NTPC floats tender for 1,000 MWh of Battery EnergyStorage Systems
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Two recent developments in this regard are noteworthy:
The Ministry of Power announced a waiver of Inter-State Transmission Chargeson energy supplied to or from BESS projects commissioned beforeJune 2025 , ifat least 70% of the charging requirement is met through renewable sources.- In
July 2020 , as a fallout of the border tensions, the Government had amendedits General Financial Rules, stating that bidders from any country sharing a landborder withIndia need to first register with a Competent Authority to beeligible to enter into Government contracts. However,India had also made aprovision of exemption for bidders from countries where the country isalready working on development projects. In this context, a Chinese firm wasawarded a contract worth INR1,150 crore (USD 156 million ) for the ADB-fundedDelhi -Meerut rail tunnel even as certain diplomatic issues between thetwo countries continued. Similarly, another Chinese firm has been allowed tocommence and continue construction of an INR13,300 crore (USD 1.8 billion)EPC plant as a Lump Sum Turnkey ( LSTK ) Contract. - The EoI and Request for Proposals ( RfP) for undertaking project(s) at NTPCplants shall be invited separately. In order to participate in the bidding process,the bidder should be a battery energy storage manufacturer and should havemanufactured and supplied batteries for grid-connected BESS of cumulativecapacity of 5 MW/5 MWh or higher, a condition which is rather easy to fulfill.
- Chinese firms will need security clearance for participation in governmenttenders.
- The bidders who have beneficial ownership in countries which share landborders with
India and intend to participate in public procurement inIndia , maysubmit applications for registration in the format issued by the Department forPromotion of Industry and Internal Trade,Government of India ( DPIIT ). - Besides seeking security clearance, the format seeks details of beneficialownership, the manufacturer, the item, financial details for the last five years'financials and details of contracts received in the last five years in
India .
Chinese firms can bid for public projects!
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GoI has allowed domestic companies to partner with Chinese firms by way oftechnology transfer agreements to bid for public projects.
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