{"id":890535,"date":"2026-02-06T03:22:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T09:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/india-tenders-1-gw-of-pumped-storage-to-bolster-grid-scale-energy-storage\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T03:22:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T09:22:22","slug":"india-tenders-1-gw-of-pumped-storage-to-bolster-grid-scale-energy-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/india-tenders-1-gw-of-pumped-storage-to-bolster-grid-scale-energy-storage\/","title":{"rendered":"India tenders 1 GW of pumped storage to bolster grid-scale energy storage"},"content":{"rendered":"
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India has opened bidding for up to 1 GW and 8 GWh of pumped storage capacity, seeking long-duration energy storage projects to supply power distribution companies and other buyers under long-term contracts.<\/p>\n

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Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI), a public sector company of the Indian government and the nation’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), has announced a new pumped storage initiative for sites across the widespread country.<\/p>\n

SECI has started accepting bids to develop 1 GW\/8 GWh, or an eight-hour pumped storage capacity resource aimed at providing large-scale, on-demand energy storage services to power distribution companies and other buying entities.<\/p>\n

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 tenures.<\/p>\n

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India has opened bidding for up to 1 GW and 8 GWh of pumped storage capacity, seeking long-duration energy storage projects to supply power distribution companies and other buyers under long-term contracts. December 30, 2025 Uma Gupta Image: PlayMistyForMe, Wikimedia Commons From ESS News Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI), a public sector company of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":890536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[126,23212],"tags":[6053,10564],"class_list":{"0":"post-890535","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-india","8":"category-storage","9":"tag-india","10":"tag-storage"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/890536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}