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Damodar Valley Corporation Invites Bids for 250 MW/500 MWh BESS Projects in Jharkhand

Damodar Valley Corporation has issued a tender for the design, engineering, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of a 250 MW/500 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project at Maithon, Jharkhand. Bid submission ends on May 21, 2025.

April 23, 2025. By Mrinmoy Dey

Damodar Valley Corporation has floated a tender for the design, engineering, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of a 250 MW/500 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project at Maithon, Jharkhand. The bidder must also provide comprehensive operation and maintenance for 12 years.

The project is part of Phase I of Damodar Valley Corporation’s (DVC) plan to deploy a cumulative 500 MW/1,000 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) across Jharkhand and West Bengal.

The BESS must feature a control system with standard I/O channels and operational and protective control functions, as well as an integrated battery management system (BMS), energy management system (EMS), power conditioning system (PCS), protection and communication systems, high and low-tension infrastructure, auxiliary power, and monitoring and control systems.

Bidders are required to provide a minimum 12-year guarantee for the BESS battery, BMS, EMS, and PCS, supply 2 percent of mandatory spares, fully document the system’s design and performance expectations and conduct factory acceptance and type testing. They must also gather site-specific data to develop installation plans and supply maintenance tools, spare parts, and perform all related civil works.

Bidders need to furnish INR 9.26 crore as an earnest money deposit (EMD). The last date for submission of bids is May 21, 2025. The techno-commercial bids will be opened on May 22, 2025.

BESS at Maithon shall be charged a minimum 85 percent through RE Sources (Floating Solar + Hydel Plants at Maithon). BESS shall be designed such that 250 MW Power for 2 Hours (minimum 500 MWh to be installed) shall be evacuated to the grid separately during grid peak time during the entire 12 years of O&M Tenure.

Interconnection with Floating Solar Plant and Hydel Power Station at Maithon including all communication and control systems with necessary compliance with Cyber Security rules and regulations is to be provided by the bidder.

The bidder must have manufactured and supplied Batteries or be an integrator/EPC for grid-interactive battery energy storage system(s) of cumulative installed capacity of 40 MWh or higher, out of which at least one grid interactive battery energy storage system should be of 10 MW capacity or higher. The reference grid interactive battery energy storage system of 10 MW or higher capacity must have been successfully commissioned and operational prior to the date of the techno-commercial bid opening.

Alternatively, the bidder must have executed in the last 10 years an industrial project either as a developer or as an EPC contractor in the area of power, steel, oil and gas, petrochemical, fertilizer, cement, coal mining including coal handling plant and or any other process industry, of a value of INR 617.4 crore or more in a single project or single work respectively and the same must be in successful operation for at least one year prior to the date of techno-commercial bid opening.

Additionally, the bidder must have executed at least one Electrical Sub-station of 33kV or above voltage level, consisting of equipment such as 33kV or above voltage level circuit breakers and power transformer, either as developer or as EPC Contractor which must be in successful operation for at least one year prior to the date of techno-commercial bid opening.

Alternatively, the bidder must be an integrator/EPC of grid interactive battery energy storage system(s) who have been awarded LOA/work order from Central/State Govt., CPSEs/PSUs, Statutory Bodies under Govt. of India, for a minimum capacity of 100 MW/200 MWh or higher, grid-interactive battery energy storage system prior to the date of submission of bid.

The average annual turnover of the bidder, must not be less than INR 617.4 crore during the preceding three financial years. The net worth of the bidder as of the last day of the preceding financial year should not be less than 100 percent of the bidder’s paid-up share capital. Net working capital for the last financial year must not be less than INR 154 crore.

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