India’s leading EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) solar company, Tata Power Solar Systems Limited (TPSSL), has successfully commissioned India’s largest Solar and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) project at Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh. The project comprises a 100MW Solar Photovoltaic project and a 120 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS).
The project has been constructed with funding from the World Bank and Clean Technology Fund under the Innovation in Solar Power & Hybrid Technologies Project and loans from domestic lending agencies.
The project is expected to generate an estimated 243.53 million units of energy annually and reduce a carbon footprint of 4.87 million tonnes in 25 years, contributing significantly to India's renewable energy goals.
India has set a target to achieve net zero carbon emission by 2070.
One drawback of solar power generation is that power can only be generated when there is adequate sunlight. This means that at night, there will be no power production. To solve this problem, the energy generated by the sun in daylight is stored in the battery.
At night, this stored power is supplied to the consumers, ensuring an uninterrupted supply of electricity to the consumers.