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New Indian Express
15-06-2025
- Sport
- New Indian Express
KREDL focusing on battery storage for wind plants
He was speaking on the sidelines of the 'Run for the Wind' marathon organised by KREDL in association with the Indian Wind Power Association and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, ahead of Global Wind Day on June 15, in the city on Saturday. Over 500 participants, including school and college students, industry professionals and government officials participated in the 2K and 5K marathons. Rudrappaiah said Karnataka is leading in RE generation. 'In 2024–25, Karnataka added a record 1,332 MW of wind capacity — the highest in the country — surpassing traditional leaders like Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. With a total installed wind capacity of 7,351 MW, Karnataka is India's wind power champion,' he said. UB Reddy, vice-chairman, India Wind Power Association, said that all upcoming hybrid power plants with combined solar and wind power generation will have battery storage units. However vanilla wind plants do not at the moment. Wind power generation is at its peak from 6-9 pm and for the rest of the time battery storage will help.
The Hindu
31-05-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
KREDL floats tender for BESS in Pavagada Solar Park
The Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited (KREDL) is planning to set up a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) of 250 megawatt (MW)/1100 MwH capacity along with a solar photovoltaic project of 250 MW capacity in Ryapte in Tumakuru district in the vicinity of Pavagada Solar Park. This is the first BESS being set up in the solar park spread over 13,000 acres. It is being set up to supply peak power and optimise grid utilisation. This new project will come up in 1,000 acres in Annadanapura and Reddivarahalli villages in Tumakuru. KREDL, which has called for the tender, will provide the land on lease to the developer for setting up the plant. The entire project will be developed under Tariff-Based Competitive Bidding on Build-Own-Operate (BOO) basis. 'The BESS is being set up as we want to utilise the energy generated during solar hours in non-solar hours and thereby optimise grid utilisation,' said Gaurav Gupta, Additional Chief Secretary, Energy Department. He further said that BESS, which is fairly a new concept, is being set up in different capacities at different projects. The developer will also need to set up a transmission network with the primary objective of supplying Solar and BESS power to electricity supply companies (escoms). The projects need to be designed for interconnection with the Karnataka Solar Power Development Corporation Limited (KSPDCL) 220 kV lines. 'The BESS needs to be utilised for storing the energy generation from Solar PV during the grid constraint period, which may occur anytime during the solar generation hours, and it is mostly expected between the time blocks of 8:00 am and 4:00 pm on a daily basis. Further, the grid constraint period would differ on a month-to-month basis or seasonally (not necessarily between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on daily basis),' the tender document specifies. The energy generated from the solar project which would not be evacuated from the plant on account of grid constraint (partial or full) shall be stored into the BESS. During partial evacuation of energy, it shall be injected into both the grid and the BESS parallely. In a year, at least 80% of gross generation of the solar plant should be stored in the BESS. Earlier this year, Energy Minister K.J. George had said that while work is on to increase the generation capacity of the Pavagada Solar Park by another 2,000 MW, BESS of around 2,000 MW also will be set up for proper utilisation of solar power.
Deccan Herald
30-05-2025
- Business
- Deccan Herald
Karnataka plans storage systems for efficient use of renewable energy
To address this concern and to ensure better use of the RE produced in the state, the Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited (KREDL) has planned a number of solar power projects which are integrated with the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS).
