In an effort towards sustainable and clean energy, Kilokri, a heavily congested area near Ashram in South Delhi, is set to get nation’s first commercially approved stand-alone Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at the distribution end to power over one lakh residents.
Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are recognised as one of the quickest deployable solutions to provide the necessary flexibility to handle this intermittency and ensure grid reliability.
Slated to go live within just a few weeks, this pioneering project by BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL), in collaboration with IndiGrid and the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP), stands as South Asia’s largest utility-scale BESS at the distribution level, BSES said here on Monday.
Housed in 12 cutting-edge, liquid-cooled containers-nine already installed, three on the way-each unit maintains an ideal temperature of 24-25 degrees Celsius for maximum efficiency.
Even more significant, it is the first such system at the distribution level in India to secure regulatory approval for capacity tariff from the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC), cementing its place as a trailblazer in India’s sustainable energy revolution.
The approved project, a 20 MW (40 MWh) BESS with a life-span of 12 years, is being strategically installed at BRPL’s 33/11 kV Kilokari substation in South Delhi is being commissioned within a record time-frame of around 10-12 months - purportedly the fastest for a BESS project. It will use Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) chemistry, which is the most advanced and proven technology among the Lithium Ion chemistries as on date.
BRPL is setting up a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) using cutting-edge technology as a cost-effective option for managing electricity distribution at high and medium levels. This initiative is designed to handle the extreme variations in electricity demand, improve power supply, enhance grid stability, reduce costs of power procurement, and integrate renewable energy and over network overloading thus deferring the need for capacity upgrades.
Furthermore, this project sets a regulatory precedent for BESS integration, paving the way for future projects across the country.
The reliability and quality will improve substantially. BESS can be used a generation, transmission and a distribution asset. It can serve the power demand locally. One of the greatest transformative benefits applies to critical loads and establishments.
