Mahindra Susten to set up India’s first utility-scale solar energy storage project

Mahindra Susten Private Limited, a part of the Mahindra & Mahindra Group, will set up the country‘s first utility-scale energy storage project in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The solar-powered project will have a capacity of 20 MW with 28 MWh of storage capacity. The company emerged as the lowest bidder in a tender invited by NLC India Limited. Mahindra Susten will provide EPC services as well as operations and maintenance for 25 years at a total cost of Rs 2.99 billion. Other bidders in the tender were the Adani Group and Hero Future Energies Limited.