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saw the economic reforms that opened up the

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Indian economy and led to the telecom and

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Energy Storage: Enabling a

decade of sustainable energy
transformation in India

IT revolutions that have made India a leader

in the knowledge economy in the 2000s. This
is a decade where India needs a clean energy
revolution for transforming the electricity
infrastructure to provide energy access to
over 400 million of households that still lack
basic access to electricity.
Today, India is one of the fastest growing
economies in the world, with current electricity
peak load of ~150 GW to meet the needs of
over 1.25 Billion population. Indias per capita

With the recent announcement from Ministry annual consumption of energy at ~800 kWh
of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) about is one of the lowest in the world, even when
Expression of Interest for Energy Storage compared to developing countries like Brazil
projects to support renewable integration, and China. At the same time India currently
there is tremendous excitement about Indias boasts a middle class population exceeding
proposed Energy Storage Mission. India has 300 Million (almost the size of USA) that is
witnessed number of transformations in past looking for the same level of energy access
50 years starting with the Green Revolution and power quality that is taken for granted
of 1960s that transformed the agricultural in developed countries through movement
practices in India. In 1970s and 80s, the White towards Smart Cities. Also the lack of reliable
Revolution - Operation Flood included the and quality power supply is a major obstacle
worlds biggest dairy development program for accelerating development of manufacturing
ZKLFKWUDQVIRUPHG,QGLDIURPDPLONGHFLHQW sector in India under Indian Governments
nation to the largest milk producer in the Make in India initiative. Consumers bear
world within a span of 30 years. The 1990s a large burden due to poor quality and

EDITORS DESK
unreliable power supply. Industries maintain Grid Corporation of India Ltd. has successfully
diesel powered generators and households conducted RFPs for selecting 3 different
have inverters with batteries as backup for storage technologies of 500 KW for ancillary
unscheduled power cuts, low voltages or service demonstration project. Adoption of
energy storage technologies is also being

variable frequency.

Energy Storage systems can play a key role helped by reduction in capital costs and
in every part of the modern grid in India simultaneous improvements in performance.
as envisioned by the central government of Simultaneously the cycle life improvements
in most of the energy storage technologies
India:
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clean energy technologies with anticipated cost of energy storage and making these


addition of over 60 GW of new wind capacity technologies a commercially viable solution in

next 2-3 years.
and 100 GW of solar capacity by 2022.
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energy access through microgrids for the 400 only becoming the one of the largest markets


million people without access to reliable grid for advanced storage technologies, but also a
key player in the global supply chain through
electricity.
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transforming 100 smart cities in coming HOG,QGLDDOUHDG\ERDVWVDYHU\YLEUDQW/HDG
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can serve as a backbone for better power such as Exide and Amara Raja supplying lead
acid batteries to over 35 countries around the
quality and reliability desired by consumers.
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introduce ancillary services as well as up Center of Excellences in energy storage and


scheduling of renewable resources that would there are efforts to start incubation centers
help in increasing renewable penetration in to accelerate development of next generation
the grid.

technologies in India. Ministry of New and

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transportation program with a goal of over 15 policy framework on storage and has created


Million EV/ HEVs by 2020 to reduce oil import a standing committee on energy storage and
hybrid system. Ministry of heavy Industries
bills.
is working on the National Electric Mobility
India Energy Storage Alliance (www.indiaesa. Mission and Ministry of Power is set to launch
info) was created in 2012 with a conviction National Smart Grid Mission. With this right
that energy storage technologies can help policy support, Indian Industry and Research
India leapfrog the modern grid development. community has the potential to deliver
India has recently grabbed global attention solutions that will not only address challenges
through early adaptors such as Reliance Jio, faced by consumers in India, but also become
who has purchased Li-Ion batteries worth a global hub for advanced energy storage
$300 M for the new 4G telecom towers and solutions by 2020.
Sun Edison that has just recently announced
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Imergy Power for microgrids in India. Power

IESA is a new initiative, still in infancy,

but with the support of all our members and
strategic partners from around the world, we
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in this energy revolution for India in coming
decade. India has a robust manufacturing
sector and many innovative entrepreneurs
who are looking forward to forge partnerships
with leading global technology companies.
Such partnership has true potential to not
only help solve the energy issues in India,
but could make India a manufacturing base
that can support needs of the global energy
storage industry.
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in IESA activities rewarding and will be
able to build relationships that can help
commercialization and adoption of emerging
energy storage & Microgrid technologies in
India. We are happy to help in this exploration
and hope to continue working with you in
years ahead.
With best regards,
Rahul Walawalkar
PhD, CEM, CDSM

PRESIDENT & MD, CUSTOMIZED ENERGY SOLUTIONS INDIA PVT. LTD.

VICE PRESIDENT, EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, CES LTD.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INDIAN ENERGY STORAGE ALLIANCE

IESA
NEWS

Prime Minister Narendra Modis recent visit

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India Energy Storage Alliance

(IESA), India signed an MOU
with ESO, Canada

by an Indian PM in over 40 years, is a sure

sign that relations between our two countries
are reaching new heights. The visit, which
resulted in several new bilateral agreements
and commercial deals worth over $1.6 billion.
Through this partnership IESA and ESO
will establish forums for timely and open
exchange of information on current and
planned activities relevant to the vision to
achieve reliable and quality power for all,
involving a broad array of stakeholders.

