{"id":14341,"date":"2026-09-20T15:15:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T09:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=14341"},"modified":"2026-09-21T18:20:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T12:50:00","slug":"bess-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bess-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Battery Energy Storage System Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NTPC Ltd recently terminated a \u20b9 413.37 crore contract awarded to GR Infraprojects Ltd (GRIL) for a 400 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project at its Mouda Super Thermal Power Station in Maharashtra. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Battery Energy Storage System\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A BESS is a system that<\/span><b> stores electrical energy<\/b> <b>in rechargeable batteries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>releases<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it <\/span><b>when power is needed.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A complete BESS is more than a battery. A <\/span><b>complete BESS typically includes:\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Battery cells or modules<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which store the energy<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b>Battery Management System (BMS),<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which monitors cell voltage, temperature, and state of charge to keep the battery safe and efficient<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b>Power Conversion System (PCS),<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> often called an inverter, which converts stored DC power to usable AC power (and back again during charging)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Thermal management,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as cooling or heating systems, to keep the battery within a safe operating temperature range<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b>control and monitoring system,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sometimes cloud-connected, that manages charging and discharging based on rules, schedules, or grid signals<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An <\/span><b>enclosure<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, ranging from a small wall-mounted box for homes to a shipping-container-sized unit for utility projects.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It operates by <\/span><b>capturing electricity from various sources<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (either from the grid, from solar panels, from wind turbines, or from any other generation source), <\/span><b>storing it<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>discharging it when needed.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BESS technology allows <\/span><b>electricity <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to be <\/span><b>stored when supply is abundant, demand is low, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or<\/span><b> power prices are favorable.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The system can then <\/span><b>discharge during outages, peak demand periods, renewable generation dips,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or times when electricity is more expensive.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This flexibility makes BESS <\/span><b>valuable for commercial facilities, industrial sites, utilities,<\/b> <b>microgrids<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/renewable-energy-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\">renewable energy projects<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Battery storage <\/span><b>supports peak shaving, load shifting, backup power, renewable energy integration<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and grid reliability.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also <\/span><b>gives operators more control <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">over <\/span><b>when electricity is used<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which can improve energy economics and reduce strain on the grid.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BESS are <\/span><b>rated on energy storage capacity (kWh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), which determines how much energy can be stored, and<\/span><b> power rating (kW),<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which <\/span><b>determines how quickly that energy can be delivered. <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/power\/ntpc-terminates-413-crore-mouda-bess-contract-after-contractor-default\/134363204\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>ET<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Battery Energy Storage System stores electrical energy in rechargeable batteries and releases it when power is needed. 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