In 2024, several agencies issued tenders for standalone battery energy storage systems (BESS) with a combined capacity of 3,625 MW/8,100 MWh. The largest tender was floated by the Solar Energy Corporation of India for the development of a 1000 MW/2000 MWh standalone BESS. Other significant tenders, each for 500 MW/1,000 MWh, were floated by NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam, Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam, and Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam.