JSW Energy, a private sector power-producing company in India, has submitted the winning bid for the development of battery-energy storage system projects (BESS) in Rajasthan, India, according to InfraPPP.
The company won the auction, held by Solar Corporation of India (SECI), with a bid of INR1.08 million ($13,600) per megawatt.
JSW Energy will be responsible for building, owning, operating and transferring the 500-megawatt standalone, grid-connected BESS project.
The project will be developed in two parts of 250 megawatts of capacity, each near the Fatehgarh-III (400/220 kV) substations of the interstate power transmission system. It is expected to reach operations within 18 months after the contract is signed.