GRIDCO (formerly Grid Corp. of Odisha Ltd), the State designated entity for bulk power procurement of DISCOMs, has invited bids from energy storage system (ESS) developers to provide 500 MW of energy storage capacity, connected to the central transmission utility/Odisha state transmission utility, with five hours of evening peak support.
The selected bidder will supply power to GRIDCO for a period of five years from technology-agnostic energy storage systems, with the commencement of supply starting from April 1, 2026. The charging power for the energy storage system will be supplied by the developer.
The selection of energy storage system developers for the total capacity of 2,500 MWh will be carried out through tariff-based competitive bidding followed by e-reverse auction process. The minimum bid size will be 250 MWh, i.e., 50 MW x 5 hours, and the maximum bid size will be 1,250 MWh, i.e., 250 MW x 5 hours.
Setting up of the energy storage systems and interconnection of the energy storage systems with the central transmission utility/Odisha state transmission utility will be the responsibility of the selected developer. The developer will inject power to the grid in accordance with the dispatch instructions of the State Load Dispatch Centre, Odisha, in consultation with GRIDCO.
This content is protected by copyright and may not be reused. If you want to cooperate with us and would like to reuse some of our content, please contact: editors@pv-magazine.com.
3 comments
By submitting this form you agree to pv magazine using your data for the purposes of publishing your comment.
Your personal data will only be disclosed or otherwise transmitted to third parties for the purposes of spam filtering or if this is necessary for technical maintenance of the website. Any other transfer to third parties will not take place unless this is justified on the basis of applicable data protection regulations or if pv magazine is legally obliged to do so.
You may revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future, in which case your personal data will be deleted immediately. Otherwise, your data will be deleted if pv magazine has processed your request or the purpose of data storage is fulfilled.
Further information on data privacy can be found in our Data Protection Policy.