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India solar tender opens market for battery makers such as Tesla

Bidders will need to include a storage component in 100 megawatts of 750 megawatts of solar capacity tendered

Published Tue, Mar 15, 2016 · 09:50 PM

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INDIA plans for the first time to include energy storage as a requirement when a solar project is tendered this month, opening what could become a significant new market to battery makers such as Tesla Motors Inc, Samsung SDI Co and Panasonic Corp.

The state-owned Solar Energy Corp of India (SECI), which is responsible for implementing the government's green targets, will ask bidders to include a storage component in 100 megawatts of the 750 megawatts of solar capacity tendered in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, managing director Ashvini Kumar said in an interview.

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