Tata Power Company Ltd announced on Tuesday that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd (TPREL), has successfully commissioned India’s largest solar and battery energy storage systems (BESS) project in Chhattisgarh worth ₹945 crore.
Tata Power Solar Systems Ltd (TPSSL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of TPREL commissioned the country’s largest solar and battery energy storage systems project. The project includes a 100 MW Solar PV unit and a 120 MWh Utility Scale BESS.
The project is being commissioned in Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The project, worth ₹945 crore was bagged on an engineering procurement and construction (EPC) basis from the Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd (SECI) in December 2021.
As per the details of the said order, it involves Tata Power Solar Systems working on the engineering, design, supply, construction, erection, testing, O&M (Operations and Maintenance) as well as commissioning of the projects.
The fully integrated solar company TPSSL made use of the Bifacial Mono Crystalline technology, which is cutting-edge tech, for 2,39,685 modules in the project.
Through this project, Tata Power Solar Systems is expected to generate an estimated energy of 243.53 million units in a year, while also reducing the carbon footprint of 4.87 million tonnes over a period of 25 years, thereby majorly contributing to India's renewable energy goals.
"The successful commissioning of the largest solar and battery storage project for SECI, reflects the technical expertise and project execution skills of Tata Power Solar. This will ensure round-the-clock green energy and accelerate the renewable energy transition through innovative solutions,” said the CEO and Managing Director of Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited, Deepesh Nanda in a press release on March 12.
Shares of Tata Power Company settled nearly 4% lower at ₹396.65 apiece on BSE at closing.
(Edited by : Ajay Vaishnav)
