India Grid commissions its first battery energy storage system
1 year, 8 months ago

India Grid commissions its first battery energy storage system

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI: India Grid Trust on Wednesday said it has commissioned its first battery energy storage system project coupled with its solar panels at the Dhule substation in Maharashtra. Commenting on the project, Harsh Shah, chief executive officer of IndiGrid, said, “At IndiGrid it’s our constant endeavor to manage the environmental impact of our operations and this pilot project is a milestone for us. This facility will also act as a test bed for augmenting our capabilities to participate in energy transition opportunities in solar and BESS space.” ‘’As operations at this project stabilize, we look forward to replicating similar systems across our other substations and reduce emissions of our operations,‘’ he added. It owns 17 power projects consisting of 46 transmission lines with more than 8,416 ckms length, 13 substations with 17,550 MVA transformation capacity and 100 MW of solar generation capacity.

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The Hindu  

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