project has been awarded by Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL), Avaada said in a statement.
The renewable energy firm is open to diluting minority stake, wants the money to expand and also bid for renewable energy assets, say sources.