India is building first-of-its-kind standalone battery storage for renewable energy for on-demand supply to the national grid in case of peak demand and surge, the government is investing ₹2000cr in the project but with a price surge of lithium (by about 500%) and supply chain disruptions caused by Russia- Ukraine war could put hurdles in the way of the project.
The project will be located in Rajasthan, near the Fatehgarh-III substation of the interstate transmission system in Rajasthan. It will be set up by SECI (Solar Energy Corporation of India), and it’ll have a total capacity of 1000MWh (Megawatt hour) power for two hours and 500MWh in each cycle. It’ll be designed to run through two charge and discharge cycles per day.
The government has decided to set up 4000MWh of battery capacity for storage and supply to the national grid and by 2029-30 take the capacity up to 108,000 MWh which is four-house storage. But the timing to kick start the project is not ideal, with the European conflict and price surge in battery manufacturing materials.
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