ISGF Report Energy Storage System RoadmapforIndia 2019to2032 11july2019 Draft

Energy Storage System
Roadmap for India: 2019-2032

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Contents
Preface vii
Authors & Acknowledgement viii
Abbreviations ix
Executive Summary xiii

1 Introduction and Background 1
1.1 Purpose of the Study 1
1.2 Indian Imperative 4
1.2.1 India’s National Commitment to Reduce Green House Effect 4
1.2.2 Initiatives by various Government Agencies 5
1.2.3 Details of 175 GW Renewable Energy target by 2022 5
1.2.4 Breakdown of 40 GW RTPV 6
1.2.5 Regulatory Landscape by States/Governments in promoting RTPV 7
1.3 Scope of Study 9
1.3.1 Study of Different ESS Technologies and its Effectiveness in Indian
context- Detailed Techno-Commercial Evaluation and Guiding Document
for Choosing ESS Solutions 9
1.3.2 Hosting Capacity of VRE on MV/LV Feeders 10
1.3.3 Technical Issues and Challenges 10
1.3.4 Solutions Enabling Portfolio for VRE Integration 11
2 ESS Technologies 13
2.1 Introduction 13
2.2 Description of Storage Technologies 14
2.3 Key Players and Technologies 19
2.4 Need for Energy Storage in India 23
2.5 ESS Applications 24
2.5.1 EV Adoption 25
2.5.2 Peak Shaving 26
2.5.3 Ancillary Services 26
2.5.4 Transmission and Distribution Grid Deferral 27
3 Assessment of Mv/Lv Stabilization and Optimization for 40 Gw Rtpv :

Technical Issues and Challenges 29
3.1 Issues at MV level and LT level (3-Phase and 1-Phase) 29
3.2 VRE on MV and LV coupled by same transformer 31
3.3 RTPV on MV and LV on different transformers 33
3.4 Power Quality (PQ) and Harmonics 33
3.5 Comparison of Regular and Smart Inverters (Autonomous and SCADA Controlled) 35

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4 Load Flow Studies on MV/LV Lines with Rtpv 37
4.1 Methodology 37
4.2 Selection of samples per DISCOMs 37
4.3 Analysis of Varying VRE Levels on Sample Feeders (Without Energy Storage) 38
4.3.1 Methodology of Work 38
4.3.2 Load Flow Case Studies 41
4.4 CYMDIST Library of Modelling Tools for Photovoltaic System Study 44
5 Energy Storage India Tool (ESIT) 51

5.1 Description and Overview 51
5.2 Techno-Commercial Evaluation of ESS Projects 53
5.3 Consideration of Multiple Use-Cases 56
5.4 Evaluation of Monetizable and Non-Monetizable Benefits 56
5.5 Testing of Different Policy Incentives 58
6 Cost Benefit Analysis of Various Energy Storage Systems 59

6.1 Cost Benefit Analysis for ESS at Different Locations 59
6.2 Feeder Level Analysis 60
6.3 DT Level Analysis 63
6.4 Consumer Level Analysis 64
7 Energy Storage Roadmap for India – 2019, 2022, 2027 and 2032 67
7.1 Energy Storage for VRE Integration on MV/LV Grid 68
7.1.1 ESS Requirement for 40 GW RTPV Integration by 2022 68
7.2 Energy Storage for EHV Grid 83
7.3 Energy Storage for e-Mobility 83
7.4 Energy Storage for Telecom Towers 84
7.5 Energy Storage for Data centers, UPS and Inverters 84
7.6 Energy Storage for DG Set Replacement 85
7.7 Energy Storage for other > 1MW Applications 86
7.8 Consolidated Energy Storage Roadmap 86
8 Policy and Tariff Design Recommendations 87

8.1 Power Factor Correction 89
8.2 Energy Storage Map for 40 GW RTPV Integration 92
8.3 Regulatory Changes and Suggestions to Maximize RTPV 92
8.4 Business Models for ESS Operations: Regulated and Non-Regulated Behind the
Meter Applications 98

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Annexure 1- 175 GW RE: Status and Estimates 101
Annexure 1.1: RE Penetration in States as Percentage of Demand 101
Annexure 1.2: State and UT wise Targets and Installed Capacities of Renewable Energy 102
Annexure 1.3: 175 GW Targets Year-wise and Technology-wise
Capacity Addition till 2022 103
Annexure 1.4: 175 GW Break-up of Targets 104
Annexure 1.5: 40 GW RTPV Break up of Targets 106
Annexure 1.6: List of Solar Parks Sanctioned under the Solar Park Scheme 108
Annexure 2- Load Flow Studies and Analysis of Rtpv Integration 113

Annexure 2.1: Load Flow Analysis of Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL)
Feeder 113
Annexure 2.2: Load Flow Analysis of UHBVN Feeder 124
Annexure 2.3: Load Flow Analysis of BESCOM Feeder 130
Annexure 2.4: Load Flow Analysis of APSPDCL Feeder 135
Annexure 2.5: Load Flow Analysis of CESC Feeder 145
Annexure 2.6: Load Flow Analysis of AEML Feeder 151
Annexure 3- State Wise ESS Estimations 2019-2032 155

Annexure 4- CYMDIST Library Files 177

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List of Figures
Figure 1: Installed Capacity 6
Figure 2: Year wise Rooftop solar targeted capacity 7
Figure 3: Technical Issues Limiting VRE Hosting Capacity of feeders 11
Figure 4: Classification of Energy Storage Technologies 15
Figure 5: Volumetric (Wh/L) and Gravimetric (Wh/kg) energy density for commercially
available battery technologies 18
Figure 6: Global and Indian Energy Storage Landscape 20
Figure 7: Global and Indian Energy Storage Landscape 20
Figure 8: Comparison of leading Energy Storage Technologies based on key performance parameters 21
Figure 9: Forecast of Estimated Levelized Capital Costs by Storage Technology and Type 23
Figure 10: 2019-2025 Energy Storage requirement, India 24
Figure 11: Storage as a Peaker Resource 26
Figure 12: Frequency Profile and Fluctuations of the Grid in India
(CERC-Technical Committee Report) 27
Figure 13: Single line diagram of TPDDL feeder 31
Figure 14: Impact of harmonics on the power system 34
Figure 15: Off Grid Inverter 35
Figure 16: Grid Connected Inverter 36
Figure 17: TPDDL Feeder - Load Flow Analysis 41
Figure 18: UHBVN Feeder Load Flow Analysis 42
Figure 19: BESCOM Feeder Load Flow Analysis 42
Figure 20: APSPDCL Feeder Load Flow Analysis 43
Figure 21: CESC Feeder Load Flow Analysis 43
Figure 22: AEML Feeder Load Flow Analysis 44
Figure 23: Load and Irradiance data dashboard 52
Figure 24: Feeder and Supply side Parameter 52
Figure 25: Storage Parameter Dashboard 53
Figure 26: Summary Tab of ESIT Model 54
Figure 27: Statistics Tab of ESIT 55
Figure 28: Financial Tab of ESIT 55
Figure 29: Cycles at Different Depth of Discharge 61
Figure 30: Different Benefits Captured Over Different Years 61
Figure 31: Increment of PF by Using Storage 62
Figure 32: Peak Shaving Operation 62
Figure 33: Economic Viability of the Project During Different Years 63
Figure 34: Break-up of Monetizable Benefits (INR) 64
Figure 35: Economic Feasibility of the Project 64
Figure 36: ESS requirement (as percentage of DT capacity) in Metro Saturated Scenario
with different solar PV penetration (IESA Analysis) 71
Figure 37: ESS required for different RTPV scenario at Metro Saturated Segment 71
Figure 38: ESS requirement (as percentage of DT capacity) in Metro Growing Scenario with
different solar PV penetration (IESA Analysis) 72
Figure 39: ESS required for different RTPV Scenario at Metro Growing Segment 72
Figure 40: Requirement of ESS in Peri- Urban Scenario with low solar PV penetration
(IESA Analysis) 73
Figure 41: ESS required for different RTPV Scenario at Peri-Urban Segment 74
Figure 42: Requirement in Rural with Low Solar PV Penetration (IESA Analysis) 75
Figure 43: ESS required for different RTPV Scenario in the Rural Segment 75

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Figure 44: Energy storage roadmap for India: Rooftop solar penetration and requirement
of energy storage 2019-22 76
Figure 47: Solar Injection at Unity Power Factor (Source: CES analysis) 89
Figure 48: Solar Injection at 0.95 Power Factor (Source: CES analysis) 90
Figure 49: India roadmap for solar and storage for concentrated penetration of solar PV 91
Figure 50: Global Horizontal Irradiance of India 93
Figure 51: India roadmap for solar and storage for distributed penetration of solar PV 97
Figure 52: RE penetration as percentage of generation and load 101
List of Tables
Table 1: RE Capacity region wise and total Target for 2022 (MW) 6
Table 2: Regulations for RTPV connection in India 7
Table 3: Energy Storage Projects in India (2017 - 2019) 14
Table 4: Performance Characteristics of Energy Storage Technologies 22
Table 5: Summary of PQ results found during load flow studies 32
Table 6: List of DISCOMs that participated in the study 37
Table 7: Different Monetizable and Non-Monetizable Benefits 57
Table 8: Assumptions Table for Analysing Feeder and DT Level Data 59
Table 9: Summary of Different Level Analysis 60
Table 10: Consumer Level Results 65
Table 11: Split of Distribution Network and Solar PV Penetration into Different Categories 69
Table 12: 40 GW Rooftop Target Split for Different Types of States 69
Table 13: Energy Storage Estimations for MV/LV Grid 82
Table 14: Energy Storage e-Mobility Applications (IESA Estimates) 83
Table 15: Energy Storage e-Mobility Applications (IESA Estimates) 83
Table 16: Energy Storage Telecom Applications (IESA Estimates) 84
Table 17: Energy Storage for Data Centres, UPS and Inverters Applications (IESA Estimates) 85
Table 18: Energy Storage DG Applications (IESA Estimates) 85
Table 19: Energy Storage Miscellaneous Applications (Railways, Rural Electrification,
and HVAC application) 86
Table 20: Consolidated Energy Storage Roadmap 86
Table 21: Components of Benefits of Energy Storage 88
Table 22: Savings on PF penalty 90

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Preface
To be included in the final Report.

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Authors & Acknowledgement
To be included in the final Report.

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Abbreviations
AEML : Adani Energy Mumbai Limited
AGC : Automatic Generation Control
AGF : Advanced Grid Functions
APSPDCL : Andhra Pradesh Southern Power Distribution Company Limited
AT&C : Aggregate Technical & Commercial Loss
BESCOM : Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited
BESS : Battery Energy Storage System
BMS : Battery Management System
BU : Billion Unit
CAES : Compressed Air Energy Storage
CBA : Cost-Benefit Analysis
CEA : Central Electricity Authority
CERC : Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
CESC : Calcutta Electricity Supply Company
C&I : Commercial & Industrial
DISCOM : Distribution Companies
DOD : Depth of Discharge
DG : Diesel Generator
DR : Demand Response
DSM : Demand Side Management
DT : Distributed Transformer
EHV : Extra High-Voltage
ESCO : Energy Service Company
ESIT : Energy Storage India Tool
ESS : Energy Storage System

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EV : Electric Vehicle
E2W : Electric 2-Wheelers
E3W : Electric 3-Wheelers
FRAS : Fast Response Ancillary Service
GCF : Green Climate Fund
GDP : Gross Domestic Product
GW : Gigawatt
HVAC : Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning
HT : High Tension
ICE : Internal Combustion Engine
IESA : India Energy Storage Alliance
IEGC : Indian Electricity Grid Code
IGBT : Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors
IRR : Internal Rate of Return
ISGF : India Smart Grid Forum
INDC : Intended Nationally Determined Contribution
JNNSM : Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission
kVA : Kilovolt Ampere
kW : Kilowatt
kWh : Kilowatt–Hour
kWp : Kilowatt peak
LA : Lead Acid
LCOS : Levelized Cost of Energy Storage
LFC : Load Frequency Control
LFP : Lithium Iron Phosphate
LiB : Lithium-ion Battery
LT : Low Tension
LV : Low Voltage
MNRE : Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
MoP : Ministry of Power

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MSP : Meter Service Provider
MV : Medium Voltage
MW : Megawatt
MWh : Megawatt-Hour
NBFI : Non Banking Financial Institutions
NEP : National Electricity Plan
NESM : National Energy Storage Mission
NLC : Neyveli Lignite Corporation
NMC : Nickel Manganese Cobalt
NPV : Net Present Value
NREL : National Renewable Energy Laboratory
NTPC : National Thermal Power Corporation Limited
PCC : Point of Common Coupling
PCS : Power Conversion System
PF : Power Factor
PHS : Pumped Hydro Storage
PGCIL : Power Grid Corporation Limited
POSOCO : Power System Operation Corporation
PQ : Power Quality
RE : Renewable Energy
RMI : Rocky Mountain Institute
RTPV : Rooftop Photo Voltaic
SAPF : Shunt Active Power Filter
SCS : Supervisory Control System
SECI : Solar Energy Corporation of India
SHP : Small Hydro Plant
SMI : Smart Micro Inverters
SOC : State of Charge
SOH : State of Health
T&D : Transmission and Distribution

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TOD : Time of Day
TPDDL : Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited
THD : Total Harmonic Distortion
UHBVN : Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited
UT : Union Territory
VRE : Variable Renewable Energy
VRLA : Valve Regulated Lead Acid
V2G : Vehicle to Grid
VGI : Vehicle Grid Integration
VSI : Voltage Source Inverter

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Executive Summary
Energy Storage Systems going to play critical roles in grid integration

Roadmap for India 2019-32 and management of RE as the share of RE in
the grid increases. India Smart Grid Forum
Energy Storage Systems (ESS) is fast emerging (ISGF) pioneered the effort to prepare an
as an essential part of the evolving clean energy Energy Storage Systems Roadmap for India for
systems of the 21st century. Energy storage the period 2019 to 2032 (till 15th Five Year Plan
represents a huge economic opportunity for period) with the primary objective of estimating
India. Ambitious goals, concerted strategies, the ESS requirements for grid support for
and a collaborative approach could help India integration of RE on the grid – both at extra high
meet its emission reduction targets while voltage transmission grid where large solar and
avoiding import dependency for battery packs wind farms are connected; as well as at medium
and cells. This could help establish India as a hub voltage and low voltage distribution grid where
for cutting-edge research and innovation, boost rooftop solar panels and other small size RE
its manufacturing capabilities, create new jobs, resources are connected. In this important
and foster economic growth. India’s strengths in task, ISGF partnered with India Energy Storage
IT and manufacturing, its entrepreneurial and Alliance (IESA) and the project was supported
dynamic private sector, and its visionary public through a grant by MacArthur Foundation,
and private sector leadership will be key factors USA. This exercise of preparation of the ESS
in realizing these ambitions. Creation of a Roadmap included modelling studies of the
conducive battery manufacturing ecosystem on electric grid with different levels of penetration
fast track could cement India’s opportunity for of RE. The key project outputs are:
radical economic and industrial transformation i. Energy Storage Roadmap for India for
in a critical and fast-growing global market. 2019-2022, 2022-2027 and 2027-2032
ii. Energy Storage India Tool (ESIT), a tool for
India is committed to reducing emission conducting cost benefit analysis of different
intensity up to 33-35% from the 2005 level by ESS technologies for different applications
2030 and set the target of 40% non-fossil based iii. Guidelines for assessing the hosting
electricity generation in the energy mix. This capacity of rooftop solar PV (RTPV) on low
requires radical measures to scale up the share voltage distribution lines
of renewable energy (RE) besides the ongoing
program of 175 GW RE by 2022. The new targets We have examined different ESS technologies
for RE by 2030 could be in the order of 350 to such as batteries, super capacitors, compressed
500 GW. Integration of such massive amounts air energy storage system (CAES), fly wheels,
of RE which are intermittent and distributed pumped hydro storage (PHS) plants, etc
in the power system pose serious challenges with regard to technology maturity and
to grid operations. Studies and analysis show price trajectory. However, the fast pace of
that extra flexibility investments in the Indian developments taking place in the battery
grid are needed on fast track for managing technologies and the consequent price
the RE resources efficiently. Energy storage is competitiveness have put batteries as the first

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choice for most applications. Few PHS plants in latest range of lithium-ion batteries (LiB) and
India (cumulative capacity: 5.7GW) have been those technologies have their own limitations
identified long time back, but these projects with regard to size, location, energy density and
have not made any progress in the past two maximum hours of operation etc. making them
decades owing to variety of issues. Hence, the less attractive compared to LiBs.
PHS plants are not considered in this report. New
form of gravity storage involving large blocks of Table below presents the ESS requirement for
concrete/stones is still in its infancy and not sure medium voltage (MV)/low voltage (LV) grid
of achieving commercial viability before 2032; support based on estimated penetration of
and hence, not considered in these estimates. solar PV (both ground mounted and rooftop)
Super capacitors, fly wheels and compressed air likely to be connected to the MV and LV grid.
energy storage are far more expensive than the
Energy Storage Estimations for MV/LV Grid (MWh)
Estimates 2018-19 2022 2027 2032

Generation (GW)
Thermal 226 NA NA NA
Hydro 45 NA NA NA
Nuclear 6.7 NA NA NA
Solar 26 109 251 359
Ground Mounted Solar 25 69 151 210
RTPV 1 40 100 149
Connected to EHV 15 41 91 126
Connected to MV 10 28 60 84
Connected to LV 1 40 100 149
Wind 35 NA NA NA
Small Hydro 4.5 NA NA NA
Biomass & Biopower 9.2 NA NA NA
Peak Load (GW) 192 333 401 542
Energy (BUs)
Annual Energy Requirements 1192 1905 2710 3710
Storage Recommended (MWh)
Battery for LV Grid 209 6000 15220 22294
Battery for MV Grid 1050 3645 8793 12095
Total Storage (MWh) 1,259 9,645 24,013 34,389
Note: Peak Load and Annual Energy large solar parks. Similarly, for 2027 and 2032,
Requirements are taken from CEA Estimates the ratio of RTPV were taken in accordance with
(18th Electric Power Survey). In congruence the 2022 targets constituting of 40% RTPV of the
with the RE target of 175 GW by 2022, the total solar installed capacity. All the values for
calculations were done on the basis of 100 GW 2027 and 2032 have been forecasted using the
Solar, out of which 40 GW is RTPV, 20 GW is best available data in public domain.
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During the course of this project, electric ESS without incorporating the demand for the
vehicles (EV) have assumed high priority in largest sector would look incomplete. From that
the country. In the recent years, several large perspective, we enlarged the scope of the report
cities in India have emerged as the most by including ESS demand from different sectors
polluted cities in the world and a significant based on best estimates and data available in
share of the air pollution is coming from the the public domain. Regarding ESS requirements
automobiles. In order to address this serious for extra high voltage (EHV) transmission grid
problem in a holistic manner, Government of for integration of large solar and wind farms,
India (GoI) has launched a national mission in no detailed studies have been undertaken
March 2019, the “Transformative Mobility and to estimate the demand beyond 2022. The
Energy Storage Mission”. Constantly declining study made by Power Grid Corporation of
cost of LiBs coupled with their performance India (POWERGRID) in 2013 for the Green
improvements and rapid innovations in the EV Corridor Report suggested 500 MWh of ESS for
domain is expected to make EVs competitive integration of 31 GW of RE. The RE targets have
in the near term in all categories: 2 Wheelers, multiplied more than 5 times to 160 GW (solar
3 Wheelers, Cars, Buses and Goods Carriers. and wind) by 2022 and will further increase
GoI is committed to develop the complete drastically by 2032. The estimates in this report
ecosystem around EVs including manufacturing for EHV Grid support is best estimates by
of batteries and all other components IESA. The consolidated estimates of ESS from
domestically. The expected requirements of different sectors for the period 2019-2022, 2022
batteries for EVs is much higher than that for to 2027 and 2027 to 2032 are presented in the
grid support and hence a national roadmap for table below.
Consolidated Energy Storage Roadmap

Applications 2019-2022 Energy Storage (GWh)
2019- 2022- 2027- Total by
2022 2027 2032 2032
Grid MV/LV 10 24 36 70
Support EHV 7 38 97 142
Stationary Storage
Telecom Towers 25 51 78 154

Data Centres, UPS and inverters 80 160 234 474
Miscellaneous Applications (Railways, 16 45 90 151
rural electrification, HVAC application)
DG Usage Minimization 0.5 3.5 10.5 14.5
Total Stationary (GWh) 138.5 321.5 545.5 1,005.5
E2W 4 55 496 555
E3W 26 69 136 231
Vehicles
Electric
E24 8 110 725 843

Electric Bus 2 13 57 72
Total Electric Vehicles (GWh) 40 247 1,414 1,701
Total Energy Storage Demand (GWh) 178.5 568.5 1,959.5 2,706.5

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While the total requirements of ESS for grid topologies. In order to analyse the details of the
support is 17 GWh by 2022, that for e-Mobility is MV/LV network, six distribution utilities were
40 GWh and total from all sectors is 178.5 GWh selected to conduct a detailed load flow analysis
by 2022. Depending upon the overall economic of distribution feeders. A CYMDIST Library has
growth and development of the infrastructure been created for estimating the RTPV hosting
sectors, this could be certainly above 100 GWh. capacity of low voltage feeders. This library of
Most of these are likely to be imported. The files are listed in Appendix 4 which opens only
cumulative demand of ESS by 2032 estimated is with CYMDIST modelling software. Majority of
in excess of 2700 GWh which is a strong case for the distribution utilities in India use CYMDIST
setting up of giga-scale battery manufacturing for their power system modelling and hence
plans in India on fast track. can take advantage of this library.
This report's intended audiences are investors, Chapter 5 presents the Energy Storage India
developers, utility planners, policy makers in Tool (ESIT) developed as a part of this project.
the power industry and others who want to The basic function of this tool is to take network
know the significant role that energy storage is load data and optimize the energy storage
likely to play in the future's smart grid. capacity. This tool is capable of conducting cost
benefit analysis for different ESS technologies
Chapter 1 provides the background of energy for different grid applications. The value streams
storage purpose, scope and approach of study. captured by ESIT include both monetizable
benefits and non-monetizable benefits.
Chapter 2 introduces the various types of
energy storage technologies such as mechanical, Chapter 6 deals with energy storage projects
electrochemical, thermal and electrical etc. In cost-benefit analysis. The tool outlined in
addition, some case studies – the ongoing large- chapter 5 has the ability to comprehend the
scale energy storage projects in India are covered. techno-commercial advantages of using a
storage at a specific place through various cost
Chapter 3 presents the study of integration advantages, it can make use of the network at a
of 40 GW of RTPV which will be connected specific stage. The instrument does not analyse
to the distribution grid (MV/LV) and its voltage drop, voltage fluctuations and many
stabilization and optimization requirements. such parameters of load flow.
The characteristics of renewable energy that
require energy storage as the penetration of Chapter 7 presents the estimated ESS
renewable energy rises are described. Other requirements in India for the periods 2019-22,
than the obvious concerns related to mismatch 2022-27 and 2027-32 for different applications.
of renewable energy production compared The roadmap has been prepared using separate
to load, there are issues related to lower grid projections for different ESS applications: RTPV
inertia and lower spinning reserves during Integration on MV/LV Grid, EHV Grid, e-Mobility,
times of high renewable energy production. Telecom Towers, Data Centres, UPS and Inverters,
Energy storage is a solution for addressing these DG Replacement and other > 1 MW applications.
concerns.
Chapter 8 covers the policy support required for
Chapter 4 is discussing about the observations energy storage projects. Best practices for policy
and results of the load flow studies done on including setting tariff for each of the services
MV/LV distribution networks in six states in provided by energy storage, incorporating energy
India. The issues and impact of RTPV faced storage in an energy master plan, incentivizing
by utilities pan-India varies according to their development of energy storage and distributed
geographical locations and MV/LV network renewable energy, and support for pilot projects.