I N D I A C A N B E A K E Y M A N U FA C T U R I N G
H U B A N D AT T R A C T I V E M A R K E T F O R
C A N A D I A N ES S I N D U S T R Y

This platform will share information on

key

topics

affecting

development

and

implementation of the vision. It could

establish non-exclusive vehicles for engaging
the broad array of stakeholders including
the utility industry, regulatory organizations,

India
Energ y
storage
alliance
(IESA) signed a n M O U w i t h E n e r g y
Stor age Onta r i o ( E S O ) t o w o r k i n a
collaborative m a n n e r o n t h e re l e v a n t
issues regardi n g e n e r g y s t o r a g e a n d
its developme n t a n d i n t e g r a t i o n .

energy, telecommunications, controls, and

information technology vendors, technology
companies, consumer groups, government
and non-governmental organizations.
The year 2015 will be the most active year in the
energy storage market in India. Governments
ambitious target of 175 GW of renewable
energy by 2022 and Make in India campaign
has largely encouraged all stakeholders to
shift their focus to Indian Energy Storage

Recently the India Energy Storage Alliance

(IESA) signed an MOU with Energy Storage
Ontario (ESO) to work in a collaborative manner
on the relevant issues regarding energy
storage and its development and integration.
The parties enter into this memorandum of
understanding (MOU), agreeing to, whenever
possible, share information and work in a
collaborative manner on the relevant issues
regarding energy storage and its development
and integration. We hope that this collaboration
will bring new technologies and expertise to
India to boost energy storage market.

Market. Energy storage technologies could

play a key role in achieving this goal of greater
renewable integration. India is poised for rapid
adoption of energy storage technologies in
the coming decade. Power Grid Corporation of
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storage projects during the year 2014. Many
MNCs started their India operation and few
other Indian companies stepped into energy
storage verticals to leverage this opportunity
in Indian market. This year IESA expect few
more energy storage pilot projects will come
in Indian market from both government
and private sectors.

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in India through frequent interaction with all
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energy storage alliance in Canada. It is a Indian energy storage market will be in the
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that was founded in 2012 as a subgroup of 2020. IESA will highlight the diversity of the
the Corporate Partners Committee under VROXWLRQV DYDLODEOH LQ HOG RI HQHUJ\ VWRUDJH
the Smart Grid Forum. Like many other and microgrids. For details visit http://
jurisdictions, Ontario is a market where indiaesa.info
energy storage can serve many roles and
solve many problems. Ontario has phased
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2013, the Ontario Ministry of Energy released
its Long-Term Energy Plan which mandated
the procurement of 50 MW of energy storage.
The Energy Storage Ontario (ESO) is a trade
association that promotes the development
and

commercialization

and

reliable

energy

of

competitive

storage

delivery

systems through federal education, policy

leadership, and advocacy in the province of
Ontario for more details visit http://www.
energystorageontario.com ;
The India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA)
was launched in 2012 by Customized Energy
Solutions to promote energy storage and
micro grid technologies and their applications
in India. IESAs mission is to make power
sector in India more competitive and
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various stakeholders in the industry and by
promoting information exchange with the
end users. IESA also provides insights to
technology developers, original equipment
manufacturers and system integrators on the
policy landscape and business opportunities

The Center for Study of Science, Technology and

Policy (CSTEP) has analysed the market, policy

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instruments and technical challenges related to

the 2W EV segment which is also known as the
electric bike segment. CSTEPs analysis shows
that both technical and policy related challenges
are a deterrent to the adoption of electric bikes in
India. A demand of 3.55 million 2W EV sales has
been projected by NEMMP. Although this segment

Indias 2-Wheeler Electric Vehicle

Segment

has the highest demand potential among all EV

segments, technological challenges such as low
range and the requirement of long charging time are
major impediments hampering sales. India is also

India received a major boost for its Electric

Vehicle(EV) industry in April 2015, when the Union
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises,
launched the new subsidy scheme titled Faster
adoption and manufacturing of hybrid and electric
vehicles in India, also known as Fame India.
According to the minister, It is a dire necessity to
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friendly yet cost-effective for transport reported
by Press Information Bureau. After the successful
launch of subsidy schemes for EVs by the Ministry of
New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) in 2010, which
saw a big increase in the adoption of 2 Wheeler (2W)
EVs, the Government released an ambitious mission
plan for the EV segment called the National Electric
Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP) in January 2013.
India. Fame India is a demand incentive plan for
NEMMP and it based on the National Mission on
Electric Mobility (NMEM), which the Government of
India set up in 2011.
The budget allocations for the demand incentives

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power supply. The government needs to set up
additional power generation infrastructure in order
to make EVs more attractive
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segments Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) and
Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV); the latter consist
of an internal combustion engine along with the
battery. Hence, HEVs are generally more expensive
than BEVs. Currently, in the 2W EV segment the
major BEV manufacturers are Hero electric and YO
bykes. Only TVS has come up with a 2W HEV called
TVS Qube. The price of TVS Qube is expected to
be INR 65,000, while BEV models are priced at
INR 30,00050,000. Although the subsidy amount
declared on the 2W EVs ranges from INR 1,800
29,000 under Fame India, consumers can avail
discounts of INR 7,50010,000 on available models
in the market. The comparable conventional, petrolbased 2Ws include Honda Activa, TVS Jupiter, and
Hero Maestro which cost INR 50,00065,000.

under Fame India are INR 155 crore for 201516

and INR 340 crore for the year 201617 for all EV
segments. These demand incentives are given as

Technological Challenges

discounts on vehicles. Vehicle dealers are supposed

to start receiving the reimbursement for these
discounts in 23 months, starting from August 2015.
For charging infrastructure, a budget of INR 10 crore
and 20 crore is allocated for the years 201516 and
201617, resp.

CSTEPs analysis of the various technological

challenges faced by the 2W EV segment falls under
two categories battery technology and charging
infrastructure.
Currently, the EV technology is not mature

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of INR 1000 crore is expected till 2020. To address

Battery Technology

the technological bottlenecks in EVs, collaboration

of local academic institutes with industry is of
foremost importance.

enough to allow

Charging related issues are another reason for low EV

BEVs to compete with fossil fuel based vehicles.

