Tata Power opens 1st grid-scale battery storage system in Rohini

NEW DELHI: Tata Power Limited has set up first grid-scale battery-based energy system in Rohini with the AES corporation and Mitsubishi Corporation, which was inaugurated on Wednesday. “Tata Power’s collaboration with AES and Mitsubishi is one of the significant milestones in the Indian power sector,” said Praveer Sinha, CEO and Managing Director of Tata Power. “Grid-scale energy storage will pave the way for ancil

lary market services, power quality management, effective renewable integration and peak

load management of Indian grids.” said Sinha.

The 10 Megawatt MW gridconnected system, owned by AES and Mitsubishi Corporation will pave the path for wider adoption of grid-scale energy storage technology across India.

It is the first kind of batterybased energy storage enables electricity to be stored and then delivered within milliseconds, reducing instability of the electric grid and enabling more energy to be captured and delivered on demand. India has the ambitious vision of installing 225 GW of renewable energy generation by 2022. Batterybased energy storage provides the flexibility and agility to better integrate intermittent solar and wind energy resources into India’s electric grid and ensure high-quality power for consumers. This 10 MW project is located at Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd.’s (Tata PowerDDL) sub-station in Rohini, Delhi and will provide grid stabilisation, better peak load management, add system flexibility, enhance reliability and protect critical facilities for 2 million consumers.