The Union Minister of Power and New and Renewable Energy, R.K. Singh recently interacted with Renewable Energy developers, industry and various government representatives to discuss the elements of the draft Policy on Energy Storage System (ESS) to promote the creation of storage systems on a large scale across the country. The policy aims at the creation of technology-agnostic storage system across the value chain of the electricity sector viz. at generation, transmission, and distribution levels.
In the meeting held on 25th January 2022 with representatives of the industry, Singh galvanized the industry representatives and called for their active participation in establishing storage systems and associated manufacturing industries domestically within the country.
On a later date, the minister also took a subsequent meeting with Principal Secretaries and CMDs of Renewable Energy Rich States viz. Punjab, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat & Madhya Pradesh. The states welcomed the policy initiative taken by the Government of India for promotion of Storage Systems in the country. They also highlighted the efforts being taken on their side to promote pumped storage projects and Battery Energy Storage Systems.
Singh stressed on the need to establish storage systems on a wide scale in the country. He informed that Energy Storage System (ESS) shall be an integral part of the power system under the Electricity Act and that setting up of standalone ESS may be made as a delicensed activity.
