Cochin Port Trust (CoPT), has invited bids for both rooftop and floating solar power projects at its premises. At first, around 14 blocks of a residential building with flat-roof will be available for the project and about 4 kilometers of surrounding water bodies are also available in Kochi, where the project has to be implemented.

The land available for the establishment of the solar project venture is around 14,000 sq mts, considering both rooftops and water bodies, and it is expected to generate ~1.2 MW of power. The proposed solar power project is to be installed on both the rooftop of residential buildings and water bodies, as recognized by the bidder. The report expresses that the bidders should make reference to the assessed capacity to be produced per annum by the proposed sun based undertaking, and they ought to likewise show the prerequisite of helper capacity to run it.