NTPC Issues Standalone BESS Tender For 250MW/500MWH Capacity

Tata Power Solar Commissions Solar & Battery Energy Storage project in Chhattisgarh

NTPC Limited has now issued a global tender for standalone Battery Energy Storage System (BESS). The Indian power behemoth has sought the tenders for a capacity of 250MW/500MWH for its captive plants.

As per the details given in the tender, NTPC will use the BESS services for its NTPC-Gadarwara plant and NTPC-Solapur plant. These BESS units are supposed to be grid-connected. NTPC said that the bidders need to ensure the supply, packaging, forwarding, transportation upto the respective site including inland transit insurance of containerised battery storage, battery inverters, energy management system and other components. 

The bidders are mandated to take care of the design and engineering of BESS with the grid. NTPC said that the pre-bid conference for the tender will be held on July 7 while the last data for the submission of the bids will be July 18. It has also sought a bid security amount of Rs 10 crore for the project.

The NTPC tender said that the bidders need to have an experience in the BESS sector. It has however also prescribed several alternate eligibility criteria. “The bidder should have manufactured and supplied Batteries for grid interactive battery energy storage system(s) of cumulative installed capacity of 40 MW or higher, out of which at least one grid interactive battery energy storage system should be of 10 MW capacity or higher. The reference grid interactive battery energy storage system of 10 MW or higher capacity must have been in successful operation for at least six (6) months prior to the date of techno-commercial bid opening,” the tender said.

Itn also added, “The bidder should be an integrator of grid interactive battery energy storage system(s) of cumulative installed capacity of 40 MW or higher, out of which at least one grid interactive battery energy storage system should be of 10 MW capacity or higher. The reference grid interactive battery energy storage system of 10 MW or higher capacity must have been in successful operation for at least six (6) months prior to the date of techno commercial bid opening.”