Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), and Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) have recently signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under the framework of the Energy Storage for Renewable Energy Integration in India (StoREin) project. The collaboration aims to demonstrate the technical and commercial viability of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESSs) within Gujarat’s distribution grid while developing policy and regulatory recommendations to enable wider adoption across India.
The StoREin project is implemented by GIZ on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) under the International Climate Initiative (IKI), in close cooperation with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India. TERI, along with consortium partners Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology (Fraunhofer IEE), IIT Bombay, and WRI India, is supporting the project through applied research, demonstrations, and policy advocacy.
Gujarat has achieved the highest renewable energy capacity addition in the country and, as the leading state in rooftop solar installations, has taken a significant step forward in advancing the Nationally Determined Contributions announced by the Prime Minister.
GUVNL has initiated Utility Scale Energy Storage tendering work to meet the renewable energy intermittency. With rapid growth of renewable energy at the distribution level, the demand for energy storage solutions at substations and feeder points has become increasingly important.
The MoU outlines a comprehensive programme of work, beginning with pre-feasibility studies to assess the benefits, siting and sizing of BESS for different applications within GUVNL’s network.