A major component in BEVs is the battery which
has the highest cost among all other components;
major technological challenges in BEVs are also

Charging Infrastructure

associated with the battery. The energy storage

capacity (kWh/kg) of batteries is about 100 times

less than that of petrol or diesel. Hence, BEVs provide penetration in vehicles market. All 2W BEV models
low range per charge. The 2W BEV models in the in India use lead acid batteries. Lead acid batteries
Indian market promise only 5080 km range. The take 68 hours to charge, which makes these
solution for this limited range issue is the installation models unattractive to consumers as compared to
of a larger battery pack. However, this increases petrol driven 2Ws. A low range clubbed with poor
[OL^LPNO[HUKJVZ[VM[OL]LOPJSLZPNUPJHU[S`(Z availability of charging stations lead to a range

a solution, a business model of leasing batteries anxiety among consumers. A solution for quick
JV\SKSV^LY[OLWYPJLZHUKLUHISLLMJPLU[YLJ`JSPUN recharging is battery swap, which is the equivalent
of batteries.

of refuelling a vehicle, in terms of time. A strategic

charging infrastructure network and battery swap

Another technical problem of BEVs is that their stations can eliminate this problem and will make
speed and acceleration is lower than conventional the use of BEVs in long distance drives possible.

fuel-based vehicles because of the low power Smart grids can manage electricity loads during
capacity (kW/kg) of batteries. The top speeds of peak demand hours for utility and BEV charging.

these models range from 2555 kmph. Higher They can provide information on grid network,
speeds can be achieved by either increasing empty slots for charging, usage, and cost statistics.
the cost or compromising the range. The use of NEMMP has mentioned plans of spending around
supercapacitors in BEVs is a potential solution INR 1200 crore on charging infrastructures by 2020.
that the industry should explore. Supercapacitors
are a type of electrochemical capacitors that use
a physical process to store energy, unlike batteries
which use chemical reactions. These have very
high power capacity; hence they can charge and
discharge very quickly unlike batteries. Thus, the
use of supercapacitors is indispensable for faster
BEVs. However, it is an expensive technology. In the
future, supercapacitors can be made up of graphite
which can be manufactured from organic wastes
like coconut shell, hemp, etc., to reduce the cost.
NEMMP aims to support R&D efforts related to next
generation battery technologies and an expenditure

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VEHICLE TYPE

HERO ELECTRIC BIKES

YO BIKES

HONDA ACTIVA

TVS JUPITER

RANGE (KM)

50-80

60-70

240-320

250-310

FUEL

ELECTRICITY

ELECTRICITY

PETROL

PETROL

6-7 HRS

6-8 HRS

< 5 MINS

< 5 MINS

TOP SPEED (KM/HR)

25-45

25-55

82

90

BATTERY LIFE (KM)

15,000

18,000

BATTERY LIFE (YEARS)

1.25

1.5

PRICE INR

35,000-50,000

SUBSIDY INR

7,500-10,000

7,500-9,400

COST OF FUEL

0.1 - 0.2

0.1 - 0.27

1.1 - 1.6

1.1 - 1.6

CHARGING

/ REFUELLING TIME

40,000-55,000 55,000-65,000 50,000-60,000

The overall EV technology is improving and costs

are coming down. Incentives such as discounts, low
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As their market penetration increases, costs will
reduce automatically due to economies of scale and
advances in technology. However, the industry will
require appropriate support from the government in
terms of policies and R&D funding if it is to become
a key instrument in Indias goal of achieving lowcarbon transportation.

AUTHOR:
GANESHPRASAD RAVINDRA PAVASKAR
RESEARCH ENGINEER
CENTER FOR STUDY OF SCIENCE,
TECHNOLOGY AND POLICY (CSTEP),
BANGALORE
E-MAIL: GANESHPRASAD@CSTEP.IN

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POLICY

UPDATE

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India Govt approves National

Smart Grid Mission

Government has approved the National Smart Grid

Mission (NSGM) -an institutional mechanism for
Government has launched the scheme
namely Faster Adoption and Manufacturing
of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles (FAME India)
under National electric Mobility Mission Plan
(NEMMP 2020)

planning, monitoring and implementation of policies

and programs related to Smart Grid activities. This
was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of state for
Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy (IC) in a
written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.

Government of India launched the National Electric The total outlay for NSGM activities for 12th Plan is
Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP) 2020 in 2013. It Rs 980 crore with a budgetary support of Rs 338
aims to achieve national fuel security by promoting crore.
hybrid and electric vehicles in the country. There
is an ambitious target to achieve 67 million sales NSGM has three tier structure:
of hybrid and electric vehicles year on year from
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the cumulative sale is expected to reach 1516 Million of concerned Ministries and departments. Role of
by 2020. It is expected to save 9500 Million Liters Governing Council is to approve all policies and
of crude oil equivalent to Rs. 62000 Cr. savings. programme for smart grid implementation.
Government has launched the scheme namely
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of Rs. 75 Cr.

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NSGM Project Management Unit (NPMU) headed

by the Director NPMU. Director NPMU is a
Member of the Governing Council and Empowered

Proposed Framework for Forecasting,

Scheduling & Imbalance Handling for
Renewable Energy (RE) Generating
Stations based on wind and solar at InterState Level

Committee, and Member Secretary of Technical

Committee. NPMU is the implementing agency
for operationalizing the Smart Grid activities in the Framework for Forecasting, Scheduling & Imbalance
country under the guidance of Governing Council Handling for Renewable Energy (RE) Generating
and Empowered Committee.

Stations based on wind and solar at Inter-State

Level. RE generation by nature is considered

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is available from NSGM budget. For selected consideration these aspects and to facilitate


components such as training & capacity building, integration of RE generation in the grid, CERC has
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Mission chaired by the Power Secretary of the State factors in the variable and intermittent nature of such
has also been proposed. Support for training & generation. This could lead to renewed interest in
capacity building to State Level Project Monitoring use of energy storage for smoothing the renewable
Units (SLPMUs) for smart grid activities is provided output and helping renewable project developers
by NSGM.

to schedule the intermittent wind / solar power as

stipulated in the proposed framework.