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1 Introduction and Background
1.1 Purpose of the Study and needed actions to realize the full benefits
of energy storage to help in accelerating the
At COP 21 in Paris in 2015, India made a deployment of renewable energy technologies.
commitment of meeting 40% of its electricity The scope of this study for ESS Roadmap is
generation from non-fossil fuels by 2030. presented below:
This bold commitment requires a host of new
technologies. The 175 GW of renewable energy As an outcome of this detailed study we have
target by 2022 needs to be augmented with prepared an Energy Storage Systems (ESS)
much larger capacity as well as new policies and Roadmap for India for the period 2019-2032 that
programs towards low carbon development will help policy makers and utilities in decision
in the power and transport sectors. The making related to investments in energy storage
integration of distributed generation resources for integration of renewable energy leading to
on the low voltage grid require the support of a reliable and low carbon grid in India. India
active demand response and energy storage is poised to increase its wind and solar power
systems to maintain grid stability. In a fast- generation to 160 GW by 2022 and plan to
changing technological environment, it is expand this further so that the non-fossil-
important to have a clear vision of priorities based energy consumption will account for
MV-LV grid Detailed study to Cost Benefit Assess economic

stabilization and cover storage, DR and Analysis (CBA), impact of
optimization EV integration as a of different proposed energy
to allow 40 GW potential solutions for storage storage solutions
RTPV deployment addressing intermittency technologies
by 2022 and much of RTPV. Develop techno for different
larger quantities commercial viability applications
in the following framework, identify
years 01 potential tariff structures 03 05 07
02 04 06
Prepare a solution for Estimation of ESS roadmap,

renewable integration for grid grid connected for different
stability covering issues faced energy storage applictions for
by electricity distribution and its location, deployment of
companies (DISCOMs). in each state storage
Evaluate existing policy considering RE
framework under deviation adoption
settlement mechanism and
need for additional solutions

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40% by 2030. The increased capacity addition for solving VRE integration issues both at
of Variable Renewable Energy (VRE) resources the transmission and distribution levels
in the recent years has already emphasised the considering various scenarios of penetration of
need for grid flexibility to accommodate its VRE in the grid. Cost of several ESS technologies
inherent intermittency. RTPV will contribute to have been constantly on the decline in the past
a significant share of the VRE plan with a target few years, but it is only Lithium-ion batteries
of 40 GW by 2022. RTPV capacities have already have reached the inflexion point of becoming
been doubling year on year driven by robust commercially viable for grid applications. A
policies coupled with declining cost of PV panels large market like India embarking on adoption
and increasing utility tariffs. The increased of ESS in a big way with a clear roadmap would
penetration of distributed energy sources, send the right signals to the industry to invest
particularly solar PV and small wind turbines is in local capacity which will help reduce the cost
affecting grid stability on the medium and low of ESS.
voltage distribution network. The uncertainty
of generation from VRE resources because of Energy storage requirement needs to be
its intermittency affect the energy planning of assessed by evaluating the various scenarios of
utilities. The anticipated penetration of Electric VRE penetration as outlined in various studies
Vehicles (EV) with a national vision of “100% in India including NREL’s “Greening the Grid1”
electrification of transportation by 2030” will report which concluded that integration of
further affect the grid stability. ESS is one of the 160 GW of solar/wind capacity is possible.
key solutions to address the grid stability as well NREL study evaluated the system feasibility
as to smoothen the output from RTPV. at transmission grid level and considered
various scenarios for VRE penetration. A study
The grid stability is a growing concern for undertaken by Indo-German Energy Forum
DISCOMs in recent times and the DISCOMs and GIZ evaluated the need for dedicated
are seeking technical and policy measures transmission corridors to evacuate VRE. A
to sustain the uptake of VRE resources. ESS comprehensive study on evaluating the impact
coupled with Demand Response (DR) and of large scale VRE penetration along with EVs
Vehicle Grid Integration (VGI) will add flexibility has not been undertaken so far in India. This
to the grid. Pilot projects with ESS are being study undertook comprehensive analysis of the
studied by Power Grid Corporation of India distribution grid level issues and formulated
Ltd (POWERGRID). However, there is a clear this roadmap to address them by enhancing
lack of guiding principles in helping DISCOMs grid flexibility through ESS.
in deciding the right technology and solutions
to adopt ESS as they continue to evolve. The This study involved following steps:
increasing share of solar power generation that l Assessment of ESS solutions for Medium
is non-synchronous is reducing the inertia of Voltage (MV) and Low Voltage (LV) grid
the grid which is vital for the grid stability. There stabilization and optimization to facilitate
is an increasing tendency to adopt batteries as 40 GW RTPV deployment by 2022 and much
ESS owing to its declining cost but batteries are larger quantities in the following years and
failing to support the grid with inertia. Other prepare an effective solutions portfolio for
ESS such as Compressed Air Energy Storage VRE integration for grid stability
(CAES) and flywheels could add inertia to the l Study of different ESS technologies and its
grid. effectiveness when deployed in tandem
with other applications such as demand
This study assessed different ESS technologies response (DR) and vehicle grid integration
and prepared this roadmap. This report will
help utilities choose the right ESS technology 1
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(VGI) for enhancing the flexibility of the grid developed capacity requirements for ESS
to accommodate VRE resources under different scenarios in VRE rich states
l Detailed techno-commercial evaluation of and other regions in India
different ESS technologies and its viability l Developed a detailed Energy Storage
in the Indian context and prepared a Roadmap for India for deployment of
guiding document that Indian utilities and different ESS technologies with timelines
decision makers can leverage for choosing under various scenarios of VRE and EV
ESS solutions penetrations
l Estimation of grid connected ESS and its l Identified suitable locations for deployment
locations for different ESS technologies in of ESS projects owned by utility/service
each state considering VRE penetration provider/community
trends l Evaluation of existing and emerging ESS
l Prepared guidelines for determining the technologies and its deployment under
VRE hosting capacity on LV and MV feeders current tariff framework and evaluate
l Prepared the Energy Storage Systems potential tariff structures that can provide
Roadmap for India and an Energy Storage incentives for utilities, service providers and
India Tool which governments, regulators customers to deploy ESS
and utilities can adopt and use l Identified barriers that are preventing
deployment of ESS and additional value
Key activities undertaken are: streams that need to be developed
l Review of existing studies as well as ground l Tested various combinations of ESS and
research to assess preparedness of Indian other flexibility solutions and prepared
grid for adoption of 40 GW RTPV and other guidelines for determining the VRE hosting
VRE resources capacity of distribution grids.
l Identification of potential technical issues
and grid interconnection challenges that This approach for preparation of the roadmap
needs to be addressed for enabling VRE encompassed the evaluation of technical,
integration in distribution grid commercial and regulatory challenges in India
l Mapping of ESS technologies and for adoption of large scale VRE resources. The
other solutions to meet the functional activities followed a bottom - up approach that
requirements of the grid including active started with identification of grid integration
and reactive power compensations challenges at distribution level. A scenario
l Studied the impact of EVs on the grid which analysis has been performed to evaluate the
can serve both as load as well as energy anticipated penetration of distributed energy
source through VGI applications generation in the grid based on the current
l Built network models of the distribution grid installation capacities and projected targets.
in 6 states using CYMDIST modelling tool Government policies and study forecasts
and conducted load-flow studies to assess from relevant agencies like MNRE, CEA,
the hosting capacity for different scenarios POSOCO (National Power System Operator),
of VRE penetration with ESS support and POWERGRID and state utilities have been taken
other flexibility solutions into consideration for this study. The analysis
l Developed an Energy Storage India Tool have led to identification of the various grid
(ESIT), a techno-commercial evaluation interconnection challenges and identification
framework to assess the viability of various of utilities/locations where the problems are
ESS technologies to address intermittency likely to be severe.
of VRE resources
l Based on the expected VRE deployment The technical side of evaluation covered
targets in various states and utilities, review of various energy storage technologies

available. The analysis will help identify the 1.2 Indian Imperative
right ESS technology for different durations
of storage applications in VRE firming, peak 1.2.1 India’s National Commitment to
time shifting, frequency regulation etc. The Reduce Green House Effect
ESIT is developed on the proprietary platform
CoMETS (Competitive Market Evaluation Tool India is facing challenges to sustain its speedy
for Storage) developed by India Energy Storage economic growth and on the same front,
Alliance (IESA) and their associates. The utilities dealing with global threat of climate change.
and other stakeholders will be given access Keeping in mind its development agenda and
to the ESIT which can be used to appraise the commitment to low carbon growth, India
operational feasibility and economic viability has communicated its Intended Nationally
of ESS projects. Following features are included Determined Contribution (INDC) in response
in ESIT: to COP (Conference of Parties) decisions
l Techno-commercial evaluation of ESS 1/CP.19 and 1/CP.20 for the period 2021 to 2030,
projects which will directly or indirectly lead to reduced
l Consideration of multiple use cases GHG emissions2. The key points are:
l Evaluation of monetizable and non- l During COP 2009 at Copenhagen, Denmark,
monetizable benefits voluntary commitment is made to reduce
l Testing of different policy incentives emission by 20 to 25% by 2020 from 2005 levels
l Launched Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar
ESIT can evaluate multiple storage technologies Mission (JNNSM) with a target of 20 GW of
for the given application/use case. The tool will grid connected solar power by 2020 which
not only provide financials of the energy storage has been enhanced in 2015 to 100 GW by
but will also provide key statistics in terms of 2022
charge-discharge cycles and energy throughput l At COP21 at Paris, India INDC commitments
which can be utilized to assess the degradation are:
of storage capacity. n To adopt a climate friendly and a cleaner
path than the one followed hitherto
The potential outcomes of this ESS Roadmap are by others at corresponding level of
aimed to benefit central and state governments, economic development
and all the electricity transmission and n To reduce the emissions intensity of
distribution companies. This ESS Roadmap its GDP by 33 to 35% by 2030 from
will provide utilities on assessment of their 2005 level
preparedness for expanding VRE resources n To achieve about 40% cumulative
and EV penetration and possible integration electric power installed capacity from
challenges. The Roadmap will also benefit all non-fossil fuel-based energy resources
producers of VRE as the integration and power by 2030 with the help of transfer of
evacuation challenges of VRE will be effectively technology and low-cost finance from
addressed through the ESS solutions. At a higher international institutions including
level, the Roadmap will provide a long-term ESS Green Climate Fund (GCF)
procurement strategy for utilities, regulators and n To create an additional carbon sink of
policy makers. 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent
through additional forest and tree cover
by 2030
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In order to achieve the above targets, India has launched new initiatives in the following
priority areas:
Introducing new, Promoting Full Planning and

more efficient renewable energy implementation implementation of
and cleaner generation and of Green India actions to enhance
technologies in increasing the share Mission and other climate resilience and
thermal power of alternative fuels programmes of reduce vulnerability
generation in overall fuel mix afforestation to climate change
01 02 03 04
1.2.2 Initiatives by various storage mission has proposed three stage

Government Agencies solution approach i.e. creating an environment
for battery manufacturing, growth and scaling
In February 2018, an expert committee under up supply chain strategies and scaling of
the chairmanship of Secretary, Ministry of battery cell manufacturing. Energy Storage is
New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), with one of the most crucial and critical components
representatives from relevant ministries, of India’s energy infrastructure strategy and
industry associations, research institutions also for supporting India’s sustained thrust to
and subject matter experts was constituted renewables.3
by the MNRE to prepare draft proposal for
setting up National Energy Storage Mission 1.2.3 Details of 175 GW Renewable
(NESM) for India. This expert committee has Energy target by 2022
prepared the draft NESM with objective to
strive for leadership in energy storage domain 175 GW RE Program
by creating an enabling policy and regulatory
framework that encourages manufacturing, l Solar : 100 GW- (60 GW from ground-
deployment, innovation and further cost mount and 40 GW from rooftop)
reduction. NITI Aayog and Rocky Mountain l Wind : 60 GW
Institute’s (RMI) joint report on India’s energy l Small Hydro : 5 GW
l Bioenergy : 10 GW
Key areas for Energy Storage

The Government of India has ambitious plans
applications
to scale up renewable energy in a cost-effective
ways to integrate ever increasing quantum
l Integrating renewable energy with
of renewables with the power system. India’s
transmission grids and distribution
estimated potential for electricity generation
grids
from renewables is 900 GW. The present target
l Setting up rural micro grids with
is 175 GW by 2022.
diversified loads or stand-alone
systems
l Developing storage component for
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Out of 100 GW solar target, 40 GW is estimated ground-mounted, grid-connected medium and
from RTPV while remaining 60 GW is from large solar projects.
Table 1:
RE Capacity region wise and total Target for 2022 (MW)
State Solar Wind Small Biomass Total RE Installed

Hydro and Target Capacity
Plants Biopower 2022 (MW)
(SHP) (MW) (April
2019)
Northern Region 31119 8600 2450 4149 46318 14842
Western Region 28410 22600 125 2875 54010 23305
Southern Region 26531 28200 1675 2612 59018 39080
Eastern Region 12237 0 135 244 12616 1444
North Eastern Region 1206 0 615 0 1821 1444
All India Total 99,534 60,000 5000 10,000 1,74,534 80,115
If the target of 175 GW by 2022 is achieved, it green energy producers in the world, even
would contribute to achieving 19.44% of the surpassing several developed countries. The
total RE potential of 900 GW and about 20.3% of share of renewable energy in overall installed
electricity in the total demand. This would mean capacity in the country is given figure 1.
generation of around 327 BU4 of electricity (162
BU from solar, 112 BU from wind, 38 BU from 1.2.4 Breakdown of 40 GW RTPV
biomass, 15 BU from SHP).
Solar is one of the fast growing and talked
With the accomplishment of this ambitious about energy generation technologies globally.
target, India will become one of the largest Increasing awareness of climate change, energy
security needs, incentives from government,
decline in list of solar panels and emergence
Figure 1: of new and innovative business models
Installed Capacity are some of the prime drivers for the large-
scale development and deployment of solar
Thermal energy systems.
Nuclear
Hydro
Rooftop Solar (RTPV) Program by
Government of India
Renewable
Government of India has taken ambitious

targets of 100,000 MW of solar power by 2022 out
of which 40,000 MW is to be achieved through
Rooftop Solar (RTPV) power plants as per the
4
Billion Units – 1 Unit being 1 KWh, 1 BU is Terra Watt – hour
clean climate commitments. The year wise
(TWh) rooftop solar targeted capacity (MW) addition
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Figure 2:
Year wise Rooftop solar targeted capacity
Year Wise RTPV Targets (MW)
8000
6000
4000
2000
0
2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22
1.2.5 Regulatory Landscape by States/ sector. That does not mean that the targets are
Governments in promoting RTPV unrealistic, as installation cost has dropped,
there is considerable investor interest. It simply
In comparison to other countries, India’s indicates that development (including revisions
renewable energy targets in total are ambitious, of regulations and incentives) and the studies
but not overly so. However, what is different that go with it has to be kick-started very quickly
from the other countries is the projected to reach the official targets. Net metring policies
speed of development. India is looking at a are in effect in all states and Union Territories
huge capacity increase within a very short (UTs) in India.
time frame without much experience in the
Table 2:
Regulations for RTPV connection in India
State or Union RTPV Limit for Individual Installed Capacity Limit as % of DT capacity
Territory Customers
Andaman and <500 kWp 50% of DT capacity
Nicobar Islands (UT)
Andhra Pradesh Not Specified 60% of DT capacity
Arunachal Pradesh <1000 kWp 15% of DT capacity
Assam 40% of contracted load, 2016, 80% Specified by commission from time to time, 2015, 20% of
of contracted load of Individual, DT capacity
2017 draft
Bihar <Sanctioned load 15% of DT capacity
Chandigarh (UT) <500 kWp: 80% of the sanctioned 50% of DT capacity
load
Chhattisgarh Not Specified
Dadra and Nagar <500 kWp 50% of DT capacity
Haveli (UT)
Daman and Diu (UT) <500 kWp 50% of DT capacity

Territory Customers
Delhi No limit specified (depends on Not less than 20% of DT capacity
feasibility)
Goa (UT) <500 kWp 50% of DT capacity
Gujarat <50% of the sanctioned load 65% of DT capacity
Haryana <Connected load 30% of DT capacity in case of interconnection is at
LT and 15% of the peak capacity of the PT in case of
interconnection is at HT
Himachal Pradesh <80% of the sanctioned contract 30% of DT capacity
demand for consumers under two-
part tariff <30% of the sanctioned
connected load for consumers
under single part tariff
Jammu and Kashmir <50% of the sanctioned load of the 20% of DT capacity
consumer
Jharkhand <100% contracted load 15% of DT capacity
Karnataka <100% contracted load 80% of DT capacity
Kerala <100% contracted load For generation at LT: 15% of DT capacity. For generation
at HT: Cumulative capacity connected to the
distribution feeder under a particular power transformer
is less than 80% of the average load as in the previous
one year
Lakshadweep (UT) <500 kWp 30% of DT capacity
Madhya Pradesh <1MWp at HT 30% of DT capacity
Maharashtra <100% contracted load 40% of DT capacity, allowed to exceed upon detailed
load study
Manipur <100% contracted load 40% of DT capacity
Meghalaya <100% contracted load 15% of DT capacity
Mizoram <100% contracted load 40% of DT capacity
Nagaland <80% of the sanctioned load 15% of DT capacity
Odisha Not Specified 75% of DT capacity
Puducherry (UT) <500 kWp 50% of DT capacity
Punjab 80% of the sanctioned load 30% of DT capacity
Rajasthan 80% of the sanctioned load 30% of DT capacity
Sikkim <100% contracted load For generation at LT: 15% of DT capacity. For generation
at HT: Cumulative capacity connected to the
distribution feeder under a particular power transformer
is less than 80% of the average load as in the previous
one year
Tamil Nadu <100% contracted load 30% of DT capacity
Telangana For Residential and Government For LT consumers, 50% of DT capacity. For HT
consumers: up to a maximum of consumers, 50% of the maximum load permitted on the
100% of the consumer’s sanctioned feeder, allowed to exceed upon detailed load study
load; For Industrial, Commercial
and Other Consumers: up to a
maximum of 80% of the sanctioned
load / contracted demand of the
consumer

Territory Customers
Tripura <100% contracted load 15% of DT capacity, allowed to exceed upon detailed
load study
Uttar Pradesh <100% contracted load 75% of DT capacity
Uttarakhand <500 15% of DT capacity, issue raised to increase this value
West Bengal >5 kW, injection shall not be more Not Specified
than 90% of the consumption from
the licensee’s supply in a year
1.3 Scope of Study back to the DT and causes failure of Feeder.

Thus, it is recommended to know the optimal
1.3.1 Study of Different ESS size of energy storage before any installation. In
Technologies and its Effectiveness some cases, rooftop solar may not be feasible
in Indian context- Detailed Techno- from economic standpoint, but installation
Commercial Evaluation and Guiding of storage can make the RTPV installation
Document for Choosing ESS Solutions feasible. Keeping these ideas in mind, Energy
Storage India Tool (ESIT) has been developed
This study has undertaken detailed analysis of particularly for India. The basic function of this
ESS to integrate 40 GW of RTPV. Achieving RTPV tool is to take network load data and optimize
targets with inflexible low voltage and medium the requirement for flexible assets like smart
voltage grid will have its own challenges. inverters and BESS. This tool is well versed
However, with a little planning and defining with distribution feeder and customer level
right feeders which can take higher penetration analysis. For a given input related to site and
of RTPV, a lot of challenges can be tackled. parameter of a particular project, this tool has
Germany on its way to 45.9 GW solar PV by end the capability to give value benefits discussed
of 2018, had 98% of the capacity connected to in Chapter 5.
distribution grid.6 As the grid was seeing effects
of high solar PV penetration in distribution Using ESIT tool, the requirement for ESS
grid in Germany, many interventions had to be was determined for rooftop PV integration,
made like derating of generation below 10 kW which can capture many of the network issues
to 70% of the rated capacity, firmware upgrade like power quality, peak load management,
of over 10 GW of inverters to respond to new distribution asset deferral apart from capturing
grid codes, which had budget implications of behind-the-meter benefits like electricity
over 300 million on the country and lastly savings through TOD tariff and diesel usage
introduction of smart inverters. It is understood optimization for back-up power.
that one out of two houses which have installed
RTPV in Germany in Q1 of 2019, have also After splitting the RTPV targets across states,
installed energy storage. A similar story can be customer feeders, the study has segregated
witnessed in India on its way to 40 GW RTPV RTPV installations into 12 categories, and for
installations and beyond. each category energy storage requirement has
been evaluated based on low and high feeder
For different utilities, feeder and DT capacity penetration of RTPV. As found out through the
are fixed. Excess solar generation may feed analysis in this study, the storage requirement
for base case scenario will be around 9.6 GWh.
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is making sense commercially, as it is able to The key requirements to determine the hosting
capture multiple value benefits namely: capacity are the distribution characteristics
l Distribution grid upgrade deferral such as voltage response, short-circuit
l Power factor correction response, locational information, accurate
l Electricity savings feeder models and the PV characteristics such
l Diesel optimization/Penalty savings (as there as location and size.
is a likelihood of distribution companies
getting penalized for reliability issues) 1.3.3 Technical Issues and Challenges
However, only LiB technologies like Lithium Over the years, significant steps have
Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide (NMC) and been made towards promoting the use of
Lithium-ion Iron Phosphate (LFP) are making renewable energy sources and the integration
commercial sense as they are available at of such resources with the electricity grids.
competitive prices in the Indian market along Nevertheless, interconnection of VRE to the
with promising warranties and performance network, especially at high penetration levels,
parameters. raises important technical issues. In order to
mitigate implications from the high penetration
1.3.2 Hosting Capacity of VRE on of VRE, utilities have established evaluation
MV/LV Feeders methodologies based on technical criteria
including the thermal ratings of network
RTPV hosting capacity is the total PV power components, short circuit contribution
that can be accommodated on a given feeder and resulting fault level, voltage regulation,
without any adverse impacts. Distributed solar power quality (flicker, harmonics) etc. These
PV generation has begun to impact distribution criteria ensure the integrity, security of
systems. The impact is unique to individual operation and safety of the networks but still
distribution feeders and is based on certain constitute limits for the VRE hosting capacity of
or all issues ranging from voltage, loading, the networks.
power quality, protection, and control. The
impact of distributed PV will have on a specific Technical factors limiting DER interconnection
distribution feeder can only be determined with to the distribution networks are:
knowledge of the characteristics of feeder. These l Thermal rating of network equipment, such
characteristics include but are not limited to as transformers and feeders, are always an
load, voltage, regulation, and impedance. The important consideration
hosting capacity of a feeder depends on certain l Voltage regulation, mainly voltage rise, is
key factors such as: one of the most important problems faced
at high VRE penetration
Size of PV l Increased fault levels, due to the contribution
PV
of VRE, is also an important limitation,
Control Location particularly for MV networks
of PV l Reverse power flows that may affect
adversely the operation of voltage regulators
and tap changers, impact on network losses
Solar
and reliability, power quality related issues,
Irradiance
Load on islanding considerations and impact on
the feeder
the operation of network protection are
Electrical Feeder additional technical constraints limiting the
proximity to charecteristics hosting capacity of feeders and distribution
another PV
networks.

to different situations. The main attribute of
Figure 3: VRE that must be addressed is the variability
Technical Issues Limiting VRE of the resource and how to account for this
Hosting Capacity of feeders variability over several time scales. Since VRE
is not dispatchable, there are a number of
Thermal Voltage Fault Reverse technical opportunities to upgrade grids that
Ratings Regulation Level Power
Flows are more flexible and can accommodate higher
levels of VRE. The solutions to enable a suitable
Rapid portfolio for VRE integration are:
Islanding Protection Power
Voltage
Quality
Change
Geographic Renewable Generator

Diversity of Generation Flexibility
VRE Forecasting
1.3.4 Solutions Enabling Portfolio for
VRE Integration
Demand
There are a variety of challenges to integrate Energy Shift through
Curtailment
high levels of VRE into electric grids. The Storage Load
Control
solutions are always system and location
dependent and may or may not be applicable

2 ESS Technologies
2.1 Introduction in India started in 2017 with POWERGRID

installing their first pilot projects for frequency
Energy storage deployments on electricity grids regulation. The projects have been designed
are being deployed at a rapid scale. In 2017, it for multiple grid service applications but in the
was estimated by India Energy Storage Alliance initial operation period they have been used for
(IESA) that over 1 GWh of electrochemical frequency regulation services. The existing and
energy storage solutions were deployed at the upcoming large-scale energy storage projects
grid scale. As per Department of Energy (DOE), are summarized in the table 3, most of which are
USA, till mid-2018, almost 177 GW of energy likely to be commissioned by 2019.
storage systems are installed at grid level and
over 95% of it is pumped hydro storage plants. Most of the proposed energy storage projects
Over 14 GW of new pumped storage projects are in India 2018-19 are expected to come up in
announced across the world in 2018. However, the Andaman & Nicobar Islands to reduce
due to their long gestation period these projects the dependency on diesel use. Solar Energy
will be realized by 2030. In 2018, over 4 GWh7 of Corporation of India (SECI) is also evaluating
BESS are either under-construction, contracted energy storage projects along with the bids of
or announced. Hence, annually more BESS are large scale solar and wind projects in the future
getting installed and contracted than any other beginning with a proposed 160 MW hybrid
storage technologies. Additionally, out of over project in Andhra Pradesh.
4 GW BESS in pipeline, over 80% are LiB-based
projects. Most of these LiB projects are grid As the installed capacity of RE increases, the role
connected and rest of them are for behind the of the conventional generation will be reduced
meter applications. Battery capacity for behind to provide base load. Renewable energy being
the meter applications like bill management and intermittent adds its own challenge to the
demand response is less than 10% of upcoming grid. Energy storage is being increasingly seen
LiB based BESS. These numbers do not include as the flexible resource that can address this
battery installed for backup power applications concern. It has a number of applications in
like UPS, inverter backup and telecom tower ancillary services, generation smoothening,
backup power applications. Apart from BESS, load following, peak power shaving, energy
there are other mechanical storage technologies time shifting and emergency back-up etc.
like flywheels, gravitational ESS and modular
Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) which As highlighted by the Central Electricity
accounts for about 200 MW of contracted, under Regulatory Commission (CERC) Staff Paper
construction or announced projects globally. on Energy Storage8, transmission companies
can deploy energy storage systems at grid level
Grid scale energy storage installations in India
are also mostly in the form of pumped hydro
storage plants, at capacity of 4.8 GW. Deployment
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Table 3:
Energy Storage Projects in India (2017 - 2019)
Project Capacity Location Commissioning

