A supply-side manufacturing tender, tracked as part of our tender tracker.
10 GWh battery cell manufacturing (PLI)
Capacity
10 GWh
Scheme
PLI
End use
Grid storage
A global call for cell fabrication — the deepest gap in India's storage chain. Packs and integration have localised faster than the cells inside them.
ESS News ↗What it means
Most Indian localisation so far has been at the pack and integration layer; the cells themselves are still largely imported. A 10 GWh cell-manufacturing tender under the PLI scheme targets exactly that gap, and pairs with domestic assembly milestones like Pace Digitek’s 1.25 GWh output. Deeper localisation eventually feeds through to lower system prices for the standalone-BESS projects being tendered across the country.
As of this briefing the tender is open for bids.
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