Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)

16th October, 2021 Economy

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Context:

Government has given go ahead for inviting the expression of interest for installation of 1000 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) as a pilot project.

This is the joint effort of both Ministry of New and renewable energy and Ministry of Power.
Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), a CPSU under Ministry of New and renewable energy, has called for the expression of interest for procurement of 1000 MWh BESS.

Renewable energy along with the energy storage system
Energy storage system as grid element to maximize the use of transmission system and strengthening grid stability and also to save investment in the augmentation of transmission infrastructure.
Storage as an asset for balancing services and flexible operation. The system operator i.e. load dispatchers (RLDCs and SLDCs) may use storage system for frequency control and balancing services to manage the inherent uncertainty/variations in the load due to un-generation.
Storage for distribution system i.e. it may be placed at the load centre to manage its peak load and other obligations.
As a merchant capacity by the energy storage system developer and sell in the power market