Power Grid Corporation 3 x 500 kW, 250 kWh BESS Puducherry 2017
Limited
NLC 2x10MW Solar PV + Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar 2019
Islands
8MWh/16MW BESS
NTPC 2MWh BESS Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar 2019
Islands
NTPC 17MW Solar PV + South Andaman, Andaman & 2019
Nicobar Islands
6.8MWh/6.8MW BESS
NTPC 8MW Solar PV South Andaman, Andaman & 2019
Nicobar Islands
3.2MWh/3.2MW BESS
Tata Power Delhi Distribution 10MWh BESS Sub-station, Delhi Feb 2019
Limited (TPDDL)
Solar Energy Corporation of 10 MW/20 MWh BESS for 160 Andhra Pradesh 2019
India (SECI) MW Wind + Solar Hybrid
SECI 2 MW Solar PV Project + 1 Kaza, Himachal Pradesh 2019
MWh BESS
SECI 2 x 1.5 MW Solar PV +2 x 2.5 Leh District, J&K 2019
MWh BESS
Andhra Pradesh State Electric 5 MW Solar PV Project + Makkuva, Andhra Pradesh 2019
Utility 4MWh BESS
substations and use the assets to participate scale batteries can be installed along with the
in energy markets for grid support like the solar and wind farms to provide a stable output
ancillary services. Transmission companies to the grid. Market mechanisms are expected
can be the owners of energy storage systems to incentivize the performance of these flexible
without being involved in trading of the assets but it will be a slow growing market, in
stored energy. The National Electricity Plan the business as usual scenario.
(NEP)9 highlights the role of energy storage
in maintaining grid security with increasing 2.2 Description of Storage
penetration of renewable energy in addition to Technologies
addressing the intermittency of RE to a large
extent. For behind the meter applications, Energy storage could apply to different
Indian battery energy storage market has been technologies ranging from pumped hydro
traditionally driven by lead acid batteries for storage, flywheels, super capacitors, compressed
back-up power applications. Batteries for power air, thermal energy storage and batteries.
back-up applications is a major market among Advanced energy storage technologies are
stationary applications. The recent air pollution capable of dispatching electricity within seconds
issues have only amplified the need to switch off and can provide power back-up ranging from
diesel generators. With energy storage solutions minutes to many hours.
offering a comparable cost per unit, a sizeable
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Figure 4:
Classification of Energy Storage Technologies
Mechanical Electrochemical Thermal Electrical Chemical

(Hydrogen)
ectrochemical
Lead Acid
Pumped Hydro Batteries, Sensible-Molten Power-to -Power
Energy Storage Advanced Lead Salt, Chilled Super Capacitors (Fuel Cells, etc)
(PHES) Acid(Lead Water
Carbon, Bipolar
Lead Acid)
Compressed Air Lithium Batteries Latent- ice Superconducting Power-to-Gas

Energy Storage (LCO, LMO, LFP, Storage, Phase Magnetic Energy
NMC, LTO,NCA) Change materials Storage(SMES)
Flywheel Energy Flow Batteries Thermochemical

Storage (ZnBr, Vn Redox) Storage
Sodium Batteries
(NaS, NaNiCl2)
Zinc Batteries-
Zn Air, ZnMnO2
l Mechanical Storage includes Pumped water to electricity. PHS is often used to

Hydro Storage (PHS), Compressed Air store energy for long durations for use in
Energy Storage (CAES) and Flywheels: a future period.
n Pumped Hydro Storage (PHS) stores
electrical energy as the potential Global PHS capacity is over 180 GW.
energy of water. Generally, this involves Potential available in India for PHS,
pumping water into a large reservoir at assessed by Central Electricity Authority
a high elevation—usually located on the (CEA) is more than 96.5 GW.10 However,
top of a mountain or hill. When energy at present, total installed capacity of
is required, the water in the reservoir is
guided through a hydroelectric turbine, 10
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pumped hydro is about 4.8 GW that systems typically consist of a large
consists of nine plants. Additionally, rotating cylinder supported on a stator.
two projects of 1080 MW capacity are Stored electric energy increases with
now under construction (Tehri - 1000 the square of the speed of the rotating
MW and Koyna - 80 MW). Also, four mass, so materials that can withstand
projects with cumulative capacity of high velocities and centrifugal forces are
2600 MW (Kundah– 500 MW, Malshej essential. Flywheel technology is a low
Ghat- 700 MW, Humbali- 400 MW, and maintenance and low environmental
Turga- 1000 MW) are under planning impact type of energy storage. In
stage.11 However, at a given point of time, general, flywheels are very suitable for
many of these assets are either under high power applications due to their
maintenance or are on water ‘release capacity to absorb and release energy in
only’ mode as they are linked to irrigation a very short duration of time. Globally,
department and pumping is a secondary total installed capacity of grid scale FES
function. Hence the full capacity of PHS systems is 975 MW, mainly for frequency
is seldom realized in India. regulation applications. Other popular
applications are in transportation and
n Compressed Air Energy Storage rotary UPS12 key application in India.
(CAES) converts electrical energy into Typical Flywheels run 15 – 30 min
compressed air, which is stored either in but recent developments in power
an underground cave or above ground electronics have increased the duration
in high-pressure containers. When of flywheel up to 4 hours.
excess or low-cost electricity is available
from the grid, it is used to run an electric l Electrochemical Storage includes various
compressor, which compresses air battery technologies that use different
and stores it. When electrical energy is chemical compounds to store electricity.
required, the compressed air is directed Each of the numerous battery technologies
towards a modified gas turbine, which have slightly different characteristics and
converts the stored energy to electricity. are used to store and then release electricity
A recent advancement that is maturing for different durations ranging from a few
through research and development by minutes to several hours. There are two main
several startups is storage of the heat categories of batteries: (1) traditional solid
produced during the compression. This rechargeable batteries where the chemical
type of CAES does not use natural gas energy is stored in solid metal electrodes,
to reheat the air upon decompression and, (2) flow batteries where chemical energy
and is therefore emissions-free, as well is stored in varying types of flowing liquid
as more efficient overall. Similar to electrolytes kept in tanks separate from the
pumped hydro, CAES systems are used actual electrochemical cells.
for storing energy over longer periods. n Rechargeable Batteries
Secondly, similar to pumped hydro l Lead Acid batteries have been
storage, a natural CAES plant would in commercial use in different
require a cavern. Hence, CAES systems applications for over a century.
are limited in nature with restricted Lead acid is the most widely used
availability of natural caverns. battery technology worldwide. High
n Flywheel Energy Storage (FES) store

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electrical energy as the rotational energy 12
A flywheel driven rotary UPS is used for applications requiring
in a heavy mass. Flywheel energy storage ride-through of short duration power system outages, voltage dips.

performance variations of lead acid global manufacturing capacity of
batteries are classified as advanced LiB has crossed 100GWh a year and
lead acid and are known to have a is expected to surpass lead acid
longer life battery market soon. Sustained
l Advanced Lead Acid batteries are of interest in the electric vehicle space
two types, namely Lead Carbon type has created an increased demand
and Bipolar Lead Acid type. Lead for lithium batteries and the global
Carbon type uses carbon additives capacity is expected to be 4 times the
to improve the energy density, cycle current state by end of this decade.
life and better charging-discharging l High Temperature Sodium: This type
properties than the lead acid of battery is made from inexpensive,
type. Its key applications includes non-toxic materials. The battery
frequency regulation in solar farms operates at a high temperature
and has an installed capacity of (above 300oC) and has been shown to
27.398 MW globally. Bipolar Lead have a long cycle life. Two types are
Acid Battery has bipolar plates and Sodium Sulphur (NaS) and Sodium
eliminates the high current density Nickel Chloride (NaNiCl2) are under
seen around the terminals in the these categories.
conventional design. In the bipolar l Sodium Sulphur (NaS) is
design, each point on an electrode is manufactured with molten sodium
in contact with the current collector. and liquid Sulphur enclosed in a
This type has higher specific energy cell container usually cylindrical in
and energy density, ~ 40% lesser shape and enclosed in a steel casing.
footprint (compared to monopolar One Japanese company is the only
type) and recyclable materials. manufacturer for this battery. By
l Lithium Ion Batteries (LiB) are 2018, 195 MW of NaS batteries were
lightweight and have high energy installed globally. Key application
density. They are particularly includes spinning reserve, frequency
suited for portable applications regulation, energy time shift and
(electric vehicles and electronic transmission congestion relief. In
devices). There are many possible India, NaS battery was trial tested
variations depending on the internal by NTPC, for its feasibility in Indian
chemistry:Lithium Cobalt Oxide grid conditions in a solar system.
(LCO), Lithium Titanate Oxide l Sodium Nickel Chloride (Na-NiCl2)
(LTO), Lithium Manganese Oxide operates at a lower temperature with
(LMO), Lithium Iron Phosphate molten sodium as cathode, NaAlCl4
(LFP), Lithium Nickel Manganese as electrolyte and nickel chloride as
Cobalt Oxide (NMC), and Lithium anode. Major applications include
Nickel Cobalt Aluminum Oxide black start, renewable energy time
(NCA). In recent years, it witnessed shift, and frequency regulation.
rapid progress in the research and l Zinc-based Batteries combine zinc
development leading to a steep price with various chemicals and are earlier
reduction as the manufacturing and in their development stage than some
installations have scaled up. A key of the other battery technologies.
inflexion point that tilted the benefits Historically, zinc batteries were not
towards LiB is the increasing energy rechargeable but developers are
densities compared to lead acid overcoming challenges to produce
batteries. As on 2017, the cumulative fully rechargeable zinc-based

Figure 5:
Volumetric (Wh/L) and Gravimetric (Wh/kg) energy density for commercially
available battery technologies
450
Li-ion (NCA)
400
Volumetric Energy Density (Wh/L)
Li-ion (NMC)
350
NAS
Zn-Alkaline
300
Li-ion (LTO)
250
Ni-MH
200 Li-ion (LFP)
Advanced LA
Na-NiCl2
150
Ni-Cd
100
Lead Acid (LA)
50
VRB ZBB
0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
Gravimetric Energy Density (Wh/L)
* For flow batteries VRB and ZBB (zinc bromine), only electrolyte weight and volume is considered
chemistries. This technology is which is expected to be cheaper

known for being lightweight, low- replacement for LiBs.
cost, and non-toxic.
l Zinc Air Battery also known as Energy densities of different batteries
Zinc Air fuel cells functions by are shown in Figure 5. Higher energy
oxidizing Zinc with oxygen, and density batteries are more suitable
the reaction rate is controlled by for transportation applications due
controlling air flow. It comes in both to their compactness and lower
rechargeable and non-rechargeable weight.
forms. Applications include vehicle n Flow Batteries
propulsion and grid storage. This l Flow batteries differ from
battery is in test trial stage, with a conventional batteries as the that
few projects announced in the US. energy is stored in the electrolyte
l Zinc Manganese Battery: One (the fluid) instead of the electrodes.
manufacturer has recently The electrolyte solutions are stored
developed a rechargeable ZnMnO2 in tanks and pumped through a
battery with 2-8 hours discharge common chamber separated by a
duration. These batteries are safe membrane that allows for transfer
and non-toxic without lead, heavy of electrons—flow of electricity—
metals or flammable electrolytes between the electrolytes.

l There are many different types of energy. The available variations are
flow batteries, of which at least three currently in initial developmental stage.
varieties are currently commercially l Electrical Storage Super capacitors and
available: vanadium redox flow Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage
batteries, zinc-iron flow batteries, and (SMES) systems store electricity in electric
zinc-bromine batteries. Variations and electromagnetic fields with minimal
such as zinc-iron flow batteries and loss of energy. A few small SMES systems
hydrogen-bromine flow batteries have become commercially available,
are also under development. mainly used for power quality control in
l This technology has reached manufacturing plants such as microchip
commercialization globally with 326 fabrication facilities. These technologies
MW of grid connected flow batteries are ideal for storing and release high levels
across 108 projects till 2018. of energy over short bursts.
l In India, the technology adoption l Chemical Storage typically utilizes
is limited to test-trials. A 30kW electrolysis of water to produce hydrogen
Vanadium Redox battery was as a storage medium that can subsequently
installed in 2015 for a microgrid. be converted to energy in various modes,
Also, at IISc Bangalore, a new type of including electricity (via fuel cells or
flow battery called the soluble lead engines), as well as heat and transportation
acid flow battery is under technology fuel (power–to-gas).
development. n Electrolyzes (Power to Gas): Excess
electrical energy can be utilized by
l Thermal Energy Storage includes ice-based these systems for electrolysis of water
storage systems, hot and chilled water to produce hydrogen (H2) and oxygen
storage, molten salt storage and rock storage (O2). The stored hydrogen may be used
technologies. In these systems excess thermal directly as fuel for heating applications
energy is collected for later use. or in fuel cells. Electrolyzes are
n Sensible Heat Storage: Available energy unidirectional devices only allowing
is stored in the form of an increase or storage of energy.
decrease in temperature of a material, n Fuel Cells: Chemical energy stored in
which can be used to meet a heating fuels (ethanol, hydrogen or natural
or cooling demand. Few existing gas) can be converted to electrical
variations of this technology are: Molten energy. Several variations exist such
salt storage (generally coupled with as SOFC (solid oxide fuel cells), PEM
Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants), (proton exchange membrane), and
hot water storage and chilled water PAFC (phosphoric acid fuel cells). These
storage (designed to serve households or systems can be used for stationary
a community). storage or transportation applications.
n In Latent Heat Storage, energy is stored
in a material that undergoes a phase 2.3 Key Players and
change (transition between solid and Technologies
liquid) as it stores and releases energy.
Examples include ice storage tanks The energy storage landscape is well split among
for domestic or industrial cooling organizations with various technologies and
applications these technology companies are broadly based
n In Thermochemical Storage, reversible out of Japan, China, Korea, US and Germany.
chemical reactions are used to store Some of the key companies across the spectrum
thermal energy in the form of chemical are listed below figure.

Figure 6:
Global and Indian Energy Storage Landscape
Source: CES
However, these technologies are at different stage of manufacturing. LiB chemistries are at
stage of commercialization and also at different point of overtaking lead acid production.
Figure 7:
Global and Indian Energy Storage Landscape
Storage Technologies
Scale of Manufacturing
MW GW +300 GW

Energy Storage – Technologies technology for a specific purpose. Table 3 provides
Performance and Characteristics a comparison of different technical parameters,
such as operating costs and technology maturity,
Each type of available energy storage system as well as practical considerations, line space
(ESS) has specific attributes. These factors must requirements, development and construction
be evaluated in order to choose the suitable periods for select ESS.
Figure 8:
Comparison of leading Energy Storage Technologies based on key
performance parameters
Expected Technological Performance Improvements during 2018-2025
Source: CES and IESA Research
The C-rate of the system is an important energy capacity but a lower C rate. In other
parameter that varies significantly between words, systems with a higher C-rate have a
different energy storage types particularly higher power to energy ratio. High power
electrochemical batteries. C-rate is an inverse applications typically require systems with a
measure of the rate (length of time) over which high C-rate and a short discharge duration.
a system can provide its maximum rated power. These applications are particularly suitable for
The range of discharge duration is therefore LiB and advanced lead acid batteries. Sodium
directly linked to the C-rate. It is normally based batteries and flow batteries, as well as
expressed in terms that look like 1C, 2C or C2. CAES and PHS, are more suitable for high
For instance, a system with a C-rate of 2C can energy and longer duration applications. C-rate
supply all its stored energy in ½ hour while a is typically not used for CAES and PHS as the
system with a C-rate of C2 can do the same in duration of energy storage is not limited by
2 hours. Therefore, a system with a higher C the technology as in case of electrochemical
rate can discharge at a higher maximum power batteries, but is typically based on physical
than a similarly-sized system with comparable availability of storage capacity.

Table 4:
Performance Characteristics of Energy Storage Technologies
Energy Lead Acid Li –Ion NaS Flow Flywheel CAES PHS

Storage Batteries
System
Attributes
Round Trip 70-85% 85-95% 70-80% 60-75% 60-80% 50-65% 70-80%
Energy
Efficiency
(DC-DC)
Range of 2-6 Hours 0.25–4+ 6-8 Hours 4-12 0.25-4 4-10 6-20
Discharge Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours
Duration
C Rate C2 – C6 4C – C6 C6-C8 C4-C12 4C-C4 N.A. N.A.
Cost range 100-300 300-800 400-600 400-1000 1000-4000 >15014 50-15015
per energy
available
in each full
discharge ($/
kWh)13
Development 6 months 6 months 6 months - 6 months 1-2 years 3-10 years 5-15
& - 1 year - 1 year 1.5 year - 1.5 years
Construction year
Period
Operating Cost High Low Moderate Moderate Low High Low
Estimated Large Small Moderate Moderate Small Moderate Large
Space Required
Cycle life: # of 500-2000 2000 3000-5000 5000 - 100,000 10,000+ 10,000+
discharges of -10,000+ 8000+
stored energy
Maturity of Mature Commercial Commercial Early to Early to Moderate Mature
Technology moderat moderate
As shown in the above table, the systems’ of an energy storage project (depending on the
prices vary greatly, especially in terms of duration or energy capacity required), capital
initial capital costs. Overall, the cost of energy
storage is rapidly declining with scaling up
13
Cost numbers are for the system level costs at DC level (i.e. not
of manufacturing and learnings from the considering PCS and balance of system costs)
early deployments. The cost of energy storage 14
For CAES, the operating costs are significantly higher as it also
technologies has significantly decreased in involves cost of natural gas for source of heat during discharge
cycle in addition to electricity cost for compression during
recent years, driven by the growth of the battery charging cycle.
manufacturing for consumer electronics, 15
The average capital costs for pumped hydro on per kWh
of storage capacity are significantly lower, but requires huge
stationary applications and electric vehicles. As upfront cost given the size of the projects. These costs also can
battery costs contribute approximately 60-75% be higher in case of delays in environmental clearances.

cost reductions can drive energy storage project of technology performance and manufacturing.
development.16 Levelized cost method is often LiBs have also reached commercial maturity
used to compare costs across different energy with multiple companies setting up GWh scale
sources or technologies. Other critical factors in manufacturing plants.
selection of energy storage technologies include
space requirement and maturity of technology. Figure 9 depicts the steadily decreasing capital
With improvements in materials as well as costs per cycle ($/kWh-cycle) of certain storage
system design, energy density of most storage technologies. The depicted levelized cost shown
technologies is increasing and particularly takes into account the total predicted cycle life,
LiBs are finding applications where space and or the operational lifetime of the technology, and
weight is a critical consideration. In terms of thus normalizes the capital cost over the entire
maturity, Lead Acid batteries have been around lifetime of the project.
for over 100 years and are very mature in terms
Figure 9:
Forecast of Estimated Levelized Capital Costs by Storage Technology and Type
$1.00
Capital Cost/Cycle ($/kWh)
$0.10
Lead Acid NaS Li-Ion VRB

$0.01
2008 2013 2018 2023 2028
2.4 Need for Energy Storage in electricity. Energy storage will play a crucial role
India in increasing the system’s overall flexibility by
serving multiple grid applications. The recent
India has committed to increase its share of developments in the Electric Vehicle (EV) sector
non-fossil fuel-based generation sources to and its ambitious targets will only increase the
40% by 2030 which necessitates a demand demand for energy storage systems.
for flexibility in power systems. The ‘Power
for All’ target of 24x7 electricity for all by 2019 16
Energy Storage Update, Lithium-ion costs to fall by up
to 50% within five years, July 30, 2016; http://analysis.
created an increase in power requirement and energystorageupdate.com/lithium-ion-costs-fall-50-within-five-
a need to balance the supply and demand of years

Figure 10:
2019-2025 Energy Storage Requirement, India
BTM Rooftop Solar 3%

Grid-Scale Wind 3%
Diesel Replacement 1%
Distribution Utility ESS 5%

HVAC/R 2%
Grid-Scale UPS 15% Fast Response AS 1%
Solar 7%
Microgrids 0%
Telecom 19%
Inverter 44%
Source: CES analysis
Energy storage market in India witnessed a 2.5 ESS Applications

demand of 23 GWh in 2018 with 56% of the
battery demand coming from inverter segment. Energy storage is a uniquely flexible type of
During 2019-2025, the cumulative potential asset in terms of the diverse range of benefits
for energy storage in behind the meter and it can provide, locations where it may be sited,
grid side applications is estimated to be close and the large number of potential technologies
to 190 GWh by India Energy Storage Alliance. which may be suited to provide value to the
Interestingly, only 17% of energy storage is grid. Fundamentally, energy storage shifts
likely to be deployed at grid scale. Majority of energy from one-time period to another time
the deployment during this period at grid scale period. However, the value of energy stored
will be driven by RE integration, Fast Response by a resource varies highly based upon the
Ancillary Service (FRAS) market and T&D controllability, dispatch and use of that energy.
deferral. On the other hand, electric vehicle
industry, consumed over 5 GWh of batteries The electricity system has historically operated
in 2018 in India. This number is likely to be on a “just-in-time” basis − with decisions about
over 36 GWh by 2025. During 2019-2025, the electricity production based on real-time
EV industry is forecasted to consume over 110 demand and the availability of transmission
GWh of batteries. Some of these can be used system to deliver it. Because of this, generation
through V2G (Vehicle to Grid) technology to and load must always be perfectly balanced to
meet flexibility needs of the distribution grid. ensure high power quality and reliability to end
customers. At very high penetrations of variable
Large requirement for storage and batteries wind and solar generation, energy storage can
across the applications will help in reduction be effective for storing excess energy at certain
of costs in the market. Lastly, new installations times and moving it to other times, enhancing
of ESS for distribution grid and rooftop PV reliability and providing both economic and
integration can be reduced if the network environmental benefits.
planning can be done around utilizing of V2G
and some of existing back-up battery base.

Storage’s unique physical characteristics enable concept acts (and looks) very similar to a
it to perform multiple functions on the grid, at the standard charging point. The difference is that
customer level and in transportation sector. The the energy flows both to and from the vehicle,
ability to store energy when there is no demand turning it to a portable battery bank.17 There
and deploy energy when load is needed can are three basic system components involved
be applied to all aspects of the energy systems. that actually defines the environment for
In addition, storage systems can function like recharging a vehicle or discharging energy from
a power plant, dispatching electricity. When the vehicle to the electrical grid. i) The location
renewable resources such as solar, wind or where the vehicle connects with the electrical
hydropower produce excess energy, ESS can grid, ii) the electric vehicle supply equipment
store it for later use, reducing energy waste. (EVSE) to which a vehicle connects, and iii)
the electric vehicle (or more specifically the
2.5.1 EV Adoption battery management system) that manages the
battery’s charge-discharge cycle.18
The automobile market in India is at the cusp
of paradigm shift from Internal Combustion With respect to practical demonstration of the
Engine (ICE) vehicles to zero emission vehicles. concept, pilot projects have been carried out
India’s dependency on crude oil imports, rising so far in Denmark, Netherlands, Spain and
pollution levels in several cities, commitment USA. V2G has been already commercialized in
to reduce the carbon emissions, and the global Denmark and the Netherlands.
shift towards electric vehicles are the key
drivers for this paradigm shift towards zero V2G concept could provide important services
emission vehicles. to grid operators such as balancing renewables
peaks, balancing frequencies, providing
The current share of battery-operated electric spinning reserves, providing excess energy and
passenger vehicles is approximately 0.1% bulk storage etc. But on the other hand, there
whereas in case of electric 2 wheelers, it is are lots of constraints associated with it such
approximately 0.2% and there are only few as battery degradation, the need for intensive
hundred electric buses. The EV Industry in communication between vehicles and the grid,
India is mainly dominated by electric 2 wheelers infrastructure changes, effects on distribution
and 3 wheelers; and now witnessing growth of grid equipment etc.
electric buses.
The results obtained from the pilot projects
Vehicle to Grid carried out globally are indicating that the V2G
concept can play a key role in grid balancing.
As electric vehicles have started gaining For the implementation of V2G concept, a
momentum at a higher pace globally, the thorough study of network at the local level
utilities, system operators, and the policymakers along with its impact on the local distribution
have started addressing the issues related network and the techno-economic feasibility
with the vehicle charging management to the from the vehicle’s owner perspective should be
smooth integration of load coming from electric done for framing appropriate policies.
vehicles on the grid.
Regular power cuts and high peak demand

www.cenex.co.uk/vehicle-to-grid/
17
tariffs could become a thing of past with the
Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Power Flow Regulations and Building
18
use of vehicle to grid (V2G) concept. The V2G Codes, INL, September 2012

2.5.2 Peak Shaving a) Start-up is very quick (low response time)
b) Output can be varied rapidly
The 19th Electric Power Survey (EPS)19 estimates c) Can be operated at part load easily and
that India’s electric energy requirement would efficiently
be 1566 BU in 2021-22 with a peak load demand
of 226GW. The reduction in demand forecast 2.5.3 Ancillary Services
between the 18th and 19th EPS is attributed to
the Demand Side Management (DSM), Energy The existing regulatory framework in India
Conservation and Efficiency improvement permits floating of grid frequency within the
programmes, reduction in AT&C losses, and band of 49.90 – 50.05 Hz. The frequency is
low GDP growth than the forecast in 2011 when observed to have remained within the specified
the 18th EPS was published. The energy demand band for about 70-75% of the time since the
and peak load demand is likely to grow by 6.18% last revision to frequency band in 2014. The
and 6.88% respectively as per the 19th EPS. The frequency profile and fluctuations from 2004
estimates from the 19th Electricity Power Survey onwards is shown in below figure 12.
and National Electricity Plan projects India’s
installed capacity to grow from 335GW to The Frequency Response Characteristics (FRC)
479GW at a rate of 9% while the peak demand for All India Grid has improved from 6000 MW/
is growing only at 6%. The contribution of Hz to 9000MW/Hz over the last two years which
renewable energy in the mix is set to double is still lower than comparable grid sizes in which
during the same period both in terms of added has FRC of the order of 20000MW/Hz. With
capacity and as a percentage of peak demand. stricter framework including ancillary services
through FRAS and governance, the frequency
In addition to the fundamental benefit of has come under control to a large extent. But
storage being able to charge during low-cost still, it remains over and above the upper limit
times, storage has other qualities that make it of 50.05 Hz for around 25% times.
competitive compared other peak generators.
Storage tends to be much more responsive than The Indian Electricity Grid Code (IEGC) 2010
generation-based peaking resources because, defines ancillary services in power system as
for most types of storage: “services necessary to support the power system
(or grid) operation in maintaining power quality,
reliability and security of the grid, e.g. active
Figure 11: power support for load following, reactive power
Storage as a Peaker Resource support, black start etc.” Ancillary services
are integral to the electricity industry and
can be seen as complimentary to the primary
function of the grid – that is to transfer and
Demand (MW)
deliver electricity reliably and in appropriate

