- It said that it had signed a contract agreement with TERI for setting up of a cumulative 410 kWh Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) in the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi
- The project will be executed by BHEL’s Electronics Division, Bengaluru
BHEL said that it has bagged its maiden order for battery energy storage systems from TERI. It did not reveal any details about the value of the order. BHEL said in a statement that amidst stiff competitive bidding, it has won its first commercial order for state-of-the-art Battery Energy Storage Systems from The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI).
It said that it had signed a contract agreement with TERI for setting up of a cumulative 410 kWh Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) in the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi. The tender was issued by TERI on turnkey basis under UI-ASSIST (US-India Collaborative for Smart Distribution System with Storage) initiative with BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL).
Design, supply, testing, installation, and commissioning
BHEL’s scope of work in the contract will include design, supply, testing, installation, and commissioning. It will also include a comprehensive five-year annual maintenance contract (AMC) of the systems at three different locations as per BHEL. The project will be executed by BHEL’s Electronics Division, Bengaluru.
BHEL said that it has a focused approach in the emerging field of BESS. It has already commissioned a 1 MWh BESS at its corporate R&D centre located in Hyderabad. The statement added that the state-of-the-art system is commissioned with three different battery technologies viz. lithium-ion, advance lead-carbon, and flow batteries.
