NTPC Green Energy has invited expressions of interest (EoI) to develop a 5 MW solar project and a 4 MW/12 MWh battery energy storage system in Great Nicobar Island.

This EoI is open to any Indian company, its consortium, affiliates, or representatives.

Bids must be submitted by April 18, 2025. Bids will be opened on April 24.

The EoI aims to engage well-qualified companies with relevant expertise to develop and execute the project efficiently. A detailed study must be conducted to assess the island’s energy requirements, evaluate the existing transmission system, and determine the optimal capacity for the renewable energy project and the necessary energy storage.

Bidders must outline their technical and commercial approach in alignment with NTPC Green Energy’s requirements for project installation. Submissions should include a comprehensive implementation plan, along with details of past experience in renewable energy and battery storage projects.

Additionally, bidders should provide information on different technologies, energy storage options, cost optimization strategies, and transit solutions.

The responses received in the EoI will be used by NTPC Green Energy to identify prospective companies that are technically and commercially capable of installing renewable energy projects at Great Nicobar Island. The information gathered will also help formulate specifications, qualifying criteria, and techno-commercial terms and conditions for the tender process.

Bidders should have commissioned combined or standalone solar and battery storage projects that are under execution or have been completed. Work orders of past or under-execution projects should be submitted along with the EoI. The work orders must be preferably from central government, state government, or public sector undertakings.

In January, NTPC Renewable Energy invited bids to set up 1,200 MW interstate transmission system-connected solar power projects integrated with 600 MW/2,400 MWh (600 MW x 4 hours) energy storage systems.

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