Storage Intermediate Generation
Peak
quality to the consumers. Such services are also
mandatory for security and reliability of the
Baseload Generation
overall grid system in its physical operation.
Primary frequency control refers to automatic

Hours
control of generating stations and consumption
of controllable loads (such as inductive loads)
which are able to adjust quickly to any imbalance
19
Nineteenth Electric Power Survey of India, Jan 2017, CEA in the system. Such controls are inherent in the

Figure 12:
Frequency Profile and Fluctuations of the Grid in India
(CERC-Technical Committee Report)
Maximum and Minimum Frequency Patterns
51.0
50.8
50.6
50.4
50.2
50.0
49.8
Hz-->
49.6
49.4
49.2
49.0
48.8
48.6
48.4
Apr-04
Oct-04
Apr-05
Oct-05
Apr-06
Oct-06
Apr-07
Oct-07
Apr-08
Oct-08
Apr-09
Oct-09
Apr-10
Oct-10
Apr-11
Oct-11
Apr-12
Oct-12
Apr-13
Oct-13
Apr-14
Oct-14
Apr-15
Oct-15
Apr-16
Oct-16
Apr-17
Oct-17
Date--> Maximum Minimum
system and are designed to stabilize it in case 2.5.4 Transmission and Distribution
of sudden outages. In generators synchronous Grid Deferral
with the grid, the control is achieved by speed
governors whereas in loads, it is performed The distribution networks are sized for the peak
through self-regulating aspects of frequency demand of the consumers. As the consumer
sensitive loads such as induction motors or demand grows, distribution infrastructure
through relays that connect or disconnect the have to be upgraded just to meet the peak
load from the system to maintain the frequency demand occurring for few hours in a year.
thresholds. Secondary frequency control refers Building new distribution infrastructure will be
to a centralized automatic control that adjusts expensive and might not be feasible in certain
the active power production of the generating urban locations. Increase in the installation
units by changing the reference point of of distributed solar rooftops will increase the
generation or by starting or stopping the power impact on distribution infrastructure and as
station to restore the frequency deviation and seen in recent developments, consumers are
interchanges with other systems following an barred from adding solar rooftop projects as
imbalance. Only the generating units that are their local distribution transformer is capped for
located in the area of imbalance participates a certain loading. ESS systems can be deployed
in this control. This type of control mechanism under such circumstances to avoid or defer new
is termed as load frequency control (LFC) or distribution infrastructure. ESS can also reduce
automatic generation control (AGC). Tertiary high line-loss that occur during peak demand20
frequency control are manual changes in and also avoid deviation penalties. India can
dispatch of generating units and is used to also think of innovative ways of using already
restore the primary and secondary frequency existing back-up inverter batteries to help with
control reserves, to manage congestions peak demand issues in the last mile networks.
in transmission network, and to bring the
frequency and the interchanges back to their The role of energy storage with renewable energy generation,
20
set values. NREL, 2010

The projected RE development is likely to be MW and the additional 5,000 MW of transmission
concentrated in 8 Indian states accounting for infrastructure will be idle for the remaining 95%
more than 77% of capacity addition by 2022.21 of the time. According to the cost estimates from
The Southern Region (SR) is expected to double the first phase of Green Energy Corridors, the
its installed capacity of wind and solar power cost for building a 1MW transmission system is
plants to 60 GW by 2022. Similarly, the peak solar about INR 12 million.23 The option of building
power evacuation is projected to increase from large scale energy storage systems to offset the
about 12,000 MW22 in 2018 to about 31,000 MW investment in transmission network expansion
in 2022. The transmission network will have to can be a better approach in future.
increase by the same measure to accommodate
the capacity addition. However, only for about
21
India Green Energy Corridors, GIZ, 2015
5% of the time in a year, the system is expected 22
This is only for southern region
to evacuate power between 26,000 MW to 31,000 23
India Green Energy Corridors, GIZ, 2015

Assessment of Mv/Lv Stabilization
3 and Optimization for 40 Gw Rtpv :
Technical Issues and Challenges
3.1 Issues at MV level and LT the operation of the voltage control devices in
level (3-Phase and 1-Phase) the MV networks. For example, tap operation
of voltage regulators may be influenced by
In most of the states across India, Medium the change in voltage profile caused by solar
Voltage (MV) is 33 kV and 11 kV for electrical PV units.
power distribution and Low Voltage (LV) is set
at 430 V/415 V. The rooftop solar PV penetration Due to the potential impacts of PV integration,
is at both MV and LV level. At MV level, generally distribution utilities are imposing network PV
HT consumer has rooftop PV connected at penetration limits which refer to the maximum
11 kV or 33 kV, depending upon their load amount of PV generation that can be connected
profile. Similarly, on LV distribution network, to a distribution feeder without violating
generally small scale industrial, commercial, power quality and system security limits. The
domestic and rural consumers have RTPV permissible limit is yet to be analysed. In India,
connected, where reverse power flow occurs. most of the states are imposing a limit up to
As per planned target of 40 GW RTPV, there 25% of Distribution Transformer (DT) capacity.
will be an increase of PV penetration level into Therefore, a comprehensive analysis of PV
the distribution systems. The more and more impacts is required and, based on the results
PV injection in the system beyond a limit will from the analysis, new mitigation approaches
create situations where PV power generation need to be developed to increase the PV
can exceed the load demand, and hence can penetration level in the distribution networks.
produce power flow from customers to the
grid. This is in opposite to the direction of Distribution systems, especially at the low
power flow in a traditional distribution grid. voltage level in modern distribution grids
Following are the main problems which can are becoming more active due to integration
occur at MV and LV levels due to high level of of distributed generation. Therefore, it has
injection of PV to the grid. become necessary to revisit the distribution
network analysis approaches to investigate the
The impacts of the integration of solar PV in solar PV impacts more accurately. Commercial
clustered form may propagate to the upstream tools for distribution network analysis need
networks. Hence, the changes produced by the to be deployed for necessary analysis for PV
solar PV units in the LV networks may impact impact assessment.

Due to the dependency An unbalanced
If the generation on the irradiation level, allocation of PV units
from PV resources PV output ramps up and at different phases of a
are high enough down at high rates. Weak distribution feeder can
to offset the loads systems are vulnerable create a high neutral
on the feeder, the to voltage fluctuations current, particularly
surplus power will created by such high in the mid-day, when
create voltage rise. ramp-rate PV output. reverse power flow is
With cluster-based At certain locations, at the peak level. In
installation of PV, the voltage at inverter end presence of neutral
voltage rise impact may exceed beyond grounding resistance,
may propagate a certain limit, which this high neutral
to upstream MV may cause undesirable current may produce
network. tripping of inverters at considerable neutral
PV end. potential.
01 Voltage rise 02 Effect of clouds 03 High neutral

current
Decrease in losses in As the allocation of

Due to PV running near feeder as less amount of inverters of a feeder
at Unity Power Factor power is imported from are varied by the
(UPF), it is observed the substation. However, category of customers,
that some LT circuits with a high penetration the distribution of PV
produces active power. of PV cluster, if the generation may not be
This power factor reverse power flow is equal at all the phases.
produces power quality higher than the power This may deteriorate
issues. So, along with flow without PV, an the existing voltage
PV generation, reactive increase in feeder power unbalance factor of the
power compensation loss maybe observed. network. The unbalance
or power factor Power loss may vary due factor may vary from
improvement is to the variation of PV time to time due to
needed. output throughout the the variations of solar
day. irradiance and PV output.
04 Lower power
factor
05 Variation of
feeder power loss
06 Voltage
unbalance
Voltage regulators may tap up or down their positions

to keep voltage at the load centre within a bandwidth
of voltage limits. Voltage rise caused by PV clusters may
require the regulators to operate during midday to keep
the voltage profile below the upper limit.
07 Change in tap operations

3.2 VRE on MV and LV selected utilities in India using CYMDIST
coupled by same transformer software. During load flow studies following
major issues are found when RTPV is increased
Load flow simulation study has been across LT side of a DT with different values of
conducted on different types of feeders across connected loads.
Figure 13:
Single line diagram of TPDDL feeder
11 KV Feeder
LT Lines
Distribution Transformer
Source Feeder
The summary of Power Quality (PQ) issues With different DT loading conditions following
found during load flow studies are mentioned in scenarios are run in CYMDIST software:
following table. These results are found during l The time slots selected for study i.e. 11:00
load flow of Tata Power Delhi Distribution AM to 07:00 PM on 03 May 2017 data.
Limited (TPDDL) 11 kV feeder. The major l In each scenario, the DT connected load is
parameters of feeder are: increased (i.e. 50%, 75%, 100% and 120%)
l Distribution Transformer (DT): 630 kVA l Then the RTPV connections are increased in
l Voltage Level: 11 kV /433 V steps in every load flow study from existing
l Length of Feeder: 11.68 km 11% of DT capacity to 100% (i.e. 11%, 20%,
l Number of consumers connected at 40%, 60%, 80%, 90% and 100%)
present: 181
l Number of RTPV: 3 customers with total
capacity 70 kWp

Time Slots
Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3 Scenario 4
Already connected
Time Time Time Time
8-11 AM 11-1 PM 1-4 PM 4-7 PM
11% of DT Capacity 70 kWP 70 kWP 70 kWP 70 kWP

Solar RTPV Capacity
Summary of PQ issues found during load flow studies are presented in Table 4:
Table 5:
Summary of PQ results found during load flow studies
DT loading Over voltage Under voltage Observations

scenario (V > = 1.06 PU) (V <= 0.94 PU)
11% DT loading 540 kWp None When DT is lightly loaded, RTPV insertion beyond 80%
(90% RTPV) can cause overvoltage at RTPV end. This may cause
20% DT loading 540 kWp None undesirable tripping of inverters at RTPV.
50% DT loading None 70 kWp and 120 kWp Undervoltage is removed by 50% of RTPV connections.
(20% RTPV) So, system becomes healthy.
75% DT loading None 70 kWp, 120 kWp and On some sections of LT, lower power factor observed.
240 kWp (40% RTPV) On some sections, overvoltage is observed, which may
cause tripping of inverter.
100% DT loading None 70 kWp, 120 kWp, 240 100%, 120% DT loading cases are not practically viable.
kWp, 360 kWp, 480 Moreover, with 100% and 120% RTPV connections,
kWp, 540 kWp, 600 undervoltage is still present.
kWp and 620 kWp
(special case)
120% DT loading None 70 kWp, 120 kWp, 240
kWp, 360 kWp, 480
kWp, 540 kWp, 600
kWp and 755 kWp
(special case)

mainly on the solar intensity and cloud cover.
Analysis of PQ issues: PQ problems will depend on irradiation and the
overall performance of the PV systems including
l With increase in RTPV when DT is the module, inverters and filters controlling
lightly loaded, Undervoltage is found mechanisms, etc. Good PQ translates into a
in some of sections of DT, LT side sinusoidal voltage and current output from a PV
is removed. So, RTPV improves the system that avoids harmonics, inter-harmonics
health of system and eventually voltage distortion. Important
l When DT is more than 75% loaded i.e. point is the quality of the electricity, namely the
heavily loaded and RTPV is increased voltage and current profiles, generated by the
more than 50% of DT capacity inverter, the element in a PV system responsible
overvoltage is found in some of LT for converting energy.
sections near to inverter end. This may
increase the voltage at inverter end. Voltage swells may occur when heavy loads are
This overvoltage is observed randomly removed from the connection or disturbances
across different sections of LT affect the voltage causing the disconnection of
depending upon the solar irradiance inverters from the grid and therefore resulting
level, inverter and load present on in losses of energy and degradation of efficiency.
sections of conductor If a large number of PV systems are connected
to a branch of a LV distribution system, voltage
increases at the connection point and power
might flow backwards, and thus voltage levels
3.3 RTPV on MV and LV on could increase during periods of small load and
different transformers high solar irradiance.
The main issue is grid stability on MV and As photovoltaic systems incorporate power
LV distribution network with the increase in converters, which are harmonic generating
RTPV at LT and HT consumer side. The RTPV devices, they will have an influence on the
generation will provide active power and power quality of the supply network. The most
reactive compensation will be required from cited PQ problems that may arise due to grid
grid side which will produce power quality connected PV generation are voltage dips and
issues to other distribution transformers and fluctuations, harmonic distortions, transient
lines at MV and LV side. Moreover, harmonics phenomena and reverse power flow. These
can affect to some extend whenever there is high effects result in potential damaging of sensitive
PV penetration. High voltage is also observed electronic equipment and capacitor banks,
in some sections during load flow study at MV overheating of transformers, neutral conductors
and LV side due to increase in RTPV on different and additional losses in the power system.
transformers on the LT side. In order to mitigate Degraded power quality entails additional
all these issues, power factor improvement and costs for both the electricity distributor and its
reactive power compensations are required customers. The presence of harmonics in the
for which smart inverter and energy storage electrical system may lead to changes in line
devices can be used. impedances, imbalances in line voltages and
alterations in AC voltage values. Moreover, a
3.4 Power Quality (PQ) and LV public grid must have a degree of quality in
Harmonics electric power that may prevent the abnormal
operation of the PV generator. Consequently,
The PV panel is an array of PV modules either the abnormal operation of a PV generator can
in series or parallel. The output will depend lead to a shutdown.

The harmonic generation of a PV system levels. Most of the inverters consume or feed
depends on the inverter technology, solar reactive power into the network depending on
irradiance, temperature, loads, and the their output active power and their technology.
supply system characteristics. The harmonic During operation at low solar irradiance levels
distortion generated in PV plants can occur as a (e.g. sunrise, sunset, cloudy days), current THD
result of intrinsic and extrinsic effects. Intrinsic values can increase rapidly, since the THD factor
harmonic distortions are related to inverter is inversely proportional to the output active
deficiencies, e.g. components and control loop power of the PV inverters. Nevertheless, THD
nonlinearities, measurement inaccuracies, is notably reduced as the output active power
and limited pulse-width modulation (PWM) of the PV Inverters increases and reaches its
resolution. Connection to a weak and distorted nominal value. The intrinsic characteristics of
electrical grid can be considered an extrinsic the control circuit and nonlinear components of
effect on the output waveform of a PV plant. PV inverters may explain the current distortion
A distorted voltage acts like a disturbance in behaviour in the low power generation stages.
the inverter control system, causing distortion Varying power density of renewable energy
of the current waveform generated by the resources (i.e. irradiance level and temperature
inverter. in PV conversion) potentially cause voltage and
frequency variation or sag/swell patterns in
Several factors affect the power quality the grid. Also, application of power converters
characteristics of the PV inverter output current. as interfaces between energy sources and the
Both the current total harmonic distortion grid and their interaction with other system
(THD) and the output reactive power are related components may cause high harmonics
to the output active power levels, which in turn distortion. The most important impacts of
are strongly dependent on solar irradiance harmonics are:
Figure 14:
Impact of harmonics on the power system
Overloading of
Increased heating of
power systems by
neutral conductors
high frequencies
caused by triple
of currents and
current harmonics
voltages
Increased High harmonics

Overstressing and
transformer heating can cause
resonant condition
and saturation interference to
on the capacitors
effects in the core telecommunication
bank
lines

There are two ways to mitigate the PQ problems, it must have a digital architecture, bidirectional
either from the customer side or from the utility communications capability and robust
side. One approach is loading conditioning and software infrastructure. The system begins with
another solution is to adopt power conditioning reliable, rugged and efficient silicon-centric
system to avoid possible disturbance. Presently, hardware, which can be controlled by a scalable
smart inverters are utilized which can improve software platform incorporating a sophisticated
the power quality. Another arrangement is performance monitoring capability. A smart
to utilize Shunt Active Power Filter (SAPF) by inverter must be adaptive and able to send
which harmonics can be proficiently wiped and receive messages quickly, as well as share
out. The SAPF is a Voltage Source Inverter (VSI), granular data with the owner, utility and other
related to the load. SAPF can keep the current stakeholders. Such systems allow installers and
adjusted and sinusoidal after compensation for service technicians to diagnose operational
various burden conditions. and maintenance issues, including predicting
possible inverter or module problems and
3.5 Comparison of Regular and remotely upgrade certain parameters in
Smart Inverters (Autonomous moments. These intelligent power electronics
and SCADA Controlled) devices must also include Applications
Programming Interface (API) functionality that
The term “smart inverter” has become a provides fleet owners and other partners a way
buzzword in the industry, but what does it really to tie in their own software to create powerful
mean? For an inverter to be considered smart, enterprise level tools.24
Figure 15:
Off Grid Inverter
24
n API is a set of programming instructions for accessing web software or a web-based tool. When a company releases its API, users
A
are able to have their own software interact with the company’s.

Figure 16:
Grid Connected Inverter
Advantages of using Smart Micro The most advanced micro inverters are adaptive
Inverters (SMI): and essentially constitute the core of what
could be called a fully networked, software
The increasing technical complexity and defined inverter. The benefits of such a software-
enhanced capabilities of inverters show that controlled system include the ability to provide
many manufacturers are well on their way to grid support services in an evolutionary manner
meeting the smart inverter challenge, but not over the more than 20-year lifetime of the
all inverter topologies and software control inverter platform through software updates that
packages are created equal. can be done without any hardware replacement
or truck-rolled, hands-on labour.
Micro inverter technology, in particular,
provides some advantages to residential, Utilities may encounter more noteworthy
commercial and (eventually) utility-scale solar voltage fluctuations and expected to make a
PV installations. This includes high redundancy more extensive voltage window to make up for
through a distributed AC architecture that the changeability on account of the developing
improves system cost and reduces operations number of sun based establishments in its
and maintenance complexity. administration region. So as to retrofit these
issues, the job of smart inverter becomes an
An integrated micro inverter package can help integral factor. In addition, presently, some of
lower the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), the smart inverters are concentrating on new
facilitating higher energy production over reactive and on-demand communications
the life time of the system, unit reliability and methodologies that will help deal with the
system uptime, all the while lowering systems greater distributed generation load. While
cost by reducing installation labour and the computerized engineering, bidirectional
materials. Micro inverters are also capable of correspondences and programming foundation
providing a suite of Advanced Grid Functions innovations that support smart inverters are
(AGF) required by some regulatory standards unquestionably significant, the organizations
for grid stability, such as ramp rate control, that give such propelled frameworks should
power curtailment, fault ride-through and likewise be advanced in the manner they team
voltage support through VARs. up on new utility necessities and guidelines.

4 Load Flow Studies on MV/LV Lines
with Rtpv
4.1 Methodology
In order to identify potential technical issues 11 kV Feeder
and grid interconnection challenges that needs Feeder Single Line Current Carrying
Diagram (SLD) Capacity and Load
to be addressed for enabling VRE integration Growth
in distribution grid active and reactive power 02
compensations, the load flow analysis was to be 03
01
done on MV and LV distribution networks. The
11 kV Feeder
distribution network issues and impact of RTPV Meter Load
faced by the utilities across the country varies Survey Data
according to their geographical locations and
MV/LV network topologies. In order to analyse
Consumer
the details of the MV/LV network, six distribution Conductor Data Details
utilities were selected to conduct a detailed load
05
flow analysis of distribution feeders. A criterion
had been set each based on which the detailed 04 Ratings of 06
study was conducted. Utilities were requested Distribution
Transformers (DT)/
to select any two feeders each from two circles Capacity and
i.e. 4 feeders; these feeders should have solar PV Voltage Ratio
injection at present or planned in the near future.
For each feeder, following data has been collected: RTPV
connected to
the Feeder
4.2 Selection of samples per
07
DISCOMs
Following is the list of state DISCOMs that
provided feeder data for the load flow studies:
Table 6:
List of DISCOMs that participated in the study
Region Selected state Feeder category DISCOM Name

North Delhi Urban lightly loaded Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd. (TPDDL)
Haryana Agricultural Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd. (UHBVN)
South Karnataka 11 kV Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Ltd. (BESCOM)
Andhra Pradesh Semi urban heavily Andhra Pradesh Southern Power Distribution
loaded Company Ltd. (APSPDCL)
West Maharashtra Urban lightly loaded Adani Energy Mumbai Ltd. (AEML)
East West Bengal Urban heavily loaded CESC, Kolkata

4.3 Analysis of Varying 4.3.1 Methodology of Work
VRE Levels on Sample
Feeders (Without Energy Purpose of study: Maximum solar connection
Storage) is allowed at LT side in order to achieve 40 GW
targets of RTPV by 2022.
The load flow study was conducted
on the feeders of the six DISCOMs Load flow study of MV/LV
feeder, DT and LT Network STEP
in order to estimate the impact of
increase in solar penetration at LT side,
1
DT and feeder without energy storage
STEP
devices. During load flow study, solar
2 Conduct load flow with
penetration is increased in steps at different levels of RTPV
LT side for consumers (residential, STEP connected at LT side
industrial, commercial and agriculture). 3 without any energy
The solar penetration is increased in storage device and study
the PQ issues (low PF,
percentage steps based on DT rated Estimated the maximum
undesirable fluctuations
capacity as most of DISCOMs allow user permissible limit for RTPV
in voltages), thermal
to connect solar generation based on connected at LT side with
issues (heating of
energy storage devices without
DT capacity. conductor, etc.)
PQ and thermal issues
Before starting load flow, following data was collected:
Single line diagram Meter Solar
Load survey data RTPV connected

Conductor rating
of Feeder/DT on the feeder
Solar irradiance
Conductor length
curve of the location
Voltage rating
of DT
Connected/
Sanctioned Load
Diagram of LT
network

Preparation of network in CYMDIST for load flow study:
Draw complete
network diagram Draw load point Connect RTPV
upto LT consumer end consumer generation Validate the Upload solar
end specifying mentioning capacity network diagram irradiance curve
conductor size, connected/ (existing if any) and (remove data on RTPV
span length, sanctioned load on LT side of errors, if any) connections
rating, transformer on LT side of network
voltage rating transformer
Run load flow study:
Identify/select time slots for the load flow

study (Four time slots i.e. 8:00 AM -11:00 STEP
AM, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM, 1:00PM - 4:00 PM, 1
4:00PM - 7:00PM)
Select any specific time during each time slot

STEP for which feeder is heavily loaded (in this study,
2 ISGF considered heavily loaded time in order to

run load flow during severe conditions)
Run the load flow study of feeder load

current during the selected time slot STEP
3
STEP Perform load flow analysis for increasing

4 solar RTPV connection at consumer side (LT/
HT/agriculture/commercial etc.) in steps
w.r.t. percentage of transformer rating
Let us assume DT capacity of 630 kVA, then l Draw graph of feeder percentage loading
scenarios run during load flow are: (kVA) V/S increase in RTPV capacities – it will
provide effect on feeder side w.r.t. increase
Report generation and analysis of load flow in RTPV
study: l Draw a graph for DT percentage loading
l Generate load flow report after running load (kVA) w.r.t. increase in RTPV during each
flow study for each scenario: scenario
n Feeder loading report l Analyse PQ issues and thermal issues in
n DT loading report section loading report for each section of
n Section loading report feeder side and LT side during each scenario:
n PV generation report n This report will display Undervoltage/

overloading voltage sections in different Results of the study:
colours
n This report will display overcurrent in
section (if any) Analyse the Analyse the
n Analyse power factor violation in report maximum limit maximum increases
n Analyse voltage variation, kVA loading of percentage in RTPV up to which
n Analyse reverse power flow across DT increase in PQ issues can be
from LT side to MV side due to increase RTPV up to mitigated with energy
in RTPV connections which there are storage devices at LT
n Analyse the effect on the network no PQ issues side/at DT/at MV
sode
In every scenario during load flow studies, percentage of DT capacity e.g. for 630 kVA DT,
RTPV connections are increased based on percentage increase in RTPV will be:
Time Slots
Already connected
Time Time Time Time
8-11 AM 11-1 PM 1-4 PM 4-7 PM

Solar RTPV Capacity

Time Slots
Already connected
Time Time Time Time
8-11 AM 11-1 PM 1-4 PM 4-7 PM
Without Solar – – – –
Solar RTPV Capacity
AS-IS 0 kWP 0 kWP 0 kWP 0 kWP
100 % of DT Capacity 100 kWP 100 kWP 100 kWP 100 kWP
4.3.2 Load Flow Case Studies
The result and summary of load flow studies are discussed below:
4.3.2.1 Load Flow Study Analysis – Urban Lightly Loaded Feeder (TPDDL) in Delhi
Figure 17:
TPDDL Feeder - Load Flow Analysis
Percentage increase in RTPV connections (based on DT kVA) V/S percentage of DT Loading (kVA)
140
Preferable Limit
Thermal Limit
120 112.7
120.3
Percentage of DT Loading (kVA)
100 PQ Limit
100.3
94.5
92.9
80
74.9 75 77 66.7
63.2
60 67.7 57.4
52.6
58.3 48.3 54.9
53.2 50.4 43.8 49
40 45.9 36.4
44.6 35.5
39.4
36.5 35.2 35.9
29.7 28.7 30.3 28 29.9
20
20.3 Preferable with Active
16.5
DR (Demand Response)
0
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120%
36.5% Load 50% DT Load 75% DT Load 100% DT Load 100% DT Load

4.3.2.2 Analysis of Agricultural Feeder (UHBVN)
Figure 18:
UHBVN Feeder Load Flow Analysis
4.3.2.3 Analysis of 11 kV Feeder (BESCOM)
Figure 19:
BESCOM Feeder Load Flow Analysis
Percentage of solar injection V/S DT % kVA loading during load flow
45.00
Preferable Limit
40.00 Thermal Limit
DT percentage of loading in kVA
35.00
PQ Limit
30.00
25.00
20.00
15.00

DR (Demand Response)
5.00
Without As is Analysis 20%, 13kW 40%, 25kW 60%, 38kW 80%, 50kW 100%, 63kW
Solar 0kW
Analysis
08 AM - 11AM 11 AM - 01PM 01 PM - 04PM 04 AM - 07PM

4.3.2.4 Analysis of Semi Urban Heavily Loaded Feeder (APSPDCL), Tirupati
Figure 20:
APSPDCL Feeder Load Flow Analysis
4.3.2.5 Analysis of Urban Heavily Loaded Feeder (CESC), Kolkata
Figure 21:
CESC Feeder Load Flow Analysis

4.3.2.6 Analysis of Urban Lightly Loaded Feeder (AEML), Mumbai
Figure 22:
AEML Feeder Load Flow Analysis
Percentage of solar injection V/S DT % kVA loading during load flow
400.00
350.00 331.77 Preferable Limit Thermal Limit 343.16

322.87 300.32
300.00
304.27 285.91
250.00 232.22 276.45
232.88
252.32 207.29
223.86 PQ Limit
200.00 191.67
205.37 199.14
178.73
180.69 169.27
150.00
154.13 113.76
129.80 96.49
100.00 91.84 74.79
84.87
76.85 80.67
52.27 DR (Demand Response)
0.00
Without As is 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Solar Analysis 126Kw 252Kw 378Kw 504Kw 630Kw
Analysis 100kW
08 AM - 11AM 11 AM - 01PM 01 PM - 04PM 04 AM - 07PM
The details of load flow study of all the selected CYMDIST Software with Long Term Dynamics
DISCOMs are given in Annexure-3. module can directly use this library for solar
studies. The library is based on the study
4.4 CYMDIST Library methodology using percentage increment
of Modelling Tools for of solar injection per DT capacity. DISCOMs
Photovoltaic System Study utilizing the module will have to vary the
equipment’s technical parameters as per their
CYME library consists of equipment details requirements. However, the DISCOMs will have
(as per actual data of feeders). DISCOMs using to model the feeders manually. If they have

GIS data, it will benefit them for modelling the document is provided. The explanations
feeders. below are based on the use of that file.
a) Source equivalent: Go to equipment >
Network diagram: Feeder files are saved in. sxst source equivalent. The dialog box opens
format in CYMDIST. where you can create new sources
and enter appropriate data values such
1. Equipment library creation: This document as the capacity (to flag overload), the
will provide a guideline on how to create nominal and the operating voltage,
equipment’s with the CYME Software. A self- the configuration, and the equipment
contained study file (.sxst) to use with this impedance values.
b) Transformer: Go to equipment > Select two – winding transformer. Fill in the

transformer in the menu. You have six ratings of the transformer, its impedances, type
options: and connection. Should there be any grounding
l The two-winding transformer impedance, they should be entered accordingly
l Two - winding auto - transformer too. If the transformer has a Load Tap Changer
l Phase shifting transformer (LTC), select the LTC tab, and check the load tap
l Three-winding transformer changer option.
l Three - winding auto – transformer
and
l Grounding transformer.

c) Cable: Go to Equipment > Cable to not known, click on the details button
access the cable database. You can enter to enter cable construction details and
the parameters in the General tab of the calculate the equivalent impedances.
cable if known. If the parameters are

d) Overhead Line: Go to Equipment > phases, whereas the unbalanced type
Overhead Line > Balanced. The balanced uses different conductors for each of the
type uses the same conductor for all three phases.

e) Photovoltaic Panel: Go to Equipment specifications as per the manufacturer’s
> Photovoltaic Panel. Fill up all the standards.
required details as per the PV panel
Solar Insolation Curve: For the study of solar variable in nature, in this way, it has been thought
variations throughout the day on CYME, solar about. The PV Module uses this curve for certain
insolation curve is required. As the irradiance is time interims for acquiring ideal after.

