POWERGRID Plans 2.1 MW Solar, 300 kW BESS Project

POWERGRID is calling for proposals to build a 2,100 kW solar plant plus a 300 kW/1,200 kWh battery energy storage system (BESS). The location of the project is at the Pang HVDC station in Ladakh, at approximately 4,700 meters high.

The deadline for bids is June 27, 2025. Bids will be reviewed and opened that same day.
To bid, candidates will be asked to pay a tender fee of ₹25,000 (~$293.50).
The project is expected to cost 137.6 million.

The project’s entire engineering and design needs are included in the work scope. It further requires you to make and submit technical documents and estimates for how much power can be produced.

All components of the solar and BESS systems, including modules, DC/DC converters, power conditioning units, transformers, battery systems, relay and protection systems, communication and data acquisition systems, fire safety devices, weather monitoring devices, lightning arrestors, and earthing systems, must be supplied by those selected to bid.

Activities in this area involve soil studies, identifying topography, clearing earth, constructing fences, paving internal roads, starting panel and equipment foundations, setting up distribution rooms for AC, and arranging the water supply system.

All bidders need to have put together, set up, and commissioned a minimum 1 MW solar project. For six months or longer, this project should have operated. Ministerial program sites should only be at a single location and may contain floating solar facilities. For a joint venture, only what the bidder brought to the project will be reviewed.

For some bidders, they have engineering, procurement, and construction projects in which the developer or the owner made the modules available.

They should have installed at least 1 MW of power in the past five years, and MNRE regulations must classify them as Class-1 local suppliers. Any BESS supplier or subcontractor accepted by the program has completed projects that delivered a minimum capacity of 600 kWh within the past five years.

Each bidding party needs to show a positive net worth in their last three financial reports. Their annual turnover for any three of the latest five years must exceed 170.5 million (-$2 million), and they must show either liquid assets or credit of at least 28.4 million (-$333,496).

POWERGRID lately released a tender to build a BESS with 5 MW capacity and 20 MWh energy storage, alongside an 85 MW solar plant at Ujjain, in Madhya Pradesh.