A brief on what ranks among the single largest battery-storage packages India has tendered, tracked in our tender tracker.
Tender at a glance
| Field | Detail |
|---|---|
| Issuer | NTPC Green Energy (NGEL) |
| Capacity | 1,950 MW / 7,800 MWh, standalone BESS |
| Contract | EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) |
| Location | NTPC REL Bikaner solar plant, Rajasthan |
| Bid submission deadline | 15 June 2026 |
| Status | Open — not yet awarded |
| Assigned to | None yet (bidding stage) |
What it means
At 7,800 MWh, this single package is larger than India’s entire installed battery fleet was at the start of 2026 — a vivid measure of how fast central PSUs are scaling storage. Sited in Rajasthan’s solar heartland, it rides the same renewable-firming logic driving the national pipeline, and its EPC structure points to near-term construction rather than long-dated capacity contracting.
As of this briefing the tender is open for bids and has not been awarded — the assignee will be updated here once NTPC selects an EPC contractor.
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