ACME Solar Holdings Ltd (ACME Solar) has commissioned an additional 107.36 MW/437.49 MWh of battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity across two projects in Rajasthan. The capacity, commissioned through subsidiaries of ACME Solar, takes the company’s total operational BESS capacity to 4.96 GWh.
The newly commissioned capacity includes 53.73 MW/222.969 MWh from a firm and dispatchable renewable energy (FDRE) project in Neemri village, Chittorgarh district, Rajasthan, connected to the Neemuch substation.
The project has a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with a national renewable energy implementing agency (REIA). ACME Solar expects to commission the remaining BESS capacity of the project during the current financial year.
ACME Solar has also commissioned 53.63 MW/214.52 MWh of an assured peak power project in Rajasthan. This takes the project’s total commissioned BESS capacity to 159.58 MW/638.32 MWh. Located in Kelan village in Bikaner district, the project is connected to the Bikaner III substation and has a 25-year PPA with a national REIA.
The BESS capacity for the full 300 MW project is expected to be commissioned during the current financial year.
From pv magazine India
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