The north Indian state of Punjab has issued a fresh tender for installation of 300 MW of solar power capacity.

The state joins list of several others like Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh to issue huge tenders for setting up solar power capacity.

Punjab lies in the west north-west belt of India which receives significantly high solar radiation making the region suitable for large-scale solar power infrastructure development.

Other states laying in the region, Gujarat and Rajasthan, boast over 90% of India’s installed solar capacity. Both the states have been pioneers in development of solar power sector in India.

While the size of the tender issued by Punjab is relatively smaller than those issued by some other states in the recent months. One of the reasons for this is the lack of wasteland in Punjab. It is prominently an agricultural state. States like Gujarat, Rajasthan, and southern states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have vast areas of wasteland where large solar power projects can be installed.