Solar energy company of India (SECI) launches tender for 1GWh battery energy storage project

　　The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) recently plans to launch a pilot bid for a 1GWh battery energy storage system. The company recently issued a bid, inviting bidders participating in the competitive bidding process to respond to its bid. They plan to connect the independently deployed 500MW/1GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) to the Indian Interstate Transmission System (ISTS).

　　The company is directly managed by the Ministry of New Energy and Renewable Energy (MNRE) of India. Therefore, the company is committed to supporting India’s national solar energy plan and India’s goal of deploying 450GW of renewable energy by the fiscal year 2029-2030 (FY2029-2030).

　　A document issued along with the bidding document stated that the country’s renewable energy generation capacity has reached 100 GW, and renewable energy has become the cheapest and most economical source of energy demand. However, the increasing amount of renewable energy generation in India's energy structure is encouraging, but this situation also brings about the problem of mismatch between supply and demand and the challenge of power system stability.

　　The model of the Central Electricity Authority of India (CEA) shows that by 2030, India will need to deploy a 4-hour battery energy storage system of 2.7GW/10.8GWh and a pumped storage power generation facility with a total installed capacity of 10.151 GW to satisfy the power sector Demand for electricity services using renewable energy.

　　The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) said that potential "purchasing entities" across India are more interested in using energy storage systems on demand during peak and off-peak periods of power demand. In view of this, the company issued a new tender. They stated that they will conduct a pilot bidding for a 2GW energy storage system under the terms of a 25-year long-term contract. Nevertheless, as the model of the Central Electricity Authority of India (CEA) implies, energy developers will still have more room for development.

　　The tender is one of a series of similar purchases and contracts in India, which includes some purchases and contracts that have been implemented, as well as other purchases and contracts that have been implemented in the past few months. For example, NTPC, a state-owned electricity producer in India, has launched its own bidding process for a 1GW energy storage project.

　　The Minister of Electricity and New Energy and Renewable Energy of India, RK Singh, stated in July this year that four bidding activities will be carried out at the Regional Load Dispatching Center (RLDC) when the energy storage capacity is 1GWh. Ghanshyam Prasad, the joint secretary-general of the Ministry of Electricity of India, said in a speech at the World Energy Storage Day online conference in September that the Indian government will launch its first tender within a few weeks.

　　Lithium-ion battery (LIB) has become the main energy storage solution in modern social life. Among them, lithium iron phosphate batteries are a perfect substitute for lead-acid batteries, and are the first choice for grid-connected peak shaving, off-grid energy storage, photovoltaic energy storage, UPS, data center and other industries.

　　Solar power generation system with lithium battery energy storage system is a very promising clean energy.