St. Peters, Missouri-based SunEdison Inc. won a bid to build 150 megawatts of solar projects in southern India’s Karnataka state.
The company will build and own the five projects for Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd. SunEdison was one of 44 developers vying to build 500 megawatts of projects in the state. The facilities are expected to be owned by the developer, its project holding company TerraForm Power Inc. or an affiliate. It will sell power under contract to the grid.
SunEdison recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the provincial government of Rajasthan to build 5 gigawatts of projects in the northern Indian state.