The Minister further stated that The major activities

envisaged under NSGM are development of The proposed framework for the wind and solar
smart grid, development of micro grids, consumer energy generators provides motivation to the Wind/
engagements and training & capacity building etc. Solar energy generator to remain within the desirable
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variable power. The stakeholders will show interest
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The RE stakeholders do not venture into interstate
sale not only because they require to schedule the
generation, but, they need to pay transmission
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wheeling losses for the involved network. As the CUF
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the charges based on rated capacity (MW basis) do
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to attract stakeholders to adopt this interstate
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storage.
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stability.
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band. CERC had also issued a staff paper on
Ancillary Services in December 2013. After having
discussions with the appropriate authorities and
stakeholders consultation meets, CERC has issued
draft regulatory framework for introduction of
Ancillary Services at Interstate level.

determined or adopted by the Commission and

are operating on part load and have not received
full requisition shall be eligible to participate in the
Reserves Regulation Ancillary Services Market.
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high RE based capacity installations in some RE
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desired level and to relieve the congestion in the
transmission network.
All Inter-State Generating Stations whose tariff is

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INDIA POLICY UPDATE

CERC - Draft Regulations for
Ancillary Services Operations

resources better than use of conventional fossil

generators. IESA has released a comprehensive
report titled Energy Storage Technologies for
Ancillary Services in India

The Government is very serious on increasing RE

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commercially settled as per the Deviation Settlement Policy for higher RPO obligations, the commitment
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can take care of power quality and grid security &
stability.

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provide ancillary services in some of the Countries.

Over the years, CERC has tightened the frequency CERC may think seriously to bring in the required
band. CERC had also issued a staff paper on ancillary services framework by introducing market
Ancillary Services in December 2013. After having designs for RE (integrated with storage) as well. This
discussions with the appropriate authorities and will help the RE generators in having more business
stakeholders consultation meets, CERC has issued options and earn revenue from multiple streams and
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Services (RRAS) is to restore the frequency level at
desired level and to relieve the congestion in the
transmission network.
All Inter-State Generating Stations whose tariff is
determined or adopted by the Commission and
are operating on part load and have not received
full requisition shall be eligible to participate in the
Reserves Regulation Ancillary Services Market.
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INTERNATIONAL
MARKETS

must double to 45 per cent by 2030. To do so, an

04

estimated 150 GW of battery storage and 325 GW

of pumped-storage hydroelectricity will be needed,
making storage a vital element in the expansion of
renewable energy.
Now is the time to think about integrating large-

IRENA Roadmap Breaks New

Ground on Renewable Energy
Storage

scale battery storage into the global energy system,

said IRENA Director-General Adnan-Z Amin. This
roadmap is a starting point for all policy makers
seeking to integrate greater storage capabilities,
which is necessary to ensure the world is ready

A new ground-breaking report from the International for the next phase of growth for renewable power
Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) provides clear systems. Dr. Rahul Walawalkar, Executive Director
direction on how to advance storage systems as part - IESA, VP, Emerging Technologies & Markets,
of the infrastructure for a sustainable energy future. Customized Energy Solutions was present at the
Renewables and Electricity Storage, released today ninth IRENA Council meeting, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E as
on the side lines of IRENAs ninth Council meeting, a speaker.
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to facilitate the development of policies on electricity storage to support renewables in islands and
storage for renewables. The report is part of IRENAs remote areas, consumer-located storage for selfREmap 2030 program.
consumption in countries with high shares of
rooftop solar PV systems, generator and gridTo avoid the worst effects of climate change and located storage for countries with grid infrastructure
accelerate sustainable energy transformation and constraints and system analysis tools for countries
economic growth, IRENAs REmap 2030 report preparing to transition their power sector towards

GRAPHIC FROM THE RENEWABLES AND

ELECTRICITY STORAGE REPORT. SYSTEMS,
GENERATION- AND GRID-LOCATED FOR
COUNTRIES WITH GRID INFRASTRUCTURE
CONSTRAINTS, AND SYSTEM ANALYSIS TOOLS
FOR COUNTRIES PREPARING TO TRANSITION
THEIR POWER SECTOR TOWARDS RENEWABLES.

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renewables.
The roadmap is the product of four stakeholder
workshops involving more than 200 electricity
storage experts from 50 countries. One of the
successful Workshop was organised during Energy
Storage India Conference 2014 at New Delhi, India.
The value of this roadmap is that it brought
together policy makers from across the globe with
the leading industry experts and academics, said
Chairperson of the Global Energy Storage Alliance
Janice Lin. At every workshop, we were asked to
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is truly a product of international cooperation.

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Li-ion batteries were costing more than $ 1000/kWh.

Now some of the global Li-ion battery manufacturers

T ECHNOLOGY
INSIGHT

05

have reported even price points below $400/kWh

for the same technology.
On the other hand, the energy storage market in
India is expecting the announcement of Energy
Storage Mission by the MNRE (Ministry of New
and Renewable Energy, Government of India) at RE

Times of Change in the Indian

Battery Energy Storage Market

Invest in February 2015; which will bring a change in

the scenario of storage applications at grid storage,
like renewable energy integration and grid ancillary
services.

By Harsh Thacker,
Senior Analyst, at Customized Energy
Solutions
Will the Indian battery market scenario witness a
major change? As the power supply in the country
continues to be unreliable, the role of batteries has to
change from being an emergency back-up solution
to a long time power/energy storage solution. With
the advent of the summer, as in each previous year,
the power supply scenario will only worsen, and the
sales of batteries, inverters and solar panels will be
at their peak.
The consumers are expecting their inverters to work
for long hours and to carry the entire load in their
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acid batteries have so far played the role of energy
storage devices in the country, but they are yet to
deliver the customers expectation of providing
high power storage for long hours with 3-5 year
life. Additionally, many residential, commercial and
industrial complexes have started installing rooftop
solar PV modules along with inverters and battery
storage. With such applications, high demand
supply mismatch and high ownership costs of
diesel gensets, consumers will feel the need for high
power, deep discharge batteries more than they
wanted in the past. Along with these changes, the
price range of lithium-ion batteries have come down
considerably over the last 12 months to change the
dynamics of the market. It was not long back when

