BESS Tender Updates

India BESS Tender Weekly Review

Week of July 26 – August 1, 2026 · Compiled Saturday, August 1, 2026

Summary: Five Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) tenders were newly floated, moved to bid-submission stage, or reached key milestones across India this week, spanning central PSUs (SJVN, GAIL), a state PPP (Maharashtra), and DISCOM-level pilots (Rajasthan). Combined new/advancing capacity this week: roughly 1,300+ MW / 2,700+ MWh, plus a 200 MW floating solar-storage PPP and a 600 MW solar-plus-BESS project.

New & Advancing Tenders This Week

1. SJVN – 265 MW / 530 MWh Standalone BESS, Panipat (Haryana)

Issuer: SJVN Limited (central PSU)

Location: Panipat Thermal Power Station site, Haryana

Size / Capacity: 265 MW / 530 MWh (2-hour standalone BESS)

Scheme / Criteria: Tariff-Based Competitive Bidding (TBCB) under Viability Gap Funding (VGF) scheme

Key Dates: RfS issued ~July 24, 2026 · Site visit July 28 · Pre-bid meeting July 30 · Bids due August 21, 2026

SJVN floated a Request for Selection for a standalone grid-scale battery storage project to be built at its Panipat thermal site, supported by central VGF funding to improve project bankability.

Source: SolarQuarter / Renewable Watch

2. Purna Irrigation Division (Maharashtra Water Resources Dept.) – 200 MW Floating Solar + BESS with 22.5 MW Hydro Upgrade

Issuer: Executive Engineer, Purna Irrigation Division, Basmathnagar (Govt. of Maharashtra)

Location: Purna reservoir / Yeldari Dam, Parbhani & Hingoli districts, Maharashtra

Size / Capacity: 200 MW Floating Solar PV integrated with BESS, plus upgrade of the existing 22.5 MW Yeldari hydroelectric plant

Scheme / Criteria: Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model; E-Tender Notice No. 02, FY 2026-27

Key Dates: Issued July 24, 2026 · Detailed bid documents available July 28 – August 11 · Technical bids open August 12, 2026

A dual-component PPP tender: refurbishing and operating the 22.5 MW Yeldari hydro plant, and building a 200 MW floating solar project paired with battery storage on the Purna reservoir surface.

Source: SolarQuarter / Saur Energy

3. GAIL (India) Ltd – 600 MW Solar + 275 MW/550 MWh BESS, Jhansi Solar Park (Uttar Pradesh)

Issuer: GAIL (India) Limited

Location: Jhansi Solar Park, Uttar Pradesh

Size / Capacity: 600 MW Solar PV co-located with 275 MW / 550 MWh BESS

Scheme / Criteria: EPC tender; bid documents available from July 21, 2026

Key Dates: Online bid submission opened July 31, 2026 · Deadline August 20, 2026, 2:00 PM

GAIL's solar-plus-storage project at Jhansi Solar Park moved into the bid-submission window this week, with a large co-located BESS component to firm up daytime solar output.

Source: SolarQuarter

4. Rajasthan DISCOMs (JVVNL & JdVVNL) – Pilot Decentralised Standalone BESS

Issuer: Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. (JVVNL) and Jodhpur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. (JdVVNL)

Location: 33/11 kV grid substations across JVVNL and JdVVNL service areas, Rajasthan

Size / Capacity: JVVNL: 12 MW/48 MWh (1 MW/4 MWh units); JdVVNL: 150 MW/600 MWh across 12 packages (~₹630 crore est. cost) — combined ~162–172 MW/648–688 MWh reported across sources

Scheme / Criteria: Build-Own-Operate (BOO) model with 15-year O&M; small-scale decentralised pilot projects

Key Dates: Tenders floated mid/late July · Online bid submission opened August 1, 2026 · Deadline August 12 · Technical bids open August 14

Rajasthan's DISCOMs opened bid submission this week for a pilot programme of small, distributed BESS units at the substation level, aimed at local grid support rather than bulk energy shifting.

Source: Saur Energy / Energetica India

Other Active Tenders — Status Updates

POWERGRID – 500 MW/1,000 MWh Pan-India BESS (in progress)

Originally issued July 16, 2026. Pre-bid meeting held July 28, 2026. Bids due August 17, 2026. Category-A (2-hour) BESS at multiple sites nationwide, under a Long-Term Agreement.

Source: Energetica India

Patel Infra – 187.5 MW/750 MWh BESS, Ahmedabad (Gujarat) — equipment package

Published July 23, 2026. Sub-tender for a 168/210 MVA power transformer supporting the larger 187.5 MW/750 MWh BESS project, not the full EPC scope.

Source: SolarQuarter

MPPMCL (Madhya Pradesh) – 625 MW/1,250 MWh Standalone BESS

VGF-backed tender with a bid submission deadline of July 30, 2026 — closed just before this reporting window; included for tracking as an active near-term award.

Source: MVA Pulse