Advait, Equentia, KP Group Win GUVNL’s 335 MW/670 MWh Standalone BESS Auction
Advait Energy Transitions, Equentia Natural Resources, and Sun Drops Energia (KP Group) have emerged as winners in Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam’s 335 MW/670 MWh standalone battery energy storage systems (BESS) auction.
February 12, 2026. By Mrinmoy Dey
Advait Energy Transitions emerged as the L1 bidder and has won 150 MW at a tariff of INR 2.10 lakh/MW/month.
Equentia Natural Resources DMCC (Equentia Natural Resources) has secured 65 MW at a tariff of about INR 2.12 lakh/MW/month.
Sun Drops Energia (KP Group) has bagged 120 MW out of the quoted 325 MW at a tariff of INR 2.12 lakh/MW/month, under the bucket-filling method.
The tender for this was floated in December 2025.
The projects will be eligible for viability gap funding (VGF) support at 18 lakh/MWh.
The BESSD must set up a BESS, with the primary objective of making the energy storage facility available to GUVNL for charging/discharging of the BESS, on an ‘on demand’ basis.
Setting up the BESS and interconnection of the BESS with the State Transmission Network will be under the scope of the BESSD.
GUVNL will provide the required power for charging the BESS. The BESSD must take a separate, metered connection for the Auxiliary Power load of the BESS. Alternatively, the BESSD can draw auxiliary power from the interconnection point.
The BESSD shall make the BESS available for 2 operational cycles per day, i.e. 2 complete charge-discharge cycles per day. The BESSD must guarantee a minimum system availability of 95 percent on an annual basis.
The bidder must ensure that the BESS can charge and discharge with a C-rate of 0.5. Additionally, the BESS must be capable of being charged or discharged in groups ranging from 50 MW/100 MWh to 100 MW/200 MWh, up to the total rated capacity specified in the agreement.
The applicable software for the Energy Management System (EMS) of the BESS project capacity must be developed indigenously within India.
BESSD must ensure a minimum local content of 20 percent of the total project cost in BESS procurements under the VGF Scheme. This minimum local content requirement shall include the indigenously developed EMS application software.
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