At the Energy Storage India conference in New Delhi

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2014) Mr. Sushil Kumar Soonee, CEO, POSOCO, said
that both the regulatory and the planning team have
to consider the price of load shedding and power
disruptions, which the end consumers have to pay.
The tool of load shedding will be always a cheaper
option than the tool of the ancillary service market.
But if we consider the cost which the end consumer
pays for the load shedding, energy storage solutions
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regulatory panel in the conference also commented
that the Indian grid operators are everyday handling
ramp rates of over 40 MW per minute, which is
an incredible effort. Energy storage can help the
operators in smoothing this steep rate and can
make the grid more secure. Most of the exhibitors
and visitors at Energy Storage India showcased and
discussed advanced battery technologies like the
Lithium Ion, UltraBattery, Flow Batteries, Sodium
Batteries and other new technologies.
On the other hand, the local battery exhibitions
in India, such as PowerOn (January 2015) and
Maharashtra Battery Expo (which concluded in
December 2014), were dominated by Lead Acid
industry. It was very refreshing to witness greater
participation of VRLA battery exhibitors, instead of
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application of up to 400 Ah.
Among hundreds of exhibitors of lead-acid

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batteries, in a corner there was also a Lithium
Phosphate battery company from China, all ready to
sell its storage solution for solar and EV application
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manufacturer eyeing to sell its products to the rooftop Solar PV market in India. At a price point of
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in the country to start the manufacturing of Li-ion
batteries in India by October 2015. The market will
closely monitor the installation and performance of
80,000 sets of Li-ion batteries ordered by Reliance
Jio (a telecom company), one of the early movers
to install Li-ion batteries to supply power to its
telecom towers. This order was distributed among
the companies, namely Saft, Coslight, Narada and
Panasonic.
There were a few companies equipped with hybrid
inverters for residential and commercial markets.
They claimed that the inverters can be connected to
a DG (Diesel Generator set) power supply, solar PV
and main supply and it can automatically select the
best option, prioritizing the renewable energy supply.
As the roof top solar market evolves as part of the

drastic reduction of Li-ion batteries prices, and the

price of $300 per kWh can be that point of disruption
for various industrial and commercial energy
storage applications. Apart from cost reductions,
improvements in cycle life, charge discharge
rates (c-rate) and deeper cycling capability is also
resulting in lower Levelized cost of energy delivered
from advanced storage technologies. Data collected
by IESA indicates trends which can bring down the
Levelized cost of energy delivered from advanced
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economies of scale.
Any unsafe occurrences with the installations of
new battery technologies can hamper their market
penetration.

Hence,

both

manufacturers

and

installers are willing to educate the market about

the additional battery management systems and
maintenance which are mandatory for the new
technologies. This shift in the market dynamics
will also open up huge opportunities for battery
management systems, hybrid inverter and smart
charging appliances companies.

100 GW solar by 2022 vision of the Power Minister,

Mr Piyush Goyal, India will witness introduction of
advanced hybrid inverters and PCS solutions by
global leaders such as Siemens, Eaton, S&C, ABB
and SMA. With Indian Governments Make in India
initiative, most of these companies are considering
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bring down costs of these solutions.
With further reduction in the prices of solar PV
and advanced storage technologies, the storage
market might witness a big change. Other battery
technologies like UltraBattery (a combination of
VRLA and ultra-capacitor) and Flow batteries are
investing time, money and efforts to gain a share in
the big pie of over $1.3 billion annual battery storage
market in India. The market is poised to unsettle with

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a clean and sustainable environment. It will be

M ARKET
INSIGHT

implemented through area based/ location based

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approach and citizens participation consisting of

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development of new cities. Pan-city components
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reducing commuting time and carbon footprints.
Under smart cities initiative, focus will be on

Sustainable energy and smart energy core infrastructure services like: Adequate and
solutions are the key factors to realise
clean Water supply, Sanitation and Solid Waste
the vision of smart Cities in India

Management, Affordable housing for the poor,

By Debi Prasad Dash,

Manager, India Energy Storage Alliance
Analyst, at Customized Energy Solutions

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24X7

power

supply,

robust

IT

connectivity,

e-governance and citizen participation, safety

and security of citizens, health & education and
sustainable urban environment. This Action Plans

The Smart Cities Mission was launched by Prime will be implemented by creating Special Purpose
Minister Mr. Narendra Modi on 25th June 2015 with Vehicles (SPV) for each city and state governments
extraordinary fanfare to transform and develop 100 will ensure steady stream of resources for SPVs with
cities to become the growth engines of urban India. the support of central government.
In total Central Government approved the spending To implement this program, central government
of about INR 1 lakh core (USD $16 billion) on urban issued the guidelines for the proposal. Lets discuss
development under two new urban missions over the how sustainable energy is the key parameters
next 5 years. The Cabinet has approved the Smart to make this Smart Cities Mission programme
Cities Mission and the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation successful.
and Urban Transformation of 500 cities (AMRUT) 
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with outlays of INR 48,000 crore (USD $7.7 billion) the energy requirement coming from solar power
and INR 50,000 crore (USD $8 billion) respectively. in the City. It will help to achieve governments 100
Under the Smart Cities Mission, each selected GW solar target by 2022.
city would get central assistance of INR 100 crore 
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of smart city aspirants as per the norms to be smart cities. Electric bus can also be implemented
indicated and they will prepare smart city proposals in public transit system.
(SCP) for further evaluation for extending Central 
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Management Platforms: During the presentations,
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to promote adoption of smart solutions for on the development of electric vehicle charging
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and growing infrastructure with the objective of these cities.
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system, which will boost solar streetlight usage in
India.

