12.5 GW battery storage units in tendering stage: CEA chief

AS MUCH AS 12.5 gigawatt (GW) of battery energy storage system projects are under the tendering process and another 3.3 GW is in the pipeline, Central Electricity Authority chairperson Ghanshyam Prasad said on Wednesday.

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As India accelerates its shift from fossil fuels to green energy and targets increased renewable power generation, building a robust energy storage ecosystem has become critical to mitigate the intermittency issues related to renewable energy generation. "We have roughly around 3,300 megawatt (MW) capacity in the pipeline, culminating to 8,500 megawatt hour (MWh), expected in the next two years. Another thing which is in the tender stage, roughly around 12,500 megawatt, roughly 42,000 MWh capacity is under the tender stage," Prasad said at the ongoing India Energy Storage Week here. He added that the country's current BESS capacity "looks v