5 Energy Storage India Tool (ESIT)
5.1 Description and Overview monetizable benefits and non-monetizable

benefits. Monetizable benefits could be system
Recent improvements in performance and peak shaving, diesel usage optimization for
cost reduction of energy storage technologies back-up power, time shifting, demand response
have generated a strong interest in evaluating etc. (details given in section 5.3). Whereas non-
role of energy storage for helping with larger monetizable benefits include prevention of
penetration of solar PV at grid and rooftop levels. economic loss due to power cuts. ESIT has been
However, often the optimum size of storage developed considering all the parameters used
and right type of technologies are debated. by different utilities so that it can be universally
Secondly, there is not a lot of information used in the Indian context. Moreover, it is
available on techno-commercial feasibility flexible to carry out analysis on some unknown
of integrating advanced energy storage with data or broken data like load data and includes
RTPV for applications which can provide larger sample data which can be used by users without
savings and / or improve power quality and in-depth knowledge of many storage, power
reliability for consumers. electronics and power quality equipment. This
model takes annual load data as input but can
Hence, to answer, whether energy storage also work with partial data. Any time interval
can help RTPV penetration and to determine load data can be directly inserted to the existing
optimal size and to assist with technology model for analysis. For ESIT inputs, there are
selection, Energy Storage India Tool (ESIT) has four major categories i.e. solar, grid, storage
been developed as a part of this study. The basic and diesel genset (DG) for insertion of detailed
function of this tool is to take network load values shown in Figures 23-25. In addition,
data and optimize the energy storage capacity. grid segment has different levels like customer,
This tool is capable of dealing with distribution feeder and Distribution Transformer (DT) level.
feeder and customer level analysis. For given Based on one’s need, user can easily perform
inputs related to site and technical parameters the analysis for different scenarios of solar PV
of a potential project, ESIT has the capability penetration at different levels, for multiple load
to provide cost benefit assessment. The patterns, and load growth scenarios. Details on
value streams captured by ESIT include both each segment is presented in section 5.2.

Figure 23:
Load and Irradiance data dashboard
Figure 24:
Feeder and Supply side Parameter

Figure 25:
Storage Parameter Dashboard
5.2 Techno-Commercial from user, it performs simulation for a fixed time

Evaluation of ESS Projects interval. The size of solar is taken as percentage
of Distribution Transformer (DT) size. In case
The techno-commercial analysis for storage is of DT side or feeder side installation of energy
done on the basis of monetizable benefits which storage, total electricity cost represents the cost
an ESS asset can cater to at a particular level in of procurement of energy. This cost is based on
the network. The user does not need to think Time of Day (TOD) based rates and has ability
or choose benefits, which are automatically to use monthly or 24-hour spot pricing. On the
selected based on the state policies and based other hand, when ESS is located in customer
on position of storage in the grid. premise, actual rate plan is considered as input.
This rate plan includes following parameters:
ESIT includes important features like choosing l Demand Charge
a different rate plan based on a commercial, n Constraints such as minimum threshold
industrial or residential customer segment. and penalty for crossing contract

The tool also allows the user to choose the year demand
in which they are planning to deploy energy l Fixed charge
storage and accordingly choose the load curve l Contract demand
as per load growth estimates. Based on this l Slab based charge
ESIT also determines electricity cost for that l TOD based charges
particular year. After taking all the parameters l Value of lost load

Cost of technical components such as Considering all the parameters, simulations can
transformers, cables and cable laying have be performed to get optimized energy storage
been considered to calculate the actual cost of solution. Results of model can help to calculate
upgradation of a distribution transformer. whether a system upgradation is required for future
and how energy storage can help to defer that.
Model is capable of analysing different types
of lithium ion battery chemistries as well as One of the most interesting results from this
storage technologies like Valve Regulated Lead tool is its output with sensitivity analysis. It gives
Acid (VRLA), Flooded Lead Acid batteries etc. numerical as well as visual output which make
Apart from energy rating, other characteristics this tool much more user friendly. Summary
such as power rating, state of charge, efficiency tab (shown in figure 26) of output helps the
for storage can be manually inserted if user to understand the various value streams
someone wants to deep dive into a particular as well as the implication of added solar and
energy storage technology. The model can also storage on DT loading. Detailed output of non-
recommend energy storage size based on solar monetizable and monetizable benefits can be
penetration level and grid characteristics. visualized under this tab.
Figure 26:
Summary Tab of ESIT Model
Statistics tabs (shown in figure 27) is also energy throughput, Avg State of Charge,
provided to show cycling of energy storage etc. The replacement year of ESS is also
system and technical parameters such as shown here.

Figure 27:
Statistics Tab of ESIT
The financials tab (shown in figure 28) on the cash flows section is shown from which IRR and
other side helps to quantify all the costs and NPV of the project is calculated. In addition to
benefits for the user. The total cost of project these sections, sensitivity section is also there
(Capex and Opex) can be seen from financial which perform sensitivities of loading v/s
tab. Income statement is generated to check different penetration levels of solar PV with and
actual profit against various expenses. Finally, without storage.
Figure 28:
Financial Tab of ESIT

5.3 Consideration of Multiple 5.4 Evaluation of Monetizable
Use-Cases and Non-Monetizable Benefits
The ESIT is well suited for different levels of ESIT classifies benefits from storage into two
analysis mentioned above. The monetizable categories namely monetizable and non-
benefits are listed below: monetizable benefits. The tool classifies the
l T&D Upgrade Deferral: The tool deploys benefits into the aforementioned categories
storage when feeder/DTs are heavily loaded with respect to the current regulatory
(local peak shaving and reverse power scenarios at state and central levels, barring
flow absorption). This defers the T&D few exceptions. For instance, in ESIT tool T&D
upgradation for certain period. Benefits are upgrade deferral benefit is basically a financial
calculated considering savings on interest benefit for utility by deferring the investment for
payments on upgradation costs due to certain years. The benefit reflects in the savings
deferral in interest payments for upgrade costs. Under
l System Peak Shavings Benefits: System present payment mechanisms and regulatory
wide peak shaving benefits can be captured policies, a customer owned asset cannot realize
if a suitable program exists. Storage is this benefit, however, the benefit for the grid
deployed to reduce utility loads during can be realized even if the asset is owned by
system peaks (For most utilities in India this customer. Thus, T&D upgrade deferral benefit
could include evening time discharge of has been considered as monetizable benefit
energy storage) across all the placements in ESIT. Potential
l Time Shifting: The tool has capability to benefits for different levels are captured in
examine the power procurement cost for Table 6. Electricity savings on the other hand
the utility. If energy arbitrage opportunity is also an important benefit for utility as well
exists, then storage is deployed to take as consumer (For Commercial and Industrial)
advantage of the price differential as storage can also perform arbitrage based
l Penalty Savings: ESIT is able to quantify the on utility energy procurement cost. However,
savings on penalty payments to consumers energy shifting is not a monetizable benefit for
during power cuts if storage is deployed to residential customers as time of day tariff does
serve the load not apply to them. Acting as a customer asset
l DR Revenue: The tool can simulate a in the current scenario, utility needs to pay for
Demand Response (DR) program. Utility DR lost power to consumers. This can be reduced
calls can be specified. If the customer sited by using storage.
storage is capable of responding during
those calls, the benefits are calculated ESIT can show different peak saving benefits i.e.
l Energy Arbitrage: In the rate plan for the system and local. Storage can operate during
consumer, if there exits an arbitrage, then system peak events. However, under present
storage is dispatched to capture those market structure storage can be only present at
benefits utility side to monetize system peak reduction.
l Diesel Minimization: Tool can calculate
the benefits due reduction in diesel With Demand Response programs, end
consumption by DG sets if storage is utilized customers can also get paid for responding to
during power cuts DR signals. Storage being a flexible asset can

Table 7:
Different Monetizable and Non-Monetizable Benefits
Different Benefits DT Feeder Customer
T & D Upgrade Deferral M M M
Electricity Savings M M M*
System Peak Reduction M M NM
Penalty Payment Savings M M M
Diesel Savings NM NM M
Economic Adder NM NM NM
PF Correction / Reactive Power Support M M M
M=Monetizable, NM=Non-Monetizable
M* = Monetizable only for commercial and industrial consumers
help in allowing consumers to participate in in the Indian scenario, the power outages can
DR programs without changing consumption be monetized well at customer end, as most of
patterns. Moreover, with help of distributed them are using diesel gensets, which is expensive
storage, as mentioned earlier, utility can save backup option in terms of operating costs.
by reducing local peak and thus can extend ESIT considers energy storage as a solution to
the usability of current DT/Feeder/Line optimize the use of diesel gensets during power
configuration by deferring upgrades. cuts and reduction in diesel usage is considered
as a cost benefit of storage when placed at the
Under this study, it is felt that reliability of customer end. However, if the same asset is
power is still an issue with many customers placed at utility side and is able to address the
reporting almost daily short unscheduled outage, there would be only partial benefit to
interruptions especially in rural and semi- utility apart from recovery of the T&D portion
urban centres. Reliability and quality of power of the charges which the utility losses in case
has often been quoted as a barrier for economic of power cut. If there are regulations in place,
growth in India. There are many economic which can penalize the utility for loss of supply,
studies done in different parts of world which utility owned storage can have a monetizable
claim that value of voltage sags and power cuts benefit for providing reliable supply by
to customers range from as low as $5 to $50 avoiding penalties. However, apart from Delhi,
per kWh (when cost of electricity is rated close no other stated has introduced or has planned
to 10-15 percent). Semiconductor fabrication to introduce such penalty so far. And even in
manufacturing units have quoted losses of close case of Delhi, the penalty payments are rated as
to $500,000 per power cut event. Hence as a tool, INR 50 for two hours of power cut. Apart from
ESIT has defined a non-monetizable benefit these benefits, power quality (PF correction), is
called economic adder, which can be chosen by also a monetizable benefit which smart storage
the user as a multiple of tariff to quantify loss inverters can address. And the tool considers PF
of business due to reliability issues. However, correction as a monetizable benefits.

5.5 Testing of Different Policy For taking complete advantage of Storage
Incentives + Solar PV integration, the need of the hour
is to formulate appropriate regulations for
While India is successfully progressing towards successful implementation of the proposed
achieving 175 GW renewable energy targets system. The best way to test the advantages
by 2022, a few challenges still needs to be of this system is to implement a pilot project
addressed such as RE integration to distribution in most load facing Discom in an urban area
grid, peak deficits, intermittency problems and compare these results with only solar PV
owing to RE penetration etc. In order to achieve installed regions. Although few of the benefits
Solar Mission objectives, interventions are still of installing storage is not monetizable but
required to bring down costs borne by the utility immediately yield positive results. Testing the
and end user/consumer. The key challenge is to pilot project for a year or more can certainly
provide an enabling framework and support for show the system improvement. Creating
entrepreneurs to develop markets. market mechanism for demand response, ramp
controls, ancillary services and power quality
On the other hand, many of the industrial will definitely boost efficiency in the last mile
consumers, connected to 33kV and 11kV feeders network and also increase the reliability. Such
are facing severe losses during power cuts and mechanisms will also introduce flexible assets
voltage fluctuations. These consumers spend in the system like energy storage systems and
lot of amount on diesel/other sources during smart inverters, which can bring a lot of value
power deficits which itself is an additional to the grid apart from addressing issues due to
burden on these consumers. The only demand higher penetration of rooftop solar PV in LV (low
from the consumers connected to these voltage voltage) and MV (medium voltage) distribution
levels is to receive uninterruptable quality networks.
power supply. This is the same case for domestic
consumers as well.

Cost Benefit Analysis of Various
6
Energy Storage Systems
6.1 Cost Benefit Analysis for CESC Kolkata has been considered in our study.
ESS at Different Locations The feeder covered in this study is of capacity 2.9
MVA and feeding 11 distribution transformers
Energy Storage India Tool (ESIT) developed of 3.4 MVA cumulative capacity. This feeder is
as the part of this study has the capability to currently loaded 85%, which is high compared
analyze penetration of storage and its benefits to other feeders. Such highly loaded feeders that
at different level namely feeder, distribution are likely candidate for distribution upgrades in
transformer (DT) and customer levels. The near future are good candidates for deployment
tool has the capability to understand techno- of energy storage to capture maximum benefit.
commercial benefits of using a storage at a Lithium ion Nickel Manganese Cobalt (NMC)
particular location through different cost and lead acid (LA) batteries have been considered
benefits, it can avail at a particular level in the to understand effect of technology on project
network. However, the tool does not analyze feasibility. With preliminary analysis of storage
voltage drop, voltage fluctuations and many cycles, it was found that LiB for this particular
such load flow parameters to derive this project could last for 10 yrs. So, no replacement is
analysis. An introduction to the tool was made required for LiB during a 10 year project evaluation.
in Chapter 5. This chapter will further help the But in case of lead acid (LA) battery, it is expected
reader to understand quantitative assessment to last for 3 years thus needs to be replaced up to 3
conducted by ESIT through a particular case. times during the 10 year evaluation period. Feeder
upgrade planning is assumed to be 30 years. Some
To understand benefits of energy storage at general assumptions used in the simulations are
different level, analysis for one of the feeders of listed in Table 8.
Table 8:
Assumptions Table for Analysing Feeder and DT Level Data
Assumption Parameter 2020 2022 2025
Solar Penetration( Low case and High case) 20% & 50% 40% & 70% 70% & 90%
Load Scale 106.6% 116% 127%

(Considering annual load growth is 3%)
Power Conversion System Cost trend($/kW) 224-405 182-328 133-239
Storage cost($/kWh) 220 184 150

Apart from those parameters, some data like considering maximum level of penetration in
transformer cost, switchgear cost, cabling cost each level. The feasibility of the project can be
etc. have been taken from CESC and secondary seen in different level. It has been found out
sources. Considering all these parameters, that for CESC, installation of storage in DT level
CESC cases has been analyzed for 2020, 2022 will help them to reduce peak load and also,
and 2025. Table 9 is summary of all the cases they will get monetizable benefits.
Table 9:
Summary of Different Level Analysis
Year Different Solar Individual Total Storage Project NPV IRR

Level Penetration Storage storage capacity
capacity capacity (MWh)
(KW) (MW)
2020 Feeder 50 % 290 0.29(10% 0.58 -0.772 6.01 %
of Feeder
Capacity)
DT 50 % 31.5 0.031(10% 0.031 0.076 *21.6 %
of DT
Capacity)
Consumer 50 % 31.5 0.031 0.031 *-8.66 %
2022 Feeder 70 % 290 0.29 0.58 -0.621 6.20 %
DT 70 % 31.5 0.031 0.031 0.081 *27.2 %
Consumer 70 % 31.5 0.031 0.031 -06061 *0 %
2025 Feeder 90 % 290 0.29 0.58 -0.244 8.30 *
DT 90 % 63 0.031 0.031 0.076 *37.5 %
Consumer 90 % 31.5 0.031 0.031 -04169 *0 %
*IRR is for particular DT
6.2 Feeder Level Analysis at 80% depth of discharge (DoD). This leads to
deferment of battery replacement year. For this
From the initial analysis it is found out that study the replacement year for DT level storage
although lead acid battery storage option is is 15 years which is quite economically viable.
cheaper compared to LiB; it is uneconomical Different size of storage has been considered
due to its short life as it needs to be replaced to optimize the storage size according to feeder
after every 3 years. We have estimated that price capacity and found out different optimum
of LiB’s will go down below lead acid battery storage size for different years. To make the
price in coming years. In addition to that, project more feasible, IESA have considered
LiB’s are more ecofriendly and can be recycled constant storage size for every year and various
totally. This study has considered LiB as the levels of solar penetration. In that way, utility
storage option for analyzing different cases. can think about one storage option which has
From Figure 29 it can be seen that LiB has the capability of taking load up to 2025 as well as
capability to do more than 350 cycles each day beneficial for them.

Figure 29:
Cycles at Different Depth of Discharge
DoD Cycles
400
300
# of cycles
200
100
2.00
0
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
% DoD
Benefits in Figure 30 Different benefits captured above-mentioned year. Different monetizable

over different yearare for maximum solar benefits assuming constant storage size are
penetration with the help of storage for the depicted in Figure 30.
Figure 30:
Different Benefits Captured Over Different Years
Monetizable benefits
1
0.8
Rs. in Crore
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
2020 2022 2025
T & D deferral benefits (Cr) 0.085 0.134 0.22
Penalty payment savings (Cr) 0.004 0.007 0.009
PF penalty savings (Cr) 0.781 0.488 0.307
Electricity Savings (Cr) 0.872 0.888 0.89
Among different benefits, penalty payment be almost similar for every year. On the other
savings has the least impact compared to other hand, Power Factor (PF) penalty savings will
benefits. T & D deferral benefits have increased gradually go down due to the lower tariff of
from 2020 to 2025 due to the low-cost of storage. electricity. Figure 31 describes how power factor
Electricity savings by considering arbitrage will is increasing with the help of storage.

Figure 31:
Increment of PF by Using Storage
0.92
0.9
0.88
0.86
0.84
0.82
0.8
0.78
0.76
0.74
PF of Actual load PF of load with PF of load with
Solar Solar and storage
2020 0.9 0.8 0.9

2022 0.9 0.81 0.9
2025 0.9 0.83 0.89
As per the data, feeder level load is having 0.9 active and reactive power thus ratio of apparent
PF but when solar comes into the grid, then PF power to active power (i.e. PF) got reduced. With
reduces to around 0.8. Reduction in PF happens the help of storage that ratio got increased and
because solar is giving only active power instead back to its actual PF.
Figure 32: SOS

Lost Power
Peak Shaving Operation Storage
Generation Grid
2 Solar
Load Net of Solar
1.5 Original Load
MW
0.5
0
Load
2
1
MW
0
Evening peak shave
-1
These graphs in Figure 33 shows yearly data by using storage. This will eventually defer the
for CESC. Also, it clearly indicates the peak transformer upgradation for long period.
shave operations. The evening peak get saved

Figure 33:
Economic Viability of the Project During Different Years
0.2
0.1
0
2020 2022 2025
-0.1
-0.2
-0.3
-0.4
NPV project (Cr) IRR
From Figure 33, it can be seen that the project is technology and low cost of storage. In addition
not viable in the initial years (2020 & 2022) as net to that, this DT is highly loaded and can be
present value (NPV) is negative. Battery in 2025 saturated after some years. Thus, installing
case is helping to reduce peak load with higher storage in coming year will help to reduce losses
PV penetration, also giving economic benefits. with monetizable benefits. PF penalty savings
But in rest of the years, storage is not helping are the major contributor for the monetizable
although solar PV penetration is helping to benefit followed by electricity savings and T&D
reduce peak load. In 2025, at 90% solar PV in deferral benefit.
penetration (1.3MWp), a 0.29 MW× 2hr (10%
of feeder capacity) LiB would be required to On the other hand, IRR of the project is
provide 2 years of T&D upgrade deferral benefit increasing every year seen in Figure 34. Also, it
with energy time shifting. depicts that the project is economically viable as
NPV is positive. Capex of each year starting from
As per our analysis, installation of 0.29 MW ×2hr 2020 to 2025 will reduce due to reduction in cost
battery in 2020 will help to reduce losses though of Li-ion battery and hence makes the project
in this year project is not economically feasible. feasible. Solar penetration in the year 2022
But different monetizable benefits can be and 2025 also helps to reduce the original load
obtained and thus leading to positive internal curve. As the DT is highly loaded and if storage
rate of return (IRR). can be installed in 2020, then it will defer the
transformer upgradation for 2 years. But if the
6.3 DT Level Analysis storage is installed in 2025, then the transformer
upgradation deferment year will be 1 year
DT level analysis is performed on a 315 kVA DT. considering 3% growth every year. This is due to
This DT is highly loaded among the 11 DTs on the capacity of transformer reaching maximum
a feeder. Rest of the assumptions are similar load. At 20% of DT capacity storage (i.e. 0.0315
to feeder level assumptions. Figure 34 shows MW for 1 hr) option is suitable for all the year to
different monetizable benefits for particular DT. get maximum IRR. This result is for considering
Monetizable benefits are decreasing over the maximum solar penetration in each DT. As per
year. This could be due to the advancement of ESIT, maximum IRR is driven by low storage cost.

Figure 34:
Break-up of Monetizable Benefits (INR)
0.25
Electricity Savings (Cr)
0.2 PF penalty savings (Cr)

0.044
Penalty payment savings (Cr)
0.045
T & D deferral benefits (Cr)
0.15 0.046
0.133 0.102
0.1
0.086
0.05 0.007
0.004 0.009
0.033 0.041 0.027
0
2020 2022 2025
Figure 35:
Economic Feasibility of the Project
0.4
37.5%
0.35
0.3
27.2%
0.25
0.2
21.6%
0.15
0.1
0.05 0.074 0.081 0.076

0
2020 2022 2025
NPV project (Cr) IRR
6.4 Consumer Level Analysis level analysis. The NPV is negative for every
year and hence makes the project economically
Under the 315 kVA DT, all the consumers are unviable. Flat rate plan has been applied here
residential. Approximately 198 consumers are thus benefit of energy shifting is not there.
associated with this DT. Rest of the assumptions However, for commercial and industrial (C &
are taken same as for the analysis of Feeder & I) consumers’ energy shifting benefit will be
DT. The table 10 shows results from consumer there due to the time of day tariff. Thus, energy

Table 10:
Consumer Level Results
Year Power (MW) Duration (Hr) NPV project (Cr) IRR Deferral Years
2020 0.0315 1 -0.083 -8.66% 2
2022 0.0315 0.5 -0.0551 0% 0
2025 0.0315 0.5 -0.0379 0% 0
storage will be beneficial for C&I consumers. ESIT recommends CESC to install storage at
Moreover, CESC is having very low power DT level to minimize cost of the project and to
cut, thus diesel minimization is also very less. get maximum benefit. The above-mentioned
Currently there is no Demand Response (DR) analysis is for one particular DT. This analysis
program applicable in India. Implementation can be done for every DT for installation of
of DR program would help them to incentivize storage. Thus, help to reduce the peak load as
consumers for investment in energy storage. well as to defer the transformer upgradation.