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market

mechanisms

adopted

in

developed

countries for the electricity sector in smart cities

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Such as: Feeder and substation automation using 
SCADA, Demand-Response Program, Adoption Smart Solutions will enable cities to use technology,
of analytics and energy simulation to optimise information and data to improve infrastructure
energy consumption, focus on power quality and and services. For smart solutions, smart energy
integration of energy storage at grid level to solve management is a focused vertical for the government
grid overloading, grid management and ancillary to implement smart cities in India.
services introduction.
From these features of Smart Cities Mission, it is
evident that the government is keen to implement
smart

solutions

in

energy

infrastructure

and

distributed generation. To balance higher renewable

generation and grid stability in these cities, energy
storage market will encourage through competitive
market development and induction of ancillary
services. IESA expects that Large scale private
townships, SEZs, Industrial regions will be the
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transportation, smart energy solutions and energy
On the generation side, NASSCOM also proposed storage in near future.
integration of energy storage for decentralised
energy generation and on the consumer side, The India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) was
it proposed introduction of innovative business launched in 2012 by Customized Energy Solutions
solutions like energy service management, electric (http://ces-ltd.com ) to promote Energy Storage and
infrastructure management and use of smart meters. Micro grid technologies, along with their applications,
in India. IESA does this by creating awareness
among various stakeholders to make the

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Indian industry and power sector more competitive
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with the end users-as to assist with more informed
decision making.

IESA also provides insights to

technology developers and system integrators on

the policy landscape and business opportunities
in India through frequent interaction with key
stakeholders.

With

responses

received

from

storage industries across the globe, the IESA is

quickly gaining a strong foothold across various
stakeholders and technology providers. For more
details visit http://indaesa.info

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NEWS

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the pilot projects, that limitation is no more

there, he said.
Experts feel the much needed push from the
government would encourage people to start
using electric bikes and cars by making them

The New Motion to invest INR

1000 crore for smart chargers in
India for electric vehicles

more cost effective. Charging infrastructure

will be critical for the development of the
electric vehicle ecosystem in the country. It
is yet to be seen if the initial Rs 1,000 crore
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MONTFRANS.

The electric vehicle industry is kicking off

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investments, both from the industry as well as
the government, start to pour in. New Motion,
one of the worlds largest smart charging
companies, is investing about Rs 1,000 crore)
in setting up a manufacturing facility in India
and make India its global manufacturing hub.
In Europe therell be 3 million electric vehicles

and which cities will be able to get advantage

from this, said Satish RM, principal research
analyst at Gartner.
The government should also mandate the
use of electric vehicles for at least the public
transportation to kick start the ecosystem.The
focus for incentives should be on two-wheelers
as thats where the bulk of the consumption
lies in India.
According to NEMMP, it is estimated that the
government will need to provide support to
the tune of Rs 13,000- 14,000 crore over the
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in the coming 5 years. We expect the numbers Source: Economic Times, April 07, 2015
in India to be much larger than that, said
Ritsaart Montfrans, founder and CEO at New
Motion. By building a manufacturing facility
iIndia, we are trying to bring down the cost of
charging -it needs to be affordable for India.

Amara Raja to expand portfolio

in solar, defence applications.

While charging a car using a regular power

socket takes about 6-7 hours currently, New Amara Raja Batteries is looking at expanding
Motions smart chargers can charge 80% product portfolio, including applications in
of the vehicle in 15-30 minutes. Montfrans solar and Defence, to reach the top slot
said, based on the outcomes and the overall in battery industry in both industrial and
cost of manufacturing in India, the company automotive sectors, companys vice chairman
would be look at selling its chargers to other Jayadev Galla said today.
countries from India. He also said that while
the government has been very supportive so He hinted that the group may also look for
far in building the electric vehicle ecosystem inorganic growth to become a dominant
in the country, what was lacking, so far, were player in the sector. We are also looking

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at emerging applications like solar, electric

Imergy Flow Battery installed at

GAT College in India

vehicles and Defence to expand our battery

range. Our vision is to be top global player in
the industrial batteries and to be a dominant
regional player in the automotive batteries
within the next decade.
We explore both organic and inorganic
opportunities to make this happen, Galla
said at the inaugural function of Amara Raja
Growth Corridor (ARGC), a 500-acre industrial
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company Amara Raja Batteries is currently
enjoying 50 per cent market share in telecom
battery segment, 30 per cent market share
each in UPS and automotive battery segments.

The Global Academy of Technology (GAT)

College, an engineering education institution
in Bangalore, India, has installed California-
based Imergy Power Systems ESP30 30 kW,
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solar research and testing center.
The battery will store energy generated by
a SunEdison 50 kW photovoltaic solar power
system. The energy storage system, which
provides four hours of electricity at nominal
power, will reduce the need for GAT College to
run diesel-fueled generators when there are
power outages at night.

Today Amara Raja is among the top ten SunEdison collaborated with the college to
battery makers in the world. We are the largest create a research and development facility at
battery manufacturers in the Indian ocean belt the Bangalore campus. The facility is used to
and also second largest automotive battery study solar water pumps, storage solutions,

makers in the belt, he added. According to hybrid systems, solar power plant monitoring
him, Amara Raja Batteries has 27 sales and and mounting structures.
service centres and 1,500 channel partners

across the country. It currently exports its GAT College faculty and students will use the
products to 40 countries.
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batteries operate and work in conjunction
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu with PV solar power systems. Faculty and
Naidu today inaugurated the ARGC built by students will study how rural microgrids can

the Amara Raja Group in the states Chittoor use energy storage to optimize PV solar power
District, about 80 kms from here. The corridor system production and how a PV solar power
is expected to attract investments of over Rs V\VWHP DQG YDQDGLXP RZ EDWWHU\ SHUIRUP
4,500 crore in next three years, a company under grid outage conditions.
release said. Andhra Pradesh government

will extend its cooperation to entrepreneurs Source: solar Industry Magazine, June 15,
those willing to invest in the state. The Chief 2015
Minister also laid foundation stone for a plastic
moulding industry belonging to Amara Raja
Group.
Source: Business Standard, May 07, 2015

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Global Energy Trends and
Implications for India: Solar Will
Be the Most Competitive Energy
Choice

Source: IEA

The Global Context

According to the IEA, in a 2 degrees scenario,
solar becomes the dominant electricity

The global energy system is in a period of rapid

technology by 2040, and provides 26% of

transformation: electricity plays an ever more

global power generation by 2050. The IEA

important role, as do renewables, distributed

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generation and electric vehicles. Energy

