The Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) , the state-owned power company of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, awarded a 15-year tender to develop a battery energy storage system (BESS) with a total capacity of 375 MW / 1500 MWh.
The project is a 4-hour BESS (Below Ground Energy Service) scheme with a daily cycle, framed within the second phase of the VGF (Viability Gap Funding) program. The call for proposals received submissions from 11 companies, although only three were ultimately selected, with awarded prices between 6.45 and 6.46 rupees per kWh.
Among the winning companies, KCC Buildcon Private Limited secured a 187.5 MW BESS project at a tariff of 6.45 rupees per unit. Agastya Energy Industries Pvt Ltd (Agastya Green Energy) was awarded 62.5 MW at the same tariff. MKC Infrastructure Ltd (MKC Green Energy) also won a 187.5 MW project at a tariff of 6.46 rupees per unit.
Other companies that participated in the bidding were Coal India, NLC India Renewables, MB Power (Madhya Pradesh), Stockwell Energy Vall Five, RKC Infra Built Energy Vault Five Private Limited, Avaada Energy, Ayana Renewables and Gallantt Ispat.
Tender details
The tender is part of the second phase of India's VGF program, designed to accelerate the deployment of energy storage systems. In this instance, UPPCL set a minimum bid size of 250 MWh, equivalent to a 62.5 MW installation with a storage duration of four hours.
With this call for tenders, Uttar Pradesh will allocate more than 50% of the capacity corresponding to the second phase of the VGF program. In total, approximately 15.5 GWh of storage capacity has already been tendered under this scheme in India.
To date, states like Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Maharashtra have secured bids for approximately 4 GWh, while Andhra Pradesh has secured another 2 GWh. With this latest award, Uttar Pradesh adds an additional 1.5 GWh to the national energy storage infrastructure.