Discoms, state govts bet on storage technology to stabilise power supply

To bring about reliable power sup­ply amid increased use of renewable energy, discoms and state governments are investing in storage technologies. Tata Power Delhi Distribution Company (TPDDL), one of the pow­er distribution companies (disco­ms) in Delhi, for instance, recent­ly inaugurated a ‘community ene­rgy storage system’ in collaboration with Nexcharge.

The project entails setting up a 150 Kw battery storage system at the Ranibagh sub-station of the company in north Delhi. Though small in size, the project signifies a paradigm shift in the