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ton of CO2, commensurate with the world

industry. The International Energy Agency

achieving the 2 degrees goal) is added, the

(IEA) has just published its new Energy

cost of solar is already very competitive

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and it will become more competitive over

trends until 2050 . Here are some of the key

time, overtaking combined cycle gas turbines

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The chronicles of Ather: Building

a smart electric bike for India

Overall, the IEA sees storage as the option of

last resort, once all other options have been
exploited. Currently 99% of electricity storage
is pumped in hydro storage plants. In future,
other forms of storage (battery, mechanical
storage, etc.) will become attractive solutions.
Implications for India
In India, solar and storage will likely play a
different and a much larger role than in the
IEAs global analysis. Due to the weakness
of the grid and the limited alternative energy
sources, distributed solar plus storage will
be an attractive solution for end-users. As
compared to the IEAs global scenario, the
Indian power market will be more consumer-,
less infrastructure-driven; more decentralized,
less centralized; and see more private sector
than government sector initiatives. It will be
a default (local solutions to electricity supply
shortages) rather than a design market.
Source: The Energy Collective, May 05, 2015

It was September of 2014, and Ather Energy

cofounders Tarun Mehta and Swapnil Jain
were running out of money. Raising venture
capital was turning out to be impossible as
investors werent willing to risk their funds
on an idea as audacious as theirs: a smart
electric vehicle for the Indian market.
Some

investors

asked

the

IIT-Madras

graduates to build an app instead, another

suggested a hardware device, and a few
advised doing something in the food space.
Tired of rejections, the founders drew up a
list of people who had succeeded in building
unconventional companies out of India,
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They showed the Flipkart cofounder and group
CEO the same presentation that had been
rejected several times. This pitch is clearly
not working. What aspect of it do you think
we should change? asked Mehta, 25.
Nothing, said Bansal without missing a beat.
If anything is going to get you the money, this
will. Changing it will not help. He promised to

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introduce them to VCs, but without a product
or customers in place, investors were still
hesitant. The duo were running out of options
and approached Flipkart cofounders Sachin
Bansal and Binny Bansal again, this time to
ask if they could invest a small sum in Ather.
Mehta and Jain would then piggyback on the
reputations of Sachin and Binny to raise the
$1 million (about Rs 6 crore) they needed to
sustain their one-year-old startup. To their
surprise, the Flipkart founders offered to put
in the entire money.

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experienced in building race cars from
scratch. Product design head Arun Vinayak,
24, was picked up from IIT-Madras FSAE
team that participated in an international
competition where students develop small
Formula One-style race cars. These are the
guys who will achieve the goal of Make-in-
India, said R Krishna Kumar, professor in IIT-
Madras Department of Engineering Design
and an adviser to Ather, referring to the
Union governments drive to boost domestic
manufacturing.

There has been no looking back since. Ather Also, Ather is pitching its product as a premium
raised $12 million (about Rs 75 crore) from vehicle: A high-performance two-wheeler
New York-based hedge fund Tiger Global in delivering mileage of one kilometer for every
May, which it plans to use to establish design 4 paisa, and priced similar to the expensive
and testing centres and an assembly line Vespa. They are looking to challenge the
in Bengaluru. They are young and open impression that evehicles are cheap and low
to experiments. I personally really liked RQ SRZHU 7KLV LV GHQLWHO\ D WHFK FKDOOHQJH
Swapnil and Tarun and connected with them but the right strategy to help them grow,
immediately. I think they have the DNA to said Sachin Bansal. Globally, interest in
succeed, said Sachin Bansal.
electric twowheelers is picking up. Gogoro,
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Athers electric scooter has a low center of its Smartscooter will be available for preorder
gravity that can facilitate sharp turns and an shortly and priced at about $4,100.
aluminum chassis that makes it very light. It
can also learn the riding patterns of riders and Meanwhile, industry experts are beginning
alert their kin in the case of an accident.
to take notice of Ather. I am happy that
there are entrepreneurs like them innovating
The companys team of 40, working out of a in cleantech, said Chetan Maini, founder of
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constantly experiments and builds prototypes
aiming to put out a road-worthy vehicle by
early 2016. That was the prototype that got
us funding from Sachin, Mehta said, pointing
to a discarded vehicle in the backyard of the
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than the existing vehicles today. So how has
Ather been able to come this far?
For one, it focuses on building an exceptional
team,

scouting

for

young

automotive

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the sun does not shine at night, Tesla CEO

INTERNATIONAL
NEWS

Elon Musk said at the unveiling of the new

08

batteries at the companys design studio in

Hawthorne, California, yesterday. We need to
store the energy that is generated during the
day so you can use it at night.
A number of solar companies now offer
batteries to accompany their solar panels

Why Tesla wants to sell a battery

for your home

(see Solar Power, and Somewhere to Store

It). Although just a tenth of a percent of
U.S. homes now get power from rooftop solar
panels combined with energy storage, such
systems could account for 3 percent of homes
by 2018, according to Greentech Media
Research.

Seeking to expand its business beyond electric

vehicles, Tesla Motors will sell stationary Teslas residential battery, called Powerwall,
batteries for residential, commercial, and will be available in several months and will
utility use under a new brand, Tesla Energy.

come in two sizes, a seven-kilowatt-hour

battery system that costs $3,000 and a

Tesla is launching the home battery business slightly larger 10-kilowatt-hour system for
partly because its already making vehicle $3,500. The larger battery would keep an
EDWWHULHVDQGDVDUHVXOWLWFDQEHQHWIURP average-sized home running for a day. It is
the economies of scale that come from making unclear what the cost of installation would be.
both. Another reason is that the market for
storage is expected to grow in concert with the Tesla expects that many sales will come from
use of solar power. Tesla needs both electric commercial customers who pay a variable rate
vehicles and solar power to boom if it hopes of electricity over the course of a day based
WRIXOOOWKHSURMHFWHGRXWSXWIURPDYDVW on demand. Such customers already see
billion battery gigafactory its building in VLJQLFDQW UHGXFWLRQV LQ WKHLU HQHUJ\ ELOOV E\
Nevada.
drawing on stored electricity during periods of
peak energy demand.
The obvious problem with solar power is that In the near term, the market for home energy

