BHEL has offered 410 kWh of cumulative battery capacity for a cost of Rs.2.51 crore
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), the largest engineering and manufacturing entity in India has bagged a tender that was recently issued by the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). The tender that was floated by TERI on 16 December, 2019 was for design, supply, testing, installation and commissioning of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) on turnkey basis under UI-ASSIST (US India Collaborative for Smart Distribution System with Storage). The tender also includes comprehensive annual maintenance contract (AMC) of the BESS for five year duration.
BHEL has emerged as the best supplier for battery and associated equipment in the concerned project. According to a statement by TERI, BHEL has offered 410 kWh (kilowatt-hours) of cumulative battery capacity for a cost of Rs.2.51 crores. This is inclusive of six years of comprehensive warranty and maintenance. The other bidders of the project were Larsen and Toubro Ltd., Mahindra Susten Private Ltd., Honeywell Automation India Ltd., Hero Solar Energy Private Ltd., Fourth Partner Energy Private Ltd., to name a few.
As per the tender, the winning bidder will be responsible for site survey, planning, design, engineering, and transportation to site, insurance, supply at site, unloading, handling, installation, integration, testing, commissioning. The winning bidder will also be responsible for demonstration for acceptance of all materials and items necessary for the completion of the BESS installation at locations within the BRPL (BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd.) license area in the NCT (National Capital Territory) of Delhi. This tender is technologically neutral and most components are domestically manufactured.
According to the tender details issued by TERI, the eligible bidder should be experienced as a contractor for supply, installation, commissioning and maintenance of Lithium or advanced lead acid based BESS in the last five years. The installed BESS capacity should be cumulatively 125 kW for two hours or more, out of which at least one grid-interactive BESS will be 30 kW for two hours or higher. The installations can have been implemented in India or other countries. TERI is implementing a pilot project to integrate BESS at the distribution level.
This project is being implemented under the UI-ASSIST, which is a bilateral consortium of 30 collaborating entities, led in India by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur and by Washington State University (WSU) in the USA. A major objective of this initiative is to unite smart grid, storage and renewable energy research.
The ample interest in this energy storage related tender by TERI indicated that distributed sources of energy are gaining traction and attaining an aura of dependability.
The intermittent nature of renewable energy sources like wind and solar make it not the most reliable option for a large scale transition in energy technology. However, advances in battery storage systems are the key to tackling the issue of intermittency making these technologies more viable in the long run.
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