Bids are invited from qualified bidders by 9 February, aimed at providing large-scale, on-demand energy storage services to power distributors and other buyers under long-term contracts. Bidders may quote a minimum cumulative capacity of 100 MW/800 MWh and a maximum of 1 GW/8 GWh, with all projects designed for eight hours of storage. Developers with existing or under-construction pumped storage projects and untied capacity are also eligible, with provisions for extended power purchase agreement (PPAs) tenures.
The projects will be implemented under a build-own-operate (BOO) model and connected to the grid and its inter-state transmission system (ISTS). Developers will be responsible for installing, operating and maintaining the pumped storage capacity to enable buying entities to charge and discharge the systems on an on-demand basis. Under the tender conditions, developers must make the facilities available for up to two full operational charge–discharge cycles per day. In addition, developers must guarantee a minimum annual system availability of 90 per cent across the entire project capacity. Selected developers will also be responsible for land identification, project installation, ownership, grid connectivity and obtaining all statutory approvals.
SECI will act as an intermediary nodal agency for the use of the energy storage facilities and for coordinating the charging and discharging of pumped storage plants in line with agreements with project developers and buying entities such as Discos. It will enter into long-term PPAs with successful bidders, with 100 per cent of the contracted capacity to be off-taken by the identified buying entities.
An online pre-bid meeting has been scheduled for 2.30 pm (IST) on 12 January. The online meeting will be conducted through video-conferencing on the Microsoft Teams Platform. Prospective bidders interested in participating in the meeting are requested to register by filling out the following Google form: https://forms.gle/4sm7ZTF1TDmQ3pTt6. Pre-bid meeting link: Pre-bid meeting: Setting up of 1000 MW/8000 MWh Pumped Storage Plants in India (PSP-I) | Meeting-Join | Microsoft Teams. For any queries regarding the pre-bid meeting, contact: abhisekhsri@seci.co.in or swapnil.gandhi@seci.co.in.
Any bidder, who meets the Qualifying Requirement and wishes to quote against this RfS, may download the complete RfS document along with its amendment(s) and clarifications if any, from ISN-ETS Portal (https://www.bharat-electronictender.com) and/or SECI website (www.seci.co.in). The full bid document can be viewed by clicking here.
For further information contact: Sh. Atulya Kumar Naik, Executive Director (Contracts & Procurement), Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited, 6th Floor, Plate-B, NBCC Office Block Tower-2, East Kidwai Nagar, New Delhi – 110 023, India; Tel.: +91 (0)11 24666200; Email: contracts@seci.co.in.