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A I M E D AT C O M P A N I E S W I T H V A R I A B L E
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storage will depend on how states regulate
homeowners ability to buy and sell electricity.
Net metering, currently available in 43 states,
allows residential customers to sell excess
generation back to their utility company at
retail rates. The policies are being challenged
by utility companies that say it undermines
their ability to recoup grid infrastructure
costs. But as long as net metering continues,
consumers will have little need to buy an
energy storage system because they can sell
the excess solar power they generate rather
than store it, says Jay Stein, an analyst with

globally in 2013.
Such a large investment in what is still a niche
market is risky, but Tesla claims that the new
factory will cut battery costs by 30 percent
when it begins operations, as early as 2016.
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enough orders for the output. By 2020, the
plant will be able to produce enough batteries
for half a million electric vehicles per year.
Last year, Tesla sold around20,000 cars.
Source: solar MIT Technology Review, May
04, 2015

energy consulting company E Source. I

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batteries, he says.
Most utilities that offer net metering, however,
also allow residential customers to buy and sell
electricity at rates that vary throughout the
day based on demand. Battery storage would
allow such people to maximize the value of the
electricity they sell back to the utility. There
are some arbitrage values emerging, says
Karl Rbago, executive director of the Pace
Energy and Climate Center in White Plains,
New York. If I could export selectively, using
a storage device, I might beget higher value
for my generation.
Home energy storage will make more
sense in the years to come. Residential and
commercial solar-plus-storage systems will
offer a clear cost advantage over electricity
from the grid throughout the United States
by 2030, according to a recent report by the
Rocky Mountain Institute, an energy research
and consulting group.
Teslas Nevada gigafactory, which its building
with Panasonic, will have an annual production
capacity of 35 gigawatt-hours by 2020, more
than all the lithium-ion batteries produced

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Facing issues such as those characterized by

Integrated Energy Storage: An

Answer to Addressing the Duck
Curve?

the duck curve, agile, forward-thinking utilities

are coming to understand that one key to future
prosperity lies in adopting new technologies such
as integrated energy storage which can help them

AS UTILITIES AROUND THE WORLD GRAPPLE

balance customers increasing desires to install

WITH DECLINING UTILISATION FROM

distributed generation with the need for better

WIDESPREAD ADOPTION OF DISTRIBUTED

leveraging of existing utility assets.

SOLAR , INTEGRATED STORAGE SOLUTIONS

BEHIND - THE - METER MAY FLATTEN THE LOAD

So, exactly what role can integrated storage play

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AND UTILITIES ALIKE .

A
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outlining the challenges posed by accelerated
uptake of distributed renewables, in particular
changing utility load curves and the much-maligned
duck curve. Yet, for all the technical and economic
challenges posed by solar widening the wedge
between typical day-time energy consumption
and evening peak consumption, distributed energy
storage when paired with an intelligent integration
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duck curve and increase the overall value delivered
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Curves for successive years assume continued solar
uptake consistent with historical growth in solar
deployments. Unabated, we can see a widening of
the gap due to reduced daytime demand, uptake
of solar PV and evening demand peaks.

These

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factors combine and result in a worsening of asset
utilization and load factor; from the years 2012 to
2020 load factors decline by 19 percent on a relative
basis.

indicative feeder deployed solar integrated storage

(SIS), optimized for the timing and consumption
of their stored capacity, the peaks and troughs
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load factor increases by 17 percent and the ramp
rate for evening peak is reduced by 59 percent,
demonstrating how deployment if integrated storage
can enable far superior utilization of the assets and
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Hidden in the above numbers, though, is another
potentially important consideration for utilities
deferral

of

transmission

and

distribution

infrastructure costs.

applying intelligent integrated energy storage aids

in smoothing the curve and reducing demand peaks

phenomenon increasing network costs and

declining demand is troubling and an unenviable
strategic position for any business.

But what if

customer-sited energy storage could be aggregated

and orchestrated in concert through an integrated
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chain including avoided network and generation
augmentation, reduced losses and improvements in
voltage and power quality.
Demand peak reduction is not the only issue
Excess residential solar

generation causes voltage instability and power

quality problems which utilities also have to invest
resources in order to deal with. These investments
include

additional

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energy consumer, customers could be rewarded
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demand through a lower utility cost base and thus
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address the duck curve with storage technology,
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energy storage assets located on the customer-side
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To be effective, such systems must allow storage

assets to be dynamically aggregated, tailoring
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their control orchestrated in concert as if they were
a single Virtual Power Plant. Expanded further, such
aggregations of behind-the-meter energy storage
might serve different purposes for the utility at any
given time; some may be orchestrated to provide
voltage support at the end of a long feeder while

Moving excess solar generation to peak times

of concern, though.

corrective costs and focus their investment where

address high penetrations of renewables.

The outlook for utilities faced with the duck chart

and

transmission line upgrades. As illustrated above,

to prior year levels. This enables utilities to defer

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equipment, transformers, static compensators and

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regulation or other ancillary services.
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accommodate

integration

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utility

IT

infrastructure, data analytics platforms, smartgrid

and microgrid system architectures, and smart home
energy management systems, energy storage control
systems must be intelligent and, ideally, cloudbased so as to allow for seamless communication
across multiple technology platforms and real-time
control of grid assets according to utility rule sets.
Already a proven approach to improving
the safety, reliability and performance of

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the grid, customer-sited integrated energy storage
platforms offer huge promise for cost-effectively
addressing the issues represented by the duck
curve as well as a host of other challenges faced by
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multi-hour use such as time of day energy shifting

Redflow enters the European

energy storage market with flow
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for use during peak time periods. Thus, they resolve

the intermittency inherent to renewable energy.
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100 percent depth of discharge, which is ideal for

unstable grids and renewable energy sources.
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As we expand worldwide, we know our battery the energy throughput of its products, reads the
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