Infosys to tap BESS market

Recognised in India's long term power planning as critical grid infrastructure, BESS now plays a pivotal role in ancillary support, flexibility services, and renewable integration.

- Ram Krishnan, Dr.Shashank Vyas, Sarvesh Devraj

India is accelerating its pace of renewable integration and grid modernisation.

The Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are emerging as intelligent, AI-orchestrated infrastructure assets rather than passive backup solutions. From ancillary services to virtual power plants and EV integration, digitally enabled storage is redefining flexibility, stability and value creation across the evolving power ecosystem. This has created an energy landscape in which we are witnessing a drastic shift from age-old technology to upgraded technology. Here we can examine the shift in technology.

AI optimising distributed BESS fleets

Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are rapidly evolving from passive backup units into AI orchestrated, grid balancing assets essential for future ready utility operations. Recognised in India's long term power planning as critical grid infrastructure, BESS now plays a pivotal role in ancillary support, flexibility services, and renewable integration. At the distribution level, utilities have already started deploying BESS for peak shaving, energy arbitrage, DSM penalty reduction, and supporting VRE integration. However, as storage assets proliferate across feeders, substations, and transformers, they must operate not as isolated units but as coordinated, intelligent systems. This is where AI, ML, and emerging AI agents fundamentally elevate BESS value.