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The Tamil Nadu Green Energy Corporation Limited (TNGECL) is successful the last stages of identifying contractors for mounting up the 375 mega watt of artillery retention installation to pat the excess star vigor successful the State. The 1,500 MW per hr (MWh) capableness installation with a four-hour charging rhythm is planned to beryllium acceptable up successful 7 substations serving the star generating grids.
A elder authoritative of TNGECL said the method valuation of the tender bids is successful process with contractors acceptable to beryllium identified shortly, and the enactment bid volition beryllium issued by February. The installation would assistance the energy section to pat the excess star vigor generated during the day, and proviso them during highest evening hours. The task would augment the 1,000 MWh artillery retention task which has already been initiated successful the State.
The State, having a full of 11,500 MW star procreation capableness connected an average, generates 6,250 MW of powerfulness daily, and the artillery retention task successful substations would not lone beryllium capable to proviso energy during evening highest hours erstwhile the request rises, but besides would assistance with grid stability.
The task is being executed arsenic per the guidelines of the Union Ministry of Power nether the viability spread backing strategy for improvement of artillery vigor retention strategy (BESS) done the Power System Development Fund (PSDF).
The artillery retention strategy would beryllium acceptable up successful 3 230-kilo volt (KV) substations of Coimbatore, 2 substations successful Tiruchi, and 1 each successful Madurai and Thirunelveli. The project, to beryllium executed by backstage contractors nether the build, ain and run model, would beryllium for a word of 15 years. Similarly the 500 MW/1000 MWh task is being developed successful six substations, including Thennampatty, Anuppankulam, Ottapidaram, Vellalaviduthi, Kayathar and Karaikudi.
