New Delhi, July 15: The Ministry of Heavy Industries has invited bids to establish Advanced Chemistry Cell manufacturing facilities with a cumulative capacity of 10 GWh under the Production Linked Incentive Scheme for ACC Battery Storage.
The proposed capacity has been earmarked for Grid-Scale Stationary Storage applications.
The selection process will be conducted online through a two-stage Quality and Cost Based Selection mechanism on the Central Public Procurement Portal.
Tender documents were made available on July 15, 2026. The ministry has scheduled a pre-bid conference for July 29.
The deadline for submitting bids is October 13, 2026, while the technical bids are scheduled to be opened on October 14.
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The tender has been issued under the National Programme on Advanced Chemistry Cell Battery Storage, which was approved by the Union Cabinet in May 2021 with a budgetary outlay of ₹18,100 crore.
The programme targets the establishment of 50 GWh of domestic ACC manufacturing capacity.
According to the ministry, 40 GWh of the targeted capacity has already been awarded to domestic manufacturers under earlier bidding rounds.
The latest tender covers the remaining 10 GWh capacity, specifically earmarked for manufacturing battery cells used in grid-scale stationary storage applications.
The ministry said the initiative is intended to expand domestic battery manufacturing, support India’s energy-storage requirements and strengthen the country’s ACC manufacturing ecosystem.
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