A battery storage ‘gigafactory’ in India will commence operation in October this year, with a planned ramp-up to 20GWh annual production capacity within three years. Contact online >>
A battery storage ‘gigafactory’ in India will commence operation in October this year, with a planned ramp-up to 20GWh annual production capacity within three years.
Good Enough Energy, a domestically headquartered manufacturer of modular battery energy storage system (BESS) solutions, said this week that its factory in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir will have an initial annual production capacity of 7GWh.
The company''s announcement was made at the 4th annual staging of India Energy Storage Alliance''s (IESA''s) Stationary Energy Storage Conference in New Delhi, which Good Enough Energy co-hosted with the industry advocacy and trade group.
National news outlet Economic Times reported that according to the company''s founder, Ashak Kaushik, IR1.5 billion (US$18.07 million) has been invested already in the plant. Good Enough Energy plans to ramp up annual production capacity to 20GWh by 2027, investing IR3 billion by that time.
On 19 March, the day prior to the announcement, founder Kaushik posted to business networking site LinkedIn that the company had also unveiled two new BESS products at the event before "esteemed" attendees such as Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) joint secretary Dinesh Jagdale and advisor to the government of India Rajnath Ram.
As regular readers of Energy-Storage.news will be aware, the Union Government has been keen to support the deployment of energy storage solutions to enable the integration of renewable energy and enhance the reliability of the grid, as well as extend access to electricity to rural and remote areas of India.
That has been coupled with direct support for battery cell manufacturing through the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme, through which an initial 50GWh of advanced cell manufacturing from domestic and international entities is being partially subsidised.
Meanwhile, what is thought to be the country''s first BESS solutions to roll off an Indian production line have already been made in Pune by Tata AutoComp Gotion Green Energy Solutions.
A joint venture (JV) between Chinese cell manufacturer Gotion High-Tech and Tata Group company Tata AutoComp, the venture''s factory went online last year. While a timeline was not given, the JV said it aimed to ramp its factory to 6GWh annual production capacity and would develop and make equipment ranging from battery packs to system-level technologies such as battery management systems (BMS).
Tata AutoComp Gotion Green Energy Solutions supplied BESS equipment to a Tata Power project, which is currently India''s largest solar-plus-storage plant, pairing 100MW of solar PV with a 40MW/120MWh BESS.
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BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd''s 20 MW/ 40 MWh project is India’s first utility-scale standalone battery energy storage system to obtain regulatory approval under Section 63 of the Electricity Act, 2003. The project is supported by concessional loan from the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP).
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The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) has granted regulatory approval to India’s first commercial standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) project. The project is being implemented by BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd (BRPL) in partnership with IndiGrid and the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet''s (GEAPP). It is supported by GEAPP''s concessional loan amounting to 70% of the total project cost.
The approved project, a 20 MW/40 MWh BESS, will be strategically installed at BRPL''s 33/11 kV Kilokari substation and is on track to achieve commissioning within a record time of 18 – 20 months from conceptualization, purportedly the fastest for a BESS project.
Located at a high demand sub-station, the project will improve the power quality and enable 24/7 reliable power in the area for over 12,000 low-income consumers.
In collaboration with its alliance partners, GEAPP is targeting 1 GW of BESS commitments in India by 2026, aligning with India’s ambitious goal of deploying 47 GW of BESS by 2032.
“The regulatory approval of the BRPL BESS project marks a significant milestone in our efforts to integrate renewable energy sources into the grid and enhance reliability for our consumers,” said a BSES spokesperson.
India’s urgent need for BESS integration in the distribution grid is underscored by the country’s substantial variable renewable energy (VRE) penetration, which exceeds 12% in certain regions.
The BRPL BESS project is the first commercial standalone BESS project at the distribution level in India to receive regulatory approval for a capacity tariff and will play a pivotal role in facilitating the uptake of low-cost VRE by the New Delhi Utility (BRPL).
The project sets a new standard for BESS affordability in India with a levelized annual tariff of INR 57.6 lakh per MW, nearly 55% lower than the previous benchmark (INR 130 lakh/MW/year).
"The BRPL BESS project boasts a comprehensive Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) plan aimed at sharing key insights and learnings with other Indian DISCOMs, state regulators, and power sector stakeholders in India and across Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. This knowledge-sharing initiative underscores GEAPP’s commitment to driving innovation and scalability in the energy sector in India and emerging markets worldwide," stated GEAPP.
GEAPP’s role in the project extends beyond financing. "Through technical and commercial expertise, GEAPP collaborated closely with BRPL to demonstrate the value of BESS at the DISCOM level. The concessional loan provided by GEAPP ensures an end tariff that is attractive to regulators, paving the way for future BESS projects in the country," stated GEAPP.
BRPL will pay the project special-purpose vehicle (SPV), Kilokari BESS, a fixed-capacity tariff (in INR/MW/month terms), on availability basis irrespective of the actual consumption. The SPV is owned by IndiGrid and Ampere-hour Energy.
“This project''s business model demonstrates the viability of third-party-owned BESS solutions supported by concessional financing. This model, combined with rigorous monitoring and knowledge-sharing mechanisms, provides a blueprint for sustainable energy deployment worldwide that can be shared with interested countries, developers, and other partners through the BESS Consortium,” stated GEAPP.
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