Energy Storage Roadmap for India –
7
2019, 2022, 2027 and 2032
Energy Storage represents a huge economic considered in this report. New form of gravity
opportunity for India. Ambitious goals, storage involving large blocks of concrete/
concerted strategies, and a collaborative stones is still in its infancy and not sure of
approach could help India meet its emission achieving commercial viability before 2032;
reduction targets while avoiding import and hence, not considered in these estimates.
dependency for battery packs and cells. This Super capacitors, fly wheels and compressed air
could help establish India as a hub for cutting- energy storage are far more expensive than the
edge research and innovation, boost its latest range of lithium-ion batteries (LiB) and
manufacturing capabilities, create new jobs, those technologies have their own limitations
and foster economic growth. India’s strengths in with regard to size, location, cost etc. Hence, we
IT and manufacturing, its entrepreneurial and have considered batteries as the ESS of choice
dynamic private sector, and its visionary public for various applications in the forecast period.
and private sector leadership will be key factors We have made separate projections for different
in realizing these ambitions. Creation of a ESS applications such as:
conducive battery manufacturing ecosystem on 1. Energy Storage for VRE Integration on MV/
fast track could cement India’s opportunity for LV Grid
radical economic and industrial transformation 2. Energy Storage for EHV Grid
in a critical and fast-growing global market. 3. Energy Storage for e-Mobility
4. Energy Storage for Telecom Towers
This chapter presents the estimated Energy 5. Energy Storage for Data Centres, UPS and
Storage System (ESS) requirements in India for Inverters
the periods 2019-2022, 2022-2027 and 2027-2032 6. Energy Storage for DG Replacement
for different applications. We have examined 7. Energy Storage for other > 1 MW Applications
different ESS technologies such as batteries,
super capacitors, compressed air energy It is pertinent to state here that we have
storage system, fly wheels, pumped hydro conducted detailed study and analysis only in the
storage plants, etc with regard to technology case of ESS for VRE integration on MV/LV grid.
maturity and price trajectory. However, the Other estimates are from best available data in
fast pace of developments taking place in the the public domain. Although we have attempted
battery technologies and the consequent price to make projected ESS requirements, primarily
competitiveness have put batteries as the first batteries until 2032, technological breakthroughs
choice for most applications. Few pumped making different ESS technologies more
hydro storage (PHS) plants in India with total attractive in the forecast period is not ruled out.
capacity of 5.7GW have been identified long As in the case of any long-term roadmaps, this
time back, but these projects have not made roadmap also should be reviewed and updated
any progress in the past two decades owing to periodically considering the changes taking
variety of issues. Hence, the PHS plants are not place both on the supply and demand sides.

7.1 Energy Storage for VRE storage will be less for that (Best Case Scenario).
Integration on MV/LV Grid As per our analysis, the storage requirements
for best case scenario will be around 9.6 GWh
This estimate has been developed assuming 40 by 2022 whereas for the base case scenario, total
GW solar penetration connected to Medium storage requirement will be around 21 GWh.
Voltage (MV) and Low Voltage (LV) grid by 2022.
In our calculations, we have split the 40 GW 7.1.1 ESS Requirement for 40 GW
solar penetration into different states based RTPV Integration by 2022
on the solar potential in the state. To make
it further precise, the states are divided into While presenting the scenario for energy storage
different segment namely Metro-Saturated, market in the country, this chapter attempts at
Metro-Growing, Peri-Urban and Rural. As per answering the preliminary question, that is,
our analysis, maximum solar installations will how much energy storage will be required to
be happening in Peri-Urban (80%) followed integrate 40 GW of rooftop solar PV in India by
by Rural (17%) and Metro (3%) states. Further, 2022. It also separates the requirement as per the
we have analysed that Metro-Saturated have type of consumer – residential, commercial and
30% potential whereas Metro-Growing has 70% industrial; as per the area or the demography
potential of the total Metro potential of 3% for – metro cities, villages or Tier 2 cities, town
solar penetration. We have considered only 12 centres.
major metros in Metro segment. Rest of the
Tier 2 cities have been considered under Peri- To establish these results at all India level,
Urban category. Thus, for every state, analysis scenario analysis was done as per utilities
is different based on different assumptions. data and as per the effect of major parameters
These segments are further divided among on storage selection. For example, high load
commercial, industrial and residential growth scenarios allowed substation/feeder
consumers. We have found out that the solar expansion deferral for less than two years, with
penetration for residential consumers varies deployment of ESS. However, a load growth of
between 10% and 40% whereas for commercial 3-5% meant that network expansion deferral is
and industrial consumers it varies between 20% possible for close to 4 years with a commercially
to 70% and 20% to 90% depending upon place viable ESS. Similarly, high municipal charges
to place. for cable laying in metros, further strengthen
the case for distribution asset deferral. On the
After splitting the rooftop solar target, we have other side, frequent power cuts scenario which
optimized the energy storage requirement is witnessed in rural networks, makes a really
based on different levels of solar penetration. good case for diesel saving at customer end with
To optimize the storage requirement for 2 hours of ESS back-up. Based on the categories
each state/segment, we have considered two defined in the target of 40 GW of rooftop PV is
scenarios. In one scenario, it is assumed that split across the states.
the solar penetration will be distributed among
the grid of a particular state thus the battery In the estimations made, 40 GW of RTPV targets
requirement will be higher for the state (known were split across different states and union
as Base Case Scenario). On the other scenario, territories as projected by MNRE. Split of 40
it is assumed that solar penetration will be GW RTPV targets, as per customer category, is
concentred in few feeders thus requirement of presented in the table 12.

Table 11:
Split of Distribution Network and Solar PV Penetration into Different Categories
Category Network Feeder/ Load TOD Power Cuts Connected Estimated

Expansion DT Growth Tariff (hours/year) at PV
Costs Loading Penetration
Metros-Saturated Residential High 80% 3-5% No < 100 415 V 20%-50%
Metros-Saturated Commercial High 80% 3-5% Yes < 100 11 kV 20%-50%
Metros-Saturated Industrial High 80% 3-5% Yes < 100 11 kV 20%-90%
Metros-Growing -Residential High 50% 5-7% No < 100 415 V 20%-50%
Metros-Growing -Commercial High 80% 5-7% Yes < 100 400 V 20%-70%
Metros-Growing-industrial High 80% 5-7% Yes < 100 11 kV 20%-90%
Rural Residential Low 80% 7-9% No < 1000 415 V 20%-70%
Rural Commercial Low 80% 7-9% No < 1000 415 V 20%-70%
Rural 11 kV Low 80% 7-9% No < 1000 11 kV 20%-90%
Peri-Urban/Tier2 Centres R* Medium 50% 5-7% Yes < 300 415 V 20%-70%
Peri-Urban/Tier2 Centres C* Medium 50% 5-7% Yes < 300 415 V 20%-70%
Peri-Urban/Tier2 Centres I* Medium 50% 5-7% Yes < 300 11 kV 20%-90%
(* R-Residential, C-Commercial, I-Industrial; ~Distribution Transformer)

Source: IESA Analysis
Table 12:
40 GW Rooftop Target Split for Different Types of States
RTPV Split - Categories Commercial (MW) Industrial (MW) Residential (MW) Total (MW)
Metros-Saturated 850 680 170 1,700
Metros-Growing 1,720 2,150 430 4,300
Rural Residential 3,400 4,250 850 8,500
Peri-Urban/Tier2 Centres 7,650 15,300 2,550 25,500
TOTAL 13,620 22,380 4,000 40,000

Further to the bifurcation of rooftop solar leveraging V2G and some of existing back-up
across different areas in the country, this report battery systems.
highlights an interesting observation, that is the
requirement for ESS for integration for 40 GW In the following four scenarios of RTPV
RTPV will also depend on concentration of solar installations, a potential requirement for ESS
PV across the distribution networks. Higher has been derived.
concentration of RTPV in distribution network
can lead to lesser requirement for ESS, while Metro-Saturated Scenario: In this particular
the requirement for storage will be higher if case, where load is growing less than 5% year on
RTPV installation is more spread out. Hence, it year, networks are saturated, power reliability is
is important to identify feeders where RTPV can quite good, power factor penalties are high, ESS
be integrated easily and penetration of solar support of around 10% of feeder/distribution
PV can be much higher than 50%. Installation transformer (DT) capacity will be required if
of storage can be done predominantly in those RTPV penetration is up to 50% of the feeder/DT
feeders to support the higher penetration and capacity. As RTPV penetration exceeds 20%, ESS
capturing those values. requirement will be doubled in terms of MW/
MVA for this scenario, as power factor issues and
Using the Energy Storage India Tool (ESIT), the possibility of reverse power flow might demand
requirement for ESS was determined for rooftop larger size ESS. Requirement of duration of
PV integration. Rooftop Solar PV integration ESS will be 1-2 hours depending upon different
is estimated to have only 8% share of the total cases.
energy storage during 2019-2027 in India. Over
2/3rd of the deployments in this case will be In this scenario, power factor penalty savings,
required at the grid scale, which can capture especially for industrial customers would be the
many of the network issues like power quality, biggest savings. Increase of solar PV penetration
peak shaving, and distribution asset deferral has created a marked decline in power factor
apart from rooftop PV integration. Rest of the across low and medium voltage levels, often
installations will make commercial sense at leading to solar PV curtailment in states where
behind the meter as it can save electricity cost PF penalties are high.
using TOD tariff and save diesel for backup
generation in rural and peri-urban areas which Electricity savings and T&D deferral will also
are still affected by frequent power cuts. be substantial in some of these metros where
a decent time-of-day (TOD) tariff has been
On the other hand, according to data compiled introduced and distribution infrastructure
by IESA, electric vehicle industry, consumed upgrade deferral savings were also high in cases
over 5 GWh of batteries in 2018 in India. This where a long stretch (over 1 km) of distribution
number is likely to be over 36 GWh by 2025. cable laying is required for an upgrade. These
During 2019-2027, the EV sector is estimated savings can be really substantial for top four
to consume about 257 GWh of batteries. Some metros where municipal charges for excavation
of these can be used through V2G (Vehicle to are in the range of INR 10,000-15,000 per
Grid) technologies to meet flexibility needs meter. As evaluated in ESIT, ESS of over 10% of
of the electricity distribution network. Large substation/feeder capacity is required for 20%
requirement for ESS across the applications of RTPV penetration in the particular feeder or
will help in reduction of costs. Lastly, new substation. In case of a higher penetration like
installations of ESS for distribution grid and above 50% RTPV capacity, ESS of size of 20%
rooftop PV integration can be reduced if of network capacity will be required. As it can
the network planning can be done around be observed, for higher penetration of RTPV,

Figure 36:
ESS requirement (as percentage of DT capacity) in Metro Saturated Scenario
with different solar PV penetration (IESA Analysis)
RTPV = 20% DT capacity ESS = 10% of DT capacity
RTPV = 70% of DT capacity ESS = 20% of DT capacity
the increase in requirement of ESS is marginal out installations of RTPV. At All India level,
(Figure 36). Hence, it can be inferred that if for low case and high case penetrations, ESS
RTPV’s installations are more concentrated, requirement estimation is provided in chart
requirement of storage in this scenario level below (Figure 37).
will be higher than the case of a more spread
Figure 37:
ESS required for different RTPV scenario at Metro Saturated Segment
ESS required for 1700 MW RTPV penetration in Metro Satuarated Senario,

Low Case and High Case
ESS (MWh) distributed RTPV
ESS (MW) distributed RTPV
ESS (MWh) concentrated RTPV
MW and MWh
ESS (MW) concentrated RTPV
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900
Residential Commercial Industrial

Figure 38:
ESS requirement (as percentage of DT capacity) in Metro Growing Scenario with
different solar PV penetration (IESA Analysis)
Metro-Growing Scenario: distribution transformer (DT) capacity will be

required only if RTPV penetration approach 40%.
In Metro Growing Scenario, load growth is As RTPV penetration exceeds 40% and beyond,
comparatively higher (around 5-7% year on ESS requirement will be doubled in terms of MW/
year) compared to saturated scenario. Power MVA for this scenario, as power factor issues and
reliability is better in this area than in case of tier possibility of reverse power flow might demand
2 cities. ESS support of around 10% of feeder/ a larger size battery. To make it economically
Figure 39:
ESS required for different RTPV Scenario at Metro Growing Segment
ESS requirement for 4300 MW RTPV penetration in Metro Growing Senario,

0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500


feasible, requirement of ESS is recommended for is around 5-7% in most of the cases and in some
1 hour for most of these cases. places, it goes even in the range of 8-10%.
Electricity savings and T&D deferral savings Power reliability is not good in this area as both
in the case will be similar to that of Metro- short and long power cuts are witnessed in Tier 2
Saturated category. As evaluated in ESIT, ESS cities with generally power cuts causing over 300
of over 10% of substation/feeder capacity is hours of interruptions in a year. ESS support of
required for 40% of RTPV penetration in the around 10% of feeder/distribution transformer
particular feeder or substation (Figure 38). In (DT) capacity will be required from 20% to up to
case of a higher penetration over 40% of RTPV 90% of solar PV penetration for the given feeders.
penetration, ESS size of 20% of network capacity
will be required. As it can be again observed in T & D deferral benefit in these areas can be a
Figure 39, for higher penetration of RTPV, the weaker case, due to lower cost of upgrade and
increase in requirement of ESS is marginal. high growth rate. On the other hand, power
factor penalties are generally high in the
Tier 2 Urban/Peri-Urban Scenario: southern and western states for commercial
and industrial customers. However, utilities
Tier 2 cities and their Peri-urban centres have realized need for power factor correction
are heavy load pockets of the country as the in residential feeders too as there has been
industrialization and population density in recently a dip in the power factor in these
these areas are quite high. As per CES analysis, feeders, due to increase in electronics and LED
load growth in this sector is high as these areas usage, which is further going to be affected due
are developing rapidly. The annual load growth to penetration of solar PV in the feeders.
Figure 40:
Requirement of ESS in Peri- Urban Scenario with low solar PV penetration
(IESA Analysis)

Figure 41:
ESS required for different RTPV Scenario at Peri-Urban Segment
ESS requirement for 25,000 MW RTPV penetration in Peri Urban Senario for
both Low Case and High Case
0 2000 4000 8000 10000 12000 14000
Rural Feeder Scenario: As RTPV penetration exceeds 40% and beyond,

ESS requirement will be double in terms of MW/
The annual load growth in most of the rural MVA for this scenario, (Figure 42). To make it
feeders studied was in range of 7-9%. Power economically feasible, requirement of ESS will
reliability in this area is a major concern. As be for 2 hours for most of these cases which will
witnessed through utility data, there are over 100 give benefits from avoided diesel usage.
hours of power cuts per month during several
months in a year, especially in the northern and Electricity savings for industrial consumer are
eastern regions. ESS support of around 10% of high here compared to other benefits as these
feeder/distribution transformer (DT) capacity areas experiencing highest number of power
will be required for RTPV penetration up to 40%. cuts in a year.

Figure 42:
Requirement in Rural with Low Solar PV Penetration (IESA Analysis)
Figure 43:
ESS required for different RTPV Scenario in the Rural Segment
ESS requirement for RTPV penetration at Rural (8,500 MW)
0 1000 2000 3000 4000 6000 7000 8000 9000

7.1.2 40 GW RTPV on MV/LV Grid by 2022
Total ESS estimated for Integration of 40 GW RTPV by 2022 is 9.645 GWh.

State wise break up given in the Figure 44.
Jammu &
Figure 44: Kashmir
Energy storage roadmap for India: Rooftop solar penetration and
requirement of energy storage 2019-22 Total rooftop solar (Mwp):450
Total ESS(MW):71.5
Total ESS(MWh):119
Punjab
Haryana
Total rooftop
solar(MWp):2,000
Total ESS(MW):317.8
Total ESS(MWh):531
Rajasthan
Total rooftop solar(MWp):1,600
Total ESS(MW):257.8
Total ESS(MWh):315

Total ESS(MW):365.5
Total ESS(MWh):610
Gujarat
Total rooftop so lar(MWp):3,200

Total ESS(MW):510.1
Total ESS(MWh):737
Madhya
Pradesh Total rooftop solar(MWp):2,200
Total ESS(MW):349.6
Total ESS(MWh):584

Total ESS(MW):810.5
Total ESS(MWh):1,061
Maharashtra
Total ESS(MW):465.6
Total ESS(MWh):609
Total rooftop solar(MWp):150 Total rooftop solar(MWp):800

Total ESS(MW):23.8 Total ESS(MW):127.1
Total ESS(MWh):40 Karnataka Total ESS(MWh):212
Goa Kerala
Uttarkhand
Arunachal
Pradesh
Total rooftop solar(MWp):350
Total ESS(MW):55.6
Total ESS(MWh):93
Bihar Total ESS(MW):8.6
Total ESS(MWh): 16
Uttar Total rooftop solar(MWp): 1,000

Pradesh Total ESS(MW):158.9
Total ESS(MWh): 265
West
Total rooftop solar Bengal
(MWp):4,300
Total ESS(MW):631.0
Total ESS(MWh):891 Total rooftop so lar(MWp):2,100
Total ESS(MW):388.5
Total ESS(MWh):538
Jharkhand

Total ESS(MW):127.1
Total ESS(MW):111.2
Total ESS(MWh):212
Total ESS(MWh): 186

Total ESS(MW):370.0
Total ESS(MWh):512
Total rooftop solar(MWp):2,000 Chattisgarh

Total ESS(MW):317.8
Telangana
Total ESS(MWh):531
Odisha
Total rooftop
solar(MWp):3,500
Total ESS(MW):626.0
Total ESS(MW):158.9
Total ESS(MWh):812
Total ESS(MWh):265
Andhra
Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
State wise distribution is presented in the Figure 45.
Jammu &
Figure 45:
Kashmir
requirement of energy storage 2022-27
Total rooftop solar(MWp): 1,860
Total rooftop solar(MWp): 200 Total ESS(MW): 296
Total ESS(MW): 50 Total ESS(MWh): 494
Total ESS(MWh): 50 Chandigarh

Total ESS(MW): 661 Haryana Punjab
Total ESS(MWh): 806
Total rooftop
solar(MWp): 5,000
Total ESS MW): 795
Delhi Total ESS(MWh): 1,327

Total ESS(MW): 1,250
Total ESS(MWh): 1,250
Rajasthan
Total ESS(MW): 795

Madhya
Pradesh Total rooftop solar(MWp): 7,100
Gujarat Total ESS(MWh): 1,884
Total rooftop solar(MWp); 10,000

Maharashtra
Total ESS(MW): 931
Total rooftop solar(MWp): 290 Total rooftop solar(MWp): 2,600

Total ESS(MW): 46 Total ESS(MW): 413
Total ESS(MWh): 77 Karnataka Total ESS(MWh): 690
Goa Kerala
Himachal Total rooftop solar(MWp): 700
Pradesh Total ESS(MW): 120
Total ESS(MWh): 219
Total rooftop solar(MWp): 90
Total ESS(MW): 15
Total ESS(MWh): 28
Uttarkhand
Sikkim
Arunachal
Pradesh
Total ESS(MW): 105 Total rooftop solar(MWp): 80
Total ESS(MWh): 175 Total ESS(MW): 14
Total ESS(MWh): 25
Bihar
Assam
Uttar Total rooftop solar(MWp): 2,100
Total ESS(MWh): 557 Total rooftop solar(MWp): 500
Total ESS(MW): 79
Total rooftop Total ESS(MWh): 133
solar(MWp): 9,300
West
Bengal

Total ESS(MW): 722
Total ESS(MWh): 998

Jharkhand Total ESS(MW): 254
Total ESS(MWh): 425
Total rooftop solar(MWp): 2,400 Total rooftop

Total ESS(MW): 381 solar(MWp): 2,000
Total ESS(MWh): 531
Odisha
Chattisgarh
Telangana

Total rooftop Andhra
Total ESS(MW): 922
solar(MWp): 8,600 Pradesh
Total ESS(MWh): 1,996 Total rooftop solar(MWp): 40
Andaman &
Total ESS(MW): 6
Nicobar
Total ESS(MWh): 11
Tamil Nadu Puducherry Total ESS(MW): 32
Total ESS(MWh): 53 Roadmap for India: 2019-2032 79
State wise details presented in the Figure 46.
Figure 46: Jammu &
Kashmir
requirement of energy storage 2027-32
Total Rooftop solar(MWp): 2,250
Total ESS(MW): 358
Total Rooftop solar(MWp): 5,000 Total ESS(MWh): 597
Total ESS(MW): 806
Total ESS(MWh): 983
Chandigarh
Total Rooftop solar(MWp): 310
Total ESS(MW): 78 Haryana Punjab
Total ESS(MWh): 78
Total Rooftop
solar(MWp): 6,000
Total ESS(MW): 953
Delhi Total ESS(MWh): 1,592

Gujarat
Rajasthan

Madhya
Pradesh Total Rooftop solar(MWp): 11,200
Gujarat Total ESS(MWh): 2,972

Maharashtra
Total Rooftop solar(MWp): 440 Total Rooftop solar(MWp): 5,000

Total ESS(MW): 70 Total ESS(MW): 795
Total ESS(MWh): 117 Karnataka Total ESS(MWh): 1,327
Goa Kerala
Himachal Total Rooftop solar(MWp): 960
Total ESS(MWh): 301
Total ESS(MW): 24
Total ESS(MWh): 44
Uttarkhand
Sikkim
Arunachal
Pradesh
Total ESS(MW): 159 Total Rooftop solar(MWp): 100
Total ESS(MWh): 31
Bihar
Assam
Uttar Total Rooftop solar(MWp): 3,300
Total ESS(MWh): 876 Total Rooftop solar(MWp): 740
Total ESS(MW): 118
Total Rooftop Total ESS(MWh): 196
solar(MWp): 12,000
West
Bengal

Total Rooftop
Total Rooftop solar(MWp): 2,500 solar(MWp): 160
Jharkhand Total ESS(MW): 397 Mizoram Total ESS(MW): 27
Total ESS(MWh): 664 Total ESS(MWh): 50
Total Rooftop solar(MWp): 4,000 Total Rooftop

Total ESS(MW): 636 solar(MWp): 3,200
Total ESS(MWh): 1,062 Total ESS(MW): 508
Total ESS(MWh): 849
Odisha
Chattisgarh
Telangana

Total Rooftop Andhra
solar(MWp): 11,900 Pradesh
Total ESS(MWh): 2,762 Total Rooftop solar(MWp): 75
Andaman &
Total ESS(MW): 12
Nicobar
Total ESS(MWh): 20
Tamil Nadu Puducherry Total ESS(MW): 65
Total ESS(MWh): 109 Roadmap for India: 2019-2032 81
Battery market in India for renewable energy be primarily in Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil
applications has been growing steadily with Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Jharkhand
increasing renewable penetration across and Kerala. Though the solar segment offers a
different segments. Adoption of batteries in huge market opportunity for advanced battery
solar segment is largely restricted due to high technologies, manufacturers have some ground
cost of generation of power from solar plus to cover in addressing technical limitations
battery system. As the grid tariff surpasses of batteries such as charging characteristics,
cost of generation from solar plus battery thermal performance and requirement of boost
system, consumers tend to be captive user of current to charge deep cycle batteries. Also,
solar electricity with battery backup instead since solar companies may directly procure
of feeding the excess power to grid. This batteries from manufacturers and require after
shift is expected to begin in as early as 2020. sale services and technical support, battery
Industries and commercial consumers will companies should have wider presence to
be early adopters of batteries under this shift. address these expectations.
These early adopters of batteries in industrial
segment will be from the states of Maharashtra, Table-13 presents the ESS requirement for MV/
Odisha, Delhi, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Uttar LV grid based on estimated penetration of solar
Pradesh and Karnataka. The adoption of solar PV (both Ground Mounted and Rooftop) likely
PV with batteries, in residential segment will to be connected to the MV and LV grid.
Table 13:
Energy Storage Estimations for MV/LV Grid
Estimations 2018-19 2022 2027 2032

Generation (GW)
Hydro 45 NA NA NA
Nuclear 6.7 NA NA NA
Solar 26 109 251 359
Ground Mounted Solar 25 69 151 210
RTPV 1 40 100 149
Wind 35 NA NA NA
Small Hydro 4.5 NA NA NA
Biomass & Biopower 9.2 NA NA NA
Peak Load (GW) 192 333 401 542
Energy (BUs)
Annual Energy 1192 1905 2710 3710
Battery (LV) 209 6000 15220 22294
Battery (MV) 1050 3645 8793 12095
Total (MWh) 1,259 9,645 24,013 34,389
Note: In congruence with the RE target of 175 GW by 2022, the calculations were done on the basis of 100 GW Solar, out of which 40 GW is
RTPV, 20 GW is medium size installations and 40 GW is from large solar parks. Similarly, for 2027 and 2032, the ratio of RTPV was taken in
accordance with the 2022 targets constituting of 40% RTPV of the total solar installed capacity. All the values for 2027 and 2032 have been
forecasted using the best available data in public domain.

