A round-up of the India storage headlines our desk tracked to 31 August 2026 — a quieter end to a heavy month, but one that closes three of its threads: an award, a manufacturing site, and a project taking its first procurement step. Each substantive story below has its own datasheet briefing. For the running list of live opportunities see our tender tracker.
Awards
- Waaree Renewable Technologies secures 291 MWp solar-plus-storage project — pv magazine India · read our brief
Nearly 300 MWp of solar, awarded with storage in the scope. The capacity is quoted in peak DC megawatts, a generation figure, and the battery is not sized in the headline — so no duration can be derived. What it confirms is the direction of the month: utility-scale solar in India is now routinely tendered and won with a battery attached, which makes sizing the storage part of winning the bid rather than a later engineering detail.
Manufacturing
- Fujiyama plans additional 1 GWh lithium battery manufacturing capacity at Ratlam plant — pv magazine India · read our brief
The follow-up to the Madhya Pradesh expansion reported earlier in the week, now with the site named: Ratlam. It remains a plan rather than a running line, which is the distinction to hold on to when reading manufacturing headlines — but announced domestic capacity still matters commercially, because domestic content requirements are written into a growing share of Indian storage tenders.
Early-stage procurement
Appointing a consultant is two steps before a tender, and that is exactly why it is worth tracking: at this stage the battery’s size, duration and configuration are still movable, and a 600 MW solar-plus-storage project from a central PSU will eventually reach the market as a substantial storage call. We will open a briefing when the specifications are published. The framework it will sit under is covered in our India BESS policy overview.
Market commentary
Demand matching — proving that consumption lines up with clean generation hour by hour — is the commercial argument for storage on a commercial or industrial site, not just on the grid. Without a battery, a C&I buyer matches on paper; with one, they match in time. That is the same economics behind demand charge management and the open access structures most such consumers buy through.
Tender terms and deadlines change by notification — always verify the current bid documents on the issuing organisation’s portal before acting.
Wondering what a live tender or a firmed solar-plus-storage system means for your own project? Estimate the numbers with our BESS savings calculator, or talk to our team for a project-specific read.