7.2 Energy Storage for EHV Grid have 500 MWh energy storage for integration
of 31,000 MW of renewable energy. Thereafter,
Large solar and wind farms are connected no detailed studies have been conducted by
to the extra high voltage (EHV) transmission POWERGRID or CEA on ESS requirements at
grid. In the Green Corridor Report prepared by EHV grid level. IESA estimates ESS for EHV grid
POWERGRID in 2013, it was recommended to support is presented in Table-14.
Table 14:
Energy Storage e-Mobility Applications (IESA Estimates)
Year Renewable Energy Generation ESS Requirements (Estimate) (GWh)

connected to EHV Transmission Grid
(GW)
2022 120 7
2027 150 38
2032 200 97
Total upto 2032 470 142
Note: No detailed modelling studies have been conducted yet for this segment.
Till 2022, E3W segment driven by e-Rickshaws

7.3 Energy Storage for will lead the demand for batteries for EVs in India.
e-Mobility With the rapid cost reductions anticipated due to
global scaling up of LiB manufacturing capacity
With the launch of National Mission for as well as anticipated launch of Giga-scale LiB
Transformative Mobility, India is anticipated to factories in India, it is expected that this trend
witness significant growth in EV penetration in will accelerate from 2023 as the reduced total cost
next decade. Already, the market is witnessing of ownership for most user segments will drive
significant penetration of Electric 3W vehicles adoption of EVs in the country. If the current trend
in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities as they offer greater continues, then beyond 2025, even the upfront
economic returns to the commercial vehicle cost of the new EVs for 4W category might match
operators. India has also in past couple of years or beat the cost of ICE vehicles. Table 15 presents
started to see growing interest in commercial projections developed by IESA for various EV
electric 2W and 4W operations for segments categories. The market projections are done with
such as employee transport and logistics. respect to various policy uncertainties.
Table 15:
Energy Storage for e-Mobility Applications (IESA Estimates)
Applications Battery Requirement for EV (in GWh)

2019-2022 2022-2027 2027-2032 Total by 2032
E2W 4 55 496 555
E3W 26 69 136 231
E4W 8 120 735 863

7.4 Energy Storage for Telecom 2017. In 2018, this segment held the highest
market share of nearly 13 GWh of energy storage
Towers in India. With urban market getting stagnant
mainly on the residential front, major market
India is the second largest wireless phone market
growth is expected in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities as
with over 1.19 billion users in the country as per
well as rural areas. Small commercial activities
data released by Telecom Regulatory Authority
and residential demand, which is not big at
of India (TRAI) in 2018. Total telecom towers
present but is surely making the major battery
installed in the country crossed 550,000 in 2018.
players divide their attention towards rural and
Indian government intends to improve the tele-
remote areas. This market segment is currently
density in the rural areas to over 70%. Telecom
dominated by various lead acid technologies
companies are planning to expand their services
and its growth is attributed to the power deficit/
in rural areas, where the dependence on DG
unreliability scenario in the country.
sets for power backup is a significant cost for
the telecom companies. With the growing grid
The market for UPS back-up power has witnessed
availability in rural areas, telecom companies
a consistent growth of around 8% per year in
are expected to rely more on the ESS installations
the last decade and held a market share of 2.7
and use DG sets only for extended outages.
GWh in 2018. During the past year, grid supply
reliability has improved which has affected the
Telecom market will also witness mixed growth
rate of growth of this market segment but has not
scenarios with reducing the size of the backup
dwindled the size. The UPS is mainly considered
batteries through introduction of advanced
for critical situations where a miss of micro-
ESS systems as well as due to improving grid
second in supply could cause larger losses. IT
availability in urban and semi urban areas.
enabled and Data Center segment continue to
At the same time, the growing tele densities
be the largest user for UPS. Increasing use of IOT
and move for more data services will require
in the manufacturing sector is booming, and
higher number of 4G and 5G telecom tower
this is contributing to the increased application
deployment, thus increasing the number of ESS
of UPS back up, besides, the introduction new
units sold to the telecom sector.
manufacturing technologies in the evolving
Industry 4.0 era.
Table 16 provides projections developed by
IESA on the expected market size for telecom
Recent and anticipated cost reduction of
tower segment.
advanced storage technologies as well as
improved energy densities is opening up
7.5 Energy Storage for Data opportunities for advanced energy storage
centers, UPS and Inverters technologies for particularly UPS applications
in C&I segment. We anticipate that overall this
The market for inverter back-up power market will remain a steady market for ESS
witnessed a consistent growth from 2013 till as the growing user base will be balanced by
Table 16:
Energy Storage Telecom Applications (IESA Estimates)
Applications Energy Storage (GWh)
2019-22 2022-2027 2027-2032 Total by 2032


reduction in the backup duration and also the UPS batteries to last for 5-10 years versus the
size of ESS systems due to abilities of newer ESS life of 3 to 5 years for lead acid battery.
technologies for deeper cycling (thus reducing
the effective size of the system required for Table 17 provides summary of the projections
backup). Also, improved cycle life of newer made by IESA for ESS applications in data
technologies can also result in reducing the centers, UPS and Inverters segments.
market for replacement of batteries by allowing
Table 17:
Energy Storage for Data Centres, UPS and Inverters Applications
(IESA Estimates)
2019-22 2022-2027 2027-2032 Total by 2032
Data Centres, UPS 80 160 234 474

and inverters
7.6 Energy Storage for DG Set customers. The Levelized Cost of Electricity
Replacement (LCOE) from RE + Storage for C&I customers is
expected to become lower than the grid tariff
With the growing concern about rising cost of for C&I electricity tariffs in many states in the
power from diesel generating sets (DG sets) as country in coming 5-10 years.
well as associated air pollution, Commercial &
industrial (C&I) customers depending on DG We anticipate that in most cases, customers may
sets for reliability can switch over to renewables still retain the DG set for backup for unforeseen
with storage. Falling solar module and battery longer duration outage, but the usage of these
storage prices can accelerate this decision assets can reduce substantially from the current
making. Presently, ATM booths, petrol bunks, levels of 500-1000+ hours / year for many users.
road toll plaza’s and off grid industrial units are
considered as the potential users who are likely Table 18 provides summary of projections
to switchover to the storage technology in the developed by IESA for ESS potential for DG
short term. Usage Minimization.
Although growing reliability of electricity If new policies ban usage of DG sets in urban
distribution networks due to increased supply areas and enforce its implementation strictly,
can reduce usage of DG sets, there are other there will be huge opportunities for ESS which
opportunities emerging for ESS for C&I will be in excess of 100 GWh.
Table 18:
Energy Storage DG Applications (IESA Estimates)

2019-22 2022-2027 2027-2032 Total by 2032
DG Usage 0.5 3.5 10.5 14.5
Minimization

We also anticipate need for thermal storage
7.7 Energy Storage for other solutions to meet the growing usage of Heating
>1MW Applications Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) in
India, particularly for urban areas as well as for
Apart from the key applications discussed, there cold storage facilities around the country.
are various additional user segments such as
Railways, Rural Electrification that will generate Below is a summary of anticipated demand for
additional demand for energy storage in India. ESS for these segments as estimated by IESA
Table 19:
Energy Storage Miscellaneous Applications (Railways, Rural Electrification, and
HVAC applications)
2019-2022 2022-2027 2027-2032 Total by

2032
Miscellaneous Applications (Railways, rural 16 45 90 151

electrification, HVAC application)
7.8 Consolidated Energy Storage Roadmap

Table 20:

2019-2022 2022-2027 2027-2032 Total by 2032
Grid Support MV/LV 10 24 36 70
EHV 7 38 97 142
Stationary Storage
Data Centres, UPS and inverters 80 160 234 474

Miscellaneous Applications (Railways, rural 16 45 90 151
electrification, HVAC application)
DG Usage Minimization 0.5 3.5 10.5 14.5
Total Stationary (GWh) 138.5 321.5 545.5 1,005.5
E2W 4 55 496 555
Electric Vehicles
E3W 26 69 136 231

E24 8 110 725 843
Total Energy Storage Demand (GWh) 178.5 568.5 1,959.5 2,706.5

8 Policy and Tariff Design Recommendations
The benefits of grid-level energy storage to energy storage projects may be financially
cover a wide gamut of services—energy time- feasible. Since the number of hours each service
shift, ancillary services, making renewable is provided is different and tariffs of each service
energy dispatchable, deferring transmission are different, the financial model is complex.
and distribution upgrades, and others. These
benefits cannot be realized unless investments The intention of this benefits-based tariff
in energy storage can yield returns that are approach is to demonstrate that policy makers
commensurate with similar investments in must consider the totality of services that
the power sector. Return on investments can energy storage can provide and assign tariffs
be obtained only if policies related to tariff, for each service because an energy storage tariff
licensing, and other aspects of the power sector for a single service is unlikely to make projects
are in place. feasible.
Tariffs An approach to determining the value of energy

storage as a sum of operational and capacity
Sustainable development of energy storage will values is proposed by the National Renewable
not occur unless tariffs for the various services Energy Laboratory, USA. The operational value
provided by energy storage are established, is determined by comparing the difference in
and the tariffs are sufficient for energy storage production costs with and without storage,
investors to recover cost and make an acceptable which is done by using production simulation
return on investment. Each type of service software like PLEXOS, PROMOD or PROSYM.
provided by energy storage should have a tariff. There are three components to the operational
Setting tariff is a difficult problem requiring the value of energy storage: regulation reserves,
balance between the quantifiable benefit of a spinning reserves, and load levelling (energy
service and the cost of the service. For example, price arbitrage). In general, regulation reserve
the benefit of peak-shaving can be quantified in has highest value followed by spinning reserves,
terms of the following factors: while load levelling has the lowest value;
l Tariff for electricity hour-by-hour at peak however, the relative value is grid-specific.
time, amount of energy supplied to grid by Although in general, regulation reserve has the
energy storage hour-by-hour at peak time highest value, the market potential is smaller
l Tariff for electricity hour-by-hour at off-peak because the need is for fewer hours.
time, amount of energy used for charging
of energy storage hour-by-hour at off-peak Capacity value, the second component of the
time value of energy storage, on the other hand, cannot
be estimated using simulation because the value
If an energy storage project can provide reactive of providing firm system capacity cannot be
power (voltage support) services and frequency accounted for in a simulation. Note that capacity
support services, in addition to peak-shaving value depends on the need for additional
service, then the benefits-based tariff approach capacity to provide adequate planning reserve

margin: If a system has sufficient planning construction of new peaking resource. Overall,
reserve margin, then the capacity value of energy the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
storage would be zero. However, this is rarely report concludes that the value of energy storage
the case in developing markets, where demand is largely dependent on it obtaining a capacity
exceeds supply during peak hours. In such value, even if the device is providing higher-
cases, energy storage provides an alternative to value reserve services.
Table 21:
Components of Benefits of Energy Storage
Benefit of Energy Storage Method of Estimation
Operational Value
Load Levelling (Energy Arbitrage) Use dispatch simulation to calculate operational savings—
fuel cost and avoid unit starts. Subtract cost of energy used
Spinning Reserve
to charge energy storage and losses
Regulation Reserve
Capacity Value Avoided cost of adding reserve capacity
This approach would set the tariff for storage A tariff for energy storage that is less than or
based on accounting of the benefits (sum of equal to the sum of the benefits would be
operational and capacity values) to the grid of economically prudent.
the services provided by energy storage. The
following benefits should also be added to It is worth noting that there is a lack of research
compute the overall benefits: and data related to value of energy storage in
l Avoided cost of greenhouse gas emissions, grids with a large penetration of renewable
which would be in grids with renewable energy.
energy. The accounting of this would need
to be done with care to avoid counting Role of Government and Regulators
the benefits twice—renewable energy
generation and energy storage. One Often there is resistance among traditional
approach is to assign a benefit to energy utilities to transition to new technologies and
storage only when there is curtailment of new methods of operating and managing the
renewable energy generation grid, which is required with high penetration
l Local environmental benefit, which would of variable generation. The push therefore has
be in grids with renewable energy. Same to come from policy makers and regulators.
considerations apply as the avoided cost of The imperative for push is further accentuated
greenhouse gas emissions by the fact that although there are substantial
l Energy security, when energy storage benefits of energy storage to the grid, they
enables a grid to use the energy source with are often difficult to quantify; For example,
the lowest marginal cost of production and improvement to power quality, reliability,
avoid use of the highest marginal cost source. resiliency, energy security, and efficiency gains.
For this reason, energy storage cushions The case for governments and regulators to
the grid from increases in fuel prices that play a leading role in development of policies is
contribute to the highest marginal cost of therefore clear.
production

Guidelines for Policies 8.1 Power Factor Correction
The following policy prescriptions are PF correction has been a challenge so far as
recommended for encouraging deployment of all the RTPV are injecting power at 1 PF (unity
energy storage: power factor), which accounts for lowering of
i. Integrate energy storage into overall energy real net load (only in terms of kW, with reactive
master plan and energy strategy. This load remaining constant). Allowing offsetting
clarifies the role of energy storage and begins of power factor for rooftop PV can help both in
the conversation about competing methods reduction of losses and voltage control.
to provide the multitude of services required
by the grid Germany, California and Australia – have
ii. Enable energy storage to qualify for multiple introduced requirements for RTPV to be able to
streams of revenue for the individual operate at offset power factors. In Germany, for
services it provides to the grid example, units above 3.68 kWp must be able to
iii. Introduce time-of-use tariffs, pay-for- realize power factors between 0.95 capacitive
services tariff, and others to eliminate price and 0.95 inductive and adhere to a Q(U)
distortions and increase price transparency characteristic which is set by the grid operator
iv. Incentivize development and financing of based on the grid characteristic.25
energy storage and distributed renewable
energy projects Requirement of reactive power from ESS can
v. Support in a targeted manner, be much lesser in case RTPV is allowed to inject
demonstration projects and first movers power at 0.95 or 0.9 lag power factor. The effect
with loan guarantees, low interest loans, of injection of solar generation at unity power
grants, and others. A note of caution: policies factory can be seen in Figure 47. As seen in Figure
and incentives should not be technology- 48, the requirement for MVAR is almost halved
specific
Figure 47:
Solar Injection at Unity Power Factor (Source: CES analysis)
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Analysis of Indian Electricity Distribution Systems for the Integration of High Shares of Rooftop PV report (by GIZ)

Figure 48:
Solar Injection at 0.95 Power Factor (Source: CES analysis)
from 0.2 MVAR to 0.1 MVAR as the injection of can be observed from Table 21 that how much PF
RTPV is changed from unity power factory to penalty customers in these particular states are
0.95 lagging power factor. In the following cases paying .The PF penalty charges are either linked
the size of solar RTPV is considered as 70% of to per unit electricity charges at different power
the peak load. factor slabs or are linked to kVAR consumed by
customers if the power factor is lower than a
In India, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and specific target. Thus, installation of storage can
Karnataka are paying a large amount for PF help these states to maintain a constant PF after
penalty as these states strict mandate on PF. It penetration of solar.
Table 22:
Savings on PF penalty
Peri-Urban Penalty per 0.01 Assumed Assumed RTPV (in Target ESS PF penalty
industrial change in PF * Feeder MW) 20% of feeder Required as savings
PF
Capacity capacity# % of Feeder (INR Cr)
(MVA) capacity
Maharashtra 1% of per unit tariff 2.9 0.58 0.9 10% 0.979
Gujrat 1% of per unit tariff 2.9 0.58 10% 0.428
Tamil Nadu 1% of per unit tariff 2.9 0.58 10% 0.823
Karnataka 3 Paise per kVARh 2.9 0.58 10% 0.027
*If PF is less than 0.9; #RTPV injection is assumed at unity power factor
As seen from table 22, PF penalty is highest in Increment in penetration of RTPV would only
industrial states of Maharashtra, Gujarat and make the case worse in all these states. Hence,
Tamil Nadu. Hence, as most of the other states a review of power factor at which RTPV is
would experience reduction in PF with increase generating is very much required which can
in inductive and electronic load, they would be followed by adoption of smart inverters and
need to adopted similar power factor penalties. ESS.

Figure 49:
India roadmap for solar and storage for concentrated penetration
of solar PV RTPV Penetration
ESS MW, ESS MWh
10 4,700
Himachal
Jammu & Pradesh
Kashmir 50, 100 Sikkim
70, 120 10, 20
Uttarkhand Bihar
Chandigarh 60, 90 160, 270
320, 530 Uttar
Pradesh
630, 890
Haryana
260, 310 Arunachal
Pradesh Assam
10, 20 40, 70
Rajasthan
370, 610
Meghalaya
10, 20
Madhya Manipur
Pradesh 10, 20
350, 580
Daman
& Diu
20, 30
West
Chattisgarh Jharkhand Bengal
110, 190 130, 210 390, 540
Gujarat
510, 740
Maharashtra
810, 1,060
Telangana
370, 510
Odisha
160, 270
Karnataka
470, 610
Andhra
Pradesh
320, 530 Andaman
& Nicobar
Tamil Nadu 2, 10
Kerala
630, 810
130, 210

8.2 Energy Storage for 40 GW more for that. As per CES analysis, the storage
requirement for base case scenario will be
RTPV Integration around 6 MW/9MWh whereas for best case
scenario, total storage requirement will be
Achieving RTPV targets will have a lot of
around 19 MW/21 MWh.
challenges across the nation. However, with a
little planning and defining right feeders which
can take higher penetration of RTPV, a lot of the 8.3 Regulatory Changes and
challenges can be tackled. Germany on its way Suggestions to Maximize RTPV
to 43 GW solar PV by end of 2017, had 98% of
the capacity connected to distribution grid26, The availability and usage (and hence value)
a similar story will be witnessed by India on of rooftops differ widely between industrial,
its way to 40 GW RTPV installation. As the grid commercial and residential consumers. The
was seeing effects of high solar PV penetration following variables impact RTPV investments
in distribution grid in Germany, many (with or without storage) on a given rooftop:
interventions had to be made like derating of l Economic benefits (tariffs) to self-consume,
generation below 10 kW to 70% of the rated shave peaks, time-shift or sell to grid
capacity, firmware upgrade of over 10 GW of l Available free rooftop space (potential RTPV
inverters to respond to new grid codes, which capacity)
had budget implications of over 300 million l Other uses of the rooftop (e.g. multifamily
Euros on the country and lastly introduction of and social uses in residential rooftops)
smart inverters. It is understood that one out l Consumer load pattern
every second house to install RTPV in Germany l Grid power quality requirements
in Q1 2019, also installed energy storage. l Capital cost of investments
l Operating costs of investments
As per Government target, Maharashtra has
highest percentage of solar penetration followed The industrial sector which has the largest
by Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. This study has unencumbered rooftop space and coupled
assumed that solar penetration for residential with a strong focus on profitability/economic
feeder or DT will vary in 10%-40%, due to rooftop benefits, becomes the best candidate to
space constraints whereas for commercial and maximize RTPV. Further, given their light steel
industrial consumer it can vary between 20%- structures, the rooftop cannot be used for most
70% and 20%-90% depending upon metro or alternatives/secondary uses. This bodes well
non-metro scenarios, considering lower FSI for RTPV.
and low peak power to roof space ratio in non-
metro spaces allowing possibility of higher The commercial sector has large rooftop space
penetration in these rooftops. as well, but sees competing economic benefits
for its use. For example, malls have outdoor
After splitting the rooftop solar target, the report rooftop restaurants, hotels have pools/bars/
has optimized the energy storage requirement outdoor cafes on their rooftop. In hospitals, the
based on low and high feeder penetration of many HVAC units, breaks up contiguous space
solar penetration in all the different cases. for RTPV. Others have rooftop parking. So, while
(Figure 50). On the other scenario, it is assumed the commercial segment has large rooftop space
that solar penetration will be concentrating to and is strongly focused on economic benefits,
one place thus requirement of storage will be the RTPV needs to show them a better ROI.
26
Recent Facts about Photovoltaics in Germany by Fraunhofer ISE

The residential sector has the scarcest Any and all regulatory changes to incentivize
rooftop space and hence values its “barsati” RTPV (with or without storage) must recognize
as premium outdoor space for social/family these aspects and provide sectoral incentives if
uses (cool summer evenings and warm winter RTPV is to me maximized. No one-size fits all
daytime). Only a minimal area is occupied by approach will work is required.
water tanks (a key household requirement).
The rest is free open social space. The RTPV The regulatory incentives (just merely from an
has to compete (both qualitatively and electricity tariff perspective) leaves much more
economically) against this value stream. work to be done. The alignment between (1) tariff
Also, its design features need to incorporate structures (industrial, commercial, residential);
“movability” (when not needed), so that (2) the structure (Feed-in-tariff, Net Metering,
the open social space can be enjoyed. The Demand Charge, Time-of-Use, Peak Pricing, other);
residential sector is the most challenging (3) the available country solar resource; (4) Urban
for RTPV penetration/incentivization for concentration; and (4) the per capita consumptions
this reason and other power quality issues (by State) are not aligned to maximize RTPV. The
outlined in earlier sections. following graphs illustrate these.
Figure 50:
Global Horizontal Irradiance of India

2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
94
New Delhi
New Delhi
Case 2:
Case 1:
West Bengal
West Bengal
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Haryana
Haryana
Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Tripura
Tripura

Karnataka
Karnataka

Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Gujrat Gujrat
Nagaland Nagaland
Assam
Industrial tariff
Assam
Commercial tariff
Uttar Pradesh
commensurate with available solar resources.

Uttar Pradesh
Punjab Punjab
Sikkim Sikkim
Bihar Bihar
Solar tariff
Meghayalaya Solar tariff Meghayalaya
Odisha Odisha
Manipur Manipur
Telangana Telangana
Solar tariff
Solar tariff
Kerala Kerala
Jharkhand Jharkhand
Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh
Industrial Consumers-Utility Tariff & Rooftop Solar Energy Tariff
Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh
Commercial Consumers-Utility Tariff & Rooftop Solar Energy Tariff

Goa Goa
Mizoram Mizoram
Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh
Uttarakhand Uttarakhand
Jammu & Kashmir Jammu & Kashmir

The high industrial tariff is not high enough to attract RTPV except in a few states and certainly non
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Maharashtra Maharashtra
Case 4:
Case 3:
Kerala Haryana resources.
Kerala
Haryana
New Delhi
West Bengal
West Bengal
Punjab
Andhra Pradesh
Assam
Telangana
New Delhi Punjab
Karnataka Tripura
Telangana Assam
Andhra Pradesh Karnataka
Tripura Rajasthan
Rajasthan Nagaland
Uttar Pradesh
Nagaland
Industrial tariff
Residential tariff
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Uttar Pradesh
Gujrat
Gujrat
Odisha
Odisha
Bihar
Solar tariff
Solar tariff
Manipur Manipur
Bihar Sikkim
Himachal Pradesh Himachal
Meghayalaya Pradesh
Sikkim Meghayalaya
Solar tariff
Solar tariff
Mizoram Mizoram
Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand
Chhattisgarh
Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal
Chhattisgarh
Pradesh
Jammu & Kashmir
Goa
Tamil Nadu Jammu &
Goa Kashmir
Jharkhand Jharkhand
Residential Consumers<500 units-Utility Tariff & Rooftop Solar Energy Tariff

Residential Consumers<1000 units-Utility Tariff & Rooftop Solar Energy Tariff
95
shifting but Maharashtra and Gujarat are not incentivized enough despite having excellent solar
The high commercial tariff offers the best incentives for net metering, load displacement and time-
Case 5:
Per Capita Consumption of Electricity (kWh)
2004.77
1864.5
1663.01
1558.58
1491.37
1447.72
1238.51
1210.81
1144.94
1061.41
1013.74
1054.1
971.55
968.47
930.41
921.14
873.05
National Average
837.55
811.12
845.4
739.44
778.63
750.40
613.36
618.1
536.78
515.08
503.27
506.13
446.14
429.31
428.81
386.93
249.65
242.39
223.78
207.15
117.48
209
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu & Kashmir
Punjab
Rajasthan
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
Chandigarh
Delhi
Sub-Total (NR)
Gujrat
Madhya Pradesh
Chhattisgarh
Maharashtra
Goa
Sub-Total (WR)
Andhra Pradesh
Karnataka
Kerala
Tamil Nadu
Lakshadweep
Puduchery
Sub-Total (SR)
Bihar
Jharkhand
Odisha
West Bengal
A&N, Island
Sikkim
Sub-Total (ER)
Assam
Manipur
Meghayalaya
Nagaland
Tripura
Arunachal Pradesh
Mizoram
Sub-Total (NER)
All India average
The residential sector offers tremendous is making sense commercially, as it is able to
room for innovative regulatory reforms for capture multiple value benefits namely:
incentivizing RTPV. l Distribution deferral,
l Power factor correction,
The high per capita consuming states/union l Electricity savings and
territories that coincide with high solar resource l Diesel optimization/Penalty savings
are Goa, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, (as there is a likelihood of distribution
Gujarat, Chandigarh and Delhi. Except for companies getting penalized for reliability
Delhi and Maharashtra, all the others have issues).
lower energy tariffs than solar tariffs thereby
offering no incentives for self-consumption (or However, only Li ion technologies like Lithium
net metering). The best incentive in such cases NMC and Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) are
is perhaps to offer feed-in-tariff incentives (to making commercial sense as they are available
sell all their RTPV solar power at a higher price). at competitive prices in the Indian market along
with promising warranties and performance
In majority of these categories of RTPV, across parameters.
period of 2020-2025, adding energy storage

Figure 51:
India roadmap for solar and storage for distributed penetration
of solar PV RTPV Penetration
ESS MW, ESS MWh
10 4,700
Himachal
Pradesh
Jammu & Sikkim
160, 220
Kashmir 30, 30
Uttarkhand Bihar
Punjab 170, 220 Uttar 490, 640
980, 1,280 Pradesh
2,110,
2,470
Haryana
790, 870 Arunachal
Pradesh Meghalaya
30, 30 30, 30
Rajasthan
1,130, 1,470
Manipur
30, 30
Madhya
Pradesh Mizoram
1,080, 30, 30
1,400
Daman
& Diu
50, 60
West
Jharkhand Bengal
Chattisgarh 1,030,
Gujarat 340,450 390, 510
1,240
1,570, 1,890 Maharashtra
2,310, 2,660
Telangana
980, 1,180
Lakshadweep Odisha
10, 10 490, 640
Karnataka
1,330, Andhra
1,530 Pradesh
980, 1,280 Andaman
& Nicobar
Tamil Nadu
Kerala 10, 10
1,720,
390, 510 1,980
Puducherry
50, 60

8.4 Business Models for ESS In the past, all these functions (except
equipment manufacturing) was all in the
Operations (Regulated and sole hands of vertically integrated utilities.
Non-Regulated Behind the This was true for large conglomerates as well.
Meter Applications) This all-inclusive control allowed for better
management of these assets. All these changed
Asset Owner/Operator/Service business in the late nineties with the rise of specialist
models have been around in power systems businesses who were able to offer better value
for some time now. These include both within streams on a disaggregated basis than before.
the regulated utility area as well as in the non- It began with asset-based lending and quickly
regulated industrial/commercial (behind the moved to services as well.
meter).
The regulatory system has come to recognize
For example, the utilities regulated area and accept these newer business models and
include Meter Service Providers (MSP), have framed rules since the early 2000s for the
Station Maintenance, energy aggregators, active participation of these player. The Meter
DSM providers, and merchant transmission Service Providers (MSP), Field O&M services,
line owners/operators. Examples in the Energy Aggregators, DSM Aggregators, and
non-regulated area include industrial plant Energy Efficiency (ESCO services) are some of
maintenance, independent power producers, the largest areas in the regulated space. The
ESCOs, energy efficiency providers, etc. non-regulated (behind the meter assets), have
traditionally outsourced O&M services for
In each of the above business models, one or captive industrial plants.
more of the following chain-link relationship
is offered with the rest de-risked through Regulated ESS Business Models:
partnerships:
Energy Storage Systems (ESS) is just one more
power class asset added to the list, but it comes
with a few twists:
l It requires both Generation and Consumer
g
tu rin Fin licenses (charge-discharge functions)
a
u fac nc
ing to own/operate these in generation,
n
Ma transmission and distribution
l Operate under a two-part tariff system to
discharge (generator) and charge (load)
Servicing
Asset
l Get paid only when they are discharged for
EPC
energy/ancillary functions (no insurance

premiums)
l Not being able to recover their investment
in 8-10 years but over 20-25 years
Op
e rat rs hip l Be at the whim of regulatory rate-setting
ing ne and revenue recovery time cycles
Ow
l Be patiently waiting till existing 20-25-year
contracts reach end-of-life

The above challenges are still winding its way l Store RTPV power for time-shifting based
through regulatory acceptance globally to on TOU rates arbitrage
recognize a “new class of assets (ESS)” and l React to dynamic pricing models
recognizes them for what value streams they l EV charging during best low tariff hours
bring. But this pace is dismally slow. Thus, given l Battery swapping opportunity in a few
the higher price of the ESS technology (albeit it segmented EV markets
falling rapidly), the market penetration of ESS is l Fast charging stations that require ESS
very low in utility scale sizes. Most are deployed support
as a part of pilot scale utility projects. l Enable participation in subscription-based
(paid) DSM and DM offers by utilities
However good progress is being made in l Standby Insurance against frequent power
congested transmission (i.e. PJM) and older outages
ancillary markets in the developed countries
(USA, EU, Canada) which are willing to pay The best opportunities are likely to come when
a premium for a much faster ramp-rate than the ESS assets are deployed on a fully asset-
traditional gas turbines (thereby requiring a leased basis, i.e. fully financed to align with the
lower capacity reserve). attractiveness to the business owner, and then
fully O&M managed for their entire asset life.
The challenge lies in the dis-aggregated, This de-risks the owner from adopting new and
distributed and disparate value streams that sophisticated ESS asset class.
ESS bring, that cannot be easily quantified
particularly in the T&D verticals (where carriage Since the capex and O&M costs of the ESS
and content is separate) during regulatory systems are quite high (compared to RTPV),
assessment. their purchase, installation, and serviced
by a third-party service provider (much like
The most business models in this regulated industrial/commercial HVAC, Industrial DM/
space takes the form of a developer-owner who RO Water and in the residential sector ISP
finances the ESS equipment and outsources the internet service providers and residential RO
EPC and O&M to third party entities. water systems for the kitchens).
Non-Regulated (Behind the Meter) ESS For this model to work well, banks and non-
Business Models: banking financial institutions (NBFI) as well
as backend maintenance service providers
These offer the best growth prospects albeit need to be well established with trust worthy
a retail model targeting the industrial, credentials. So, a brand building effort (much
commercial and residential segments. The like internet service and RO water service) will
ESS value propositions can be targeted to suit need to be built.
the customer (as opposed to a generic utility
functions) and such solutions bring about quick
returns in savings to the customer as:
Asset O&M ESS
Financing Service ESCO
l Reducing or eliminating demand charge
and associated penalties

Annexure 1: 175 GW RE: Status and
Estimates
Annexure 1.1: RE Penetration in States as Percentage

of Demand
Figure 52:
RE penetration as percentage of Generation and Load
Asset O&M ESS

Financing Service ESCO
50% 51%
Rajasthan
36% 36%
Gujarat
18% 20%
Maharashtra Average RE Penetration

57% 52% as Percent of Load
as Percent of Generation
Andhra
50% 48% Pradesh
Karnataka
40% 40%
Tamil Nadu
Annual RE penetration exceeds 50% of load in 3 states

Annexure 1.2: State and UT wise Targets and Installed Capacities
of Renewable Energy
Table 23:
State and UT wise Targets and Installed Capacity
S. No State RE Targets Installed Capacity as of Feb 2019 (MW)

2022 State Private Central Total
1 Delhi 2,762 - 176.21 - 176.21
2 Haryana 4,376 69.30 340.19 5.00 14.49
3 Himachal Pradesh 2,276 256.61 608.50 - 865.11
4 Jammu & Kashmir 1,305 129.03 64.38 - 193.41
5 Punjab 5,066 127.80 1154.62 - 1282.42
6 Rajasthan 14,362 23.85 7216.91 344.00 7584.76
7 Uttar Pradesh 14,221 25.10 2829.83 30.00 2884.93
8 Uttarakhand 1,797 67.87 523.72 - 591.59
9 Chandigarh 153 - 32.40 - 32.40
Northern Region Total 46,318 699.56 12946.76 379.00 14025.32
10 Goa 358 0.05 1.69 - 1.74
11 Gujarat 17,133 49.10 7787.50 243.30 8079.90
12 Chhattisgarh 1,808 11.05 524.30 - 535.35
13 Madhya Pradesh 12,018 83.96 3990.13 300.00 4374.09
14 Maharashtra 22,045 388.13 8790.43 123.00 9301.55
15 D&N Haveli 449 - 5.46 - 5.46
16 Daman & Diu 199 - 14.47 - 14.47
Western Region Total 54,010 532.29 21113.98 666.30 22312.56
17 Andhra Pradesh 18,477 56.18 7223.03 250.0 7529.21
18 Telangana 2,000 41.22 3927.96 10.00 3979.18
19 Karnataka 14,817 193.89 12833.06 - 13026.94
20 Kerala 1,970 172.90 190.11 50.00 413.01
21 Tamil Nadu 21,508 122.70 11717.83 231.90 12072.43
22 Puducherry 246 - 1.80 - 1.80
Southern Region Total 59,018 586.88 35893.79 541.90 37022.57
23 Bihar 2,762 70.70 255.45 - 326.15
24 Jharkhand 2,005 4.05 32.41 - 36.46
25 Odisha 2,377 26.30 469.00 10.00 505.30
26 West Bengal 5,386 121.95 346.11 - 468.06
27 Sikkim 86 52.11 0.01 - 52.12
Eastern Region Total 12,616 275.11 1102.98 10.00 1388.09

S. No State RE Targets Installed Capacity as of Feb 2019 (MW)
2022 State Private Central Total
28 Assam 688 5.01 22.75 25.00 52.76
29 Manipur 105 5.45 3.23 0.00 8.68
30 Meghalaya 211 31.03 0.12 0.00 31.15
31 Nagaland 76 30.67 1.00 0.00 31.67
32 Tripura 105 16.01 0.09 5.00 21.10
33 Arunachal 539 107.10 5.39 0.00 112.49
34 Mizoram 97 36.47 0.50 - 36.97
North Eastern Region Total 1,821 231.74 33.08 30.00 294.82
35 Andaman & Nicobar 27 5.25 1.46 5.10 11.81
36 Lakshadweep 4 - 0.75 - 0.75
Islands Total 31.0 5.25 2.21 5.10 12.56
37 Others 720
All India Total 174,534.0 4661.67 142185.6 3264.6 149711.8
Source: MNRE
Annexure 1.3: 175 GW Targets Year-wise and Technology-wise

Capacity Addition till 2022
Table 24:
175 GW targets Year-wise and Technology-wise Capacity Addition till 2022
Year Rooftop Ground- Solar Wind Small Biomass Total

Solar Mounted (GW) (GW) Hydro (GW)
(GW) Solar (GW) (GW)
(GW)
Cumulative 3 24 4.1 4.4 35.5
installed
capacity by
2014-15
2015-16 0.2 1.8 2 3.2 0.14 0 5.3
2016-17 4.8 7.2 12 3.6 0.14 0.9 16.7
2017-18 5 10 15 4.1 0.14 0.9 20.2
2018-19 6 10 16 4.7 0.14 0.9 21.8
2019-20 7 10 17 5.4 0.14 0.9 23.5
2020-21 8 9.5 17.5 6.1 0.14 0.9 24.7
2021-22 9 8.5 17.5 8.9 0.14 0.9 27.5
Total 40 60 100 60 5.08 9.98 175
Source: MNRE

Annexure 1.4: 175 GW Break-up of Targets
Table 25:
175 GW Break-up of targets
State/UT’s Solar (MW) Wind (MW) SHP (MW) Biomass (MW)

Delhi 2,762
Haryana 4,142 25 209
Himachal Pradesh 776 1,500
Jammu and Kashmir 1,155 150
Punjab 4,772 50 244
Rajasthan 5,762 8,600
Uttar Pradesh 10,697 25 3,499
Uttarakhand 900 700 197
Chandigarh 153
Northern Region 31,120 8,600 2,450 4,149
Goa 358
Gujarat 8,020 8,800 25 288
Chhattisgarh 1,783 25
Madhya Pradesh 5,675 6,200 25 118
Maharashtra 11,926 7,600 50 2,469
D &N Haveli 449
Daman & Diu 199
Western Region 28,410 22,600 125 2,875
Andhra Pradesh 9,834 8,100 543
Telangana 5490 2,000
Karnataka 5,697 6,200 1,500 1,420
Kerala 1,870 100
Tamil Nadu 8,884 11,900 75 649
Pondicherry 246
Southern Region 26,531 28,200 1,675 2,612
Bihar 2,493 25 244
Jharkhand 1,995 10
Orissa 2,377
West Bengal 5,336 50
Sikkim 36 50
Eastern Region 12,237 135 244
Assam 663 25
Manipur 105

State/UT’s Solar (MW) Wind (MW) SHP (MW) Biomass (MW)
Meghalaya 161 50
Nagaland 61 15
Tripura 105
Arunachal Pradesh 39 500
Mizoram 72 25
North Eastern Region 1,205 615
Andaman & Nicobar 27
Islands
Lakshadweep 4
Other (New States) 600 120
All India 99,533 60,000 5,000 10,000
Source: MNRE

Annexure 1.5: 40 GW RTPV Break up of Targets
Table 26:
State-Wise Cumulative RTPV Installation Target (MW)
State 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 Total Target
Capacity
under
Proposed
Scheme
(Indicative
only)
Andhra 10 240 250 300 350 400 450 2,000 68
Pradesh
Bihar 5 120 125 150 175 200 225 1,000 34
Chhattisgarh 4 84 88 104 120 140 160 700 24
Delhi 5 132 138 165 190 220 250 1,100 37
Gujarat 15 385 400 480 560 640 720 3,200 108
Haryana 5 200 200 235 280 320 360 1,600 54
Himachal 2 38 40 48 56 64 72 320 10
Pradesh
Jammu & 2 54 55 74 80 90 95 450 15
Kashmir
Jharkhand 4 96 100 120 140 160 180 800 27
Karnataka 10 275 290 344 403 460 518 2,300 78
Kerala 4 96 100 120 140 160 180 800 27
Madhya 10 265 275 330 385 440 495 2,200 74
Pradesh
Maharashtra 20 565 588 704 823 940 1060 4,700 160
Orissa 5 120 125 150 175 200 225 1,000 34
Punjab 10 240 250 300 350 400 450 2,000 68
Rajasthan 10 275 288 344 403 460 520 2,300 78
Tamil Nadu 15 420 438 524 613 700 790 3,500 118
Telangana 10 240 250 300 350 400 450 2,000 68
Uttarakhand 2 42 44 52 60 70 80 350 12
Uttar Pradesh 20 510 538 650 752 860 970 4,300 145
West Bengal 10 252 263 315 370 420 470 2,100 70
Arunachal 2 5 5 8 10 10 10 50 2
Pradesh
Assam 4 30 30 38 42 50 56 250 8
Manipur 4 3 6 8 9 10 10 50 2
Meghalaya 1 6 6 8 9 10 10 50 2
Mizoram 1 6 6 8 9 10 10 50 2

State 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 Total Target
Capacity
under
Proposed
Scheme
(Indicative
only)
Nagaland 1 6 6 8 9 10 10 50 2
Sikkim 1 6 6 8 9 10 10 50 2
Tripura 1 6 6 8 9 10 10 50 2
Chandigarh 1 12 12 14 18 20 23 100 3
Goa 1 20 20 22 23 30 34 150 5
Dadra & 1 24 25 30 35 40 45 200 7
Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu 1 12 12 14 18 20 23 100 3
Pondicherry 1 12 12 14 18 20 23 100 3
Andaman & 1 2 2 2 5 4 4 20 1
Nicobar
Lakshadweep 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 10 1
Total 200 4,800 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 9,000 40,000 1350
Source: MNRE

Annexure 1.6: List of Solar Parks Sanctioned under the Solar Park
Scheme
Table 27:
List of Solar Parks Sanctioned under the Solar Park Scheme
S. State Name of the Solar Capacity Name of the Name of the Area
No Park (MW) Solar Park
Developers
1 Andhra Ananthapuramu-I 1500 NP Kunta of
Pradesh Solar Park Ananthapuramu &
Galiveedu of Kadapa
Districts
2 Kurnool Solar Park 1000 Gani and Sakunal village
of Kurnool District
3 Kadapa Solar Park 1000 AP Solar Power Vaddirala, Thalamnchi,
Corporation Pannampalli,
Pvt.Ltd., Ramachandrayapalli,
JVC of SECI, Konna Ananthapuramu
APGENCO and and Dhidium villages
NREDCAP in Mylavaram Mandal,
Kadapa District
4 Ananthapuramu-II 500 Talarichruvu & Aluru
Solar Park Villages, Tadipathri
Mandal, Ananthapuramu
District
5 Solar Wind Hybrid 160 Kanaganapalli Mandal,

Park Ananthapuramu District
6 Arunachal Lohit Solar Park 30 Arunachal Tezu Township in Lohit
Pradesh Pradesh Energy District
Development
Agency (APDEA)
7 Assam Solar Park in 80 APGCL Amguri in Sibsagar
Assam District

Developers
8 Chhattisgarh Rajnandgaon Solar 250 Chhattisgarh Dhaba Rengakathera,
Park Renewable Amlidih, Dundera and
Development Kohka villages of (100
Agency MW) and Tolagaon,
Odarband, Gatatola,
Girgaon, Gugwa, Salhe
villages of Dongargadh
Tehsil, Rajnandgaon Dist.
9 Gujarat Radhnesada Solar 700 Gujarat Power Radhnesada, Vav, District
Park Corporation Banaskantha
Ltd.
10 Harsad Solar Park 500 Gujarat Power Villages-Harsad and
Corporation Navapara, Taluka-
Limited Suigam, District-
Banaskatha
11 Haryana Solar Park in 500 Saur Urja Bugan in Hisar district,
Haryana Nigam Haryana Baralu and Singhani
Ltd (SUN in Bhiwani district
Haryana) and Daukhera in
Mahindergarh district
12 Himachal Solar Park in 1000 HP State Spiti Valley of Lahaul &
Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Electricity Spiti District
Board Ltd.
13 Jammu & Solar Park in J & K 100 Jammu and Mohagarh and Badla
Kashmir Kashmir Energy Brahmana, District-
Development Samba
Agency
14 Karnataka Pavagada Solar 2000 Karnataka Villages- Valluru,
Park Solar Power Rayacharlu, Balasamudra,
Development Kyathaganacharlu,
Corporation Thirumani of Pavagada
Pvt. Ltd. Taluk, Tumkuru dist.
15 Kerala Kasargod Solar 200 Renewable Paivalike, Meenja,
Park Power Kinanoor, Kraindalam
Corporation of and Ambalathara villages
Kerala Limited of Kasargode district

Developers
16 Madhya Rewa Solar Park 750 Rewa Ultra Gurh tehsil, District
Pradesh Mega Solar Rewa, MP
Limited
17 Neemuch- 700 Rewa Ultra Neemuch site: Under
Madsaur Solar Park Mega Solar identification; and
Limited Mandsaur site: Runija
and Gujjarkhedi villages
in Suwasra Tehsil,
Mandsaur district
18 Agar-Shajapur- 1050 Rewa Ultra Agar, Shajapur and
Rajghar Solar Park Mega Solar Rajgarh district
Limited
19 Morena (Chambal) 250 Rewa Ultra Morena, (Chambal)
Solar Park Mega Solar
Limited
20 Maharashtra Sai Guru Solar Park 500 M/s Sai Guru Bhamer Village, Taluka-
Mega Solar Sakri, Dhule District
Park Pvt. Ltd.
(formerly M/s
Pragat Akshay
Urja Ltd.)
21 Dondaicha Solar 500 Maharashtra Villages- Vikhran & Methi,
Park State Electricity Taluka-Dondaicha,
Generating district Dhule,
Company Ltd. Maharashtra
(MAHAGENCO)
22 Patoda Solar Park 500 M/s Paramount Villages Tambarajuri, and
Solar Power Pvt. Wadzari, Taluka Patoda,
Ltd. (formerly Dist. Beed
M/s K. P. Power
Pvt. Ltd.)
23 Manipur Bukpi Solar Park 20 Manipur Tribal Bukpi Village, Pherzawl
Development District in Manipur
Corp. Ltd.
24 Meghalaya Solar Park 20 Meghalaya Thamar, West Jaintia Hills
Meghalaya Power & Suchen, East Jaintia
Generation Hills districts
Corporation Ltd
(MEPGCL)

Developers
25 Mizoram Vankal Solar Park 20 Zoram Energy Vankal, Mizoram
Development
Agency (ZEDA)
26 Nagaland Solar Park 23 Directorate Ganeshnagar (12 MW) of
Nagaland of New & Dimapur and Jalukie (11
Renewable MW) of Peren districts
Energy,
Nagaland
27 Odisha Solar Park Odisha 1000 Green Energy Balasore, Keonjhar,
Development Deogarh, Boudh,
Corporation of Kalahandi and Angul
Odisha Limited
28 Rajasthan Bhadla-II Solar 680 Rajasthan Village-Bhadla, Jodhpur

Park Solar Park Dist., Rajasthan
Development
Company Ltd.
29 Rajasthan Bhadla-III Solar 1000 Surya Urja Village-Bhadla, Jodhpur
Park Company of Dist., Rajasthan
Rajasthan Ltd
30 Phalodi- Pokaran 750 M/s Essel Surya Villages Ugraas,
Solar Park Urja Company Nagnechinagar &
of Rajasthan Dandhu, tehsil Phalodi,
Limited dist. Jodhpur (450 MW)
and villages Lavan
& Purohitsar, tehsil
Pokaran, dist. Jaisalmer
(300 MW)
31 Bhadla-IV Solar 500 M/s Adani Village-Bhadla, Jodhpur
Park Renewable Dist., Rajasthan
Energy Park
Rajasthan
Limited
32 Fatehgarh Phase – 421 M/s Adani Fatehgarh & Pokaran,
IB Solar Park Renewable Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
Energy Park
Rajasthan
Limited
33 Nokh solar Park 1000 Rajasthan Village-Nokh, Pokaran,
Solar Park Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
Development
Company Ltd.

Developers
34 Tamil Nadu Solar Park in Tamil 500 To be finalized Initially proposed in
Nadu Ramanathapuram
district. Site under
revision
35 Kadaladi Solar Park 500 Tamil Nadu Narippaiyur and nearby
Electricity villages, Kadaladi Taluk
Board (TNEB) in Ramanathapuram
Ltd District
36 Uttar Solar Park in UP 440 Lucknow Orai & kalpi Tehsils of
Pradesh Solar Power Jalaun, Meja tehsil of
Development Allahabad, Chaanbe
Corporation tehsil of Mirzapur and
Ltd. Akbarpur tehsil in Kanpur
Dehat districts
37 Uttarakhand Solar Park in 50 State Industrial Sitarganj and Khurpia
Uttarakhand Development farm in US Nagar district
Corporation
Uttarakhand
Limited
(SIDCUL)
38 West Bengal Solar Park in West 500 West Bengal East Mednipur, West
Bengal State Electricity Mednipur, Bankura
Distribution
Company Ltd.
Total 21,194

Annexure 2: Load Flow Studies and
Analysis of Rtpv Integration
Annexure 2.1: Load Flow Analysis of Tata Power Delhi Distribution

Limited (TPDDL) Feeder
Feeder details:
l Distribution Transformer (DT): 630 kVA
l Voltage level: 11 kV/433 V
l Length of feeder: 11.68 km
l Number of consumers: 181
l Number of solar rooftop PV: 3 (Solar PV: 70 kWp)

Solar Irradiance Curve:
The Solar Insolation (W/m2) with respect to time, this data is collected from National Institute of
Wind Energy for Minute & Hourly basis for 03 May 2017.
Load Flow Scenarios:
Scenario 1:
In every scenario solar rooftop connection is increased to observe the behaviour of 11 kV Feeder
and LT network.
Objective of Study:
l To analyze the effect of11 kV feeder & LT network by increasing RTPV injection
Software Tool:
l CYME (CYMDIST)

Time slots and % incease in DT capacity:
Day Time slot 11 kV feeder

Time R-Phase Y-Phase B-Phase Average Max
current current current current
03-05-2017 Slot 2 08:15:00 63.030 59.790 66.930 63.25
08:30:00 63.030 69.490 66.930 66.48
08:45:00 67.420 69.540 66.930 67.96
09:00:00 72.150 69.540 69.470 70.39
09:15:00 73.760 77.880 76.050 75.90
09:30:00 84.190 81.970 81.990 82.72
09:45:00 90.990 89.040 91.930 90.65
10:00:00 990.330 97.430 95.550 97.44
10:15:00 100.080 99.450 95.550 98.36 100.81
10:30:00 100.080 99.450 95.550 98.36
10:45:00 100.080 99.450 95.550 98.36
11:00:00 100.080 99.450 102.890 100.81
Observations:
Effect on 11 kV feeder:
l The load on feeder continuously decreased in every scenario as solar rooftop connection is
increased from 11% to 100% of DT capacity
Observations on 11 kV Feeder:
l No thermal issues
l No PQ issues
l Voltage & PF are within permissible limits

Effect on DT:
l Loading on DT first decreased when generation in consumed at DT end

l The loading on DT again increased when there is excess power available and reverse power flow
starts back to DT and Feeder
l It is observed with more initial loading on DT graph shifts towards right for reverse power flow

Effect on LT Side:
l No Thermal issues
l Power Quality Issues: Per unit voltage of each LT circuit is within permissible limit (i.e. +/- 6 %
voltage variation) i.e. 0.94pu <V<1.06. But at RTPV, voltage increases as more solar connection
are increased
Scenario 2:
l Time slot selected for study i.e. 11 AM to 01 PM on 03 May 2017 data and time 11.15 AM
l In each scenario first DT connected load is increased (i.e. 50%, 750%, 100% and 120% kW)
l Then RTPV connections are increased in steps in every load flow study from 11 % existing to
100% (i.e. 11%, 20%, 40%, 60%, 80%, 90% & 100%)
Effect on 11 kV Feeder:
l The load on feeder continuously decreased in every scenario as solar rooftop connection is
increased from 11% to 100% for different scenarios of DT Loading
l No thermal and PQ (Power Quality) issues are observed

Effect on DT (630 kVA, 11 kV /433 V):
l Loading on DT first relieved when solar generation in consumed at DT end
l Then loading on DT again increased when there is excess power available and reverse power
flow starts back to DT and Feeder
l Reverse power flow comes if DT is more heavily loaded i.e. graph shifts towards right

Effect on LT Network:
Thermal effect:
l It is observed that when DT is lightly Loaded i.e. 10% or 20%, reverse power flow occurs so early
and at 80 % of RTPV injection current in XLPE cable connected between DT and RMU increases
to high value. This can be harmful due to more RTPV injection
l When DT is heavily loaded i.e. beyond 80%, very high current at DT side observed but as RTPV
connections are increased DT load reduced and current reduced and system becomes healthy.
But in case at 80% of solar RTPV connection, due to sudden cloudy weather RTPV solar injection
becomes very low, then in that case it will burden DT which may damage the equipment
Observation:
l High RTPV injection (i.e. more than 80 %) when DT connected to load is high can be dangerous
in case of cloudy weather
l Hight RTPV injection (i.e. more than 80 %) when DT connected load is low can cause high
reverse current in some on LT section. So solar injection more than 80 % at light DT load should
be avoided
Summary of Power Quality (PQ) Issues:
DT loading Over voltage Under voltage Observations

scenarios (V > = 1.06 PU) (V <= 0.94 PU)
10% DT loading 540 kWp (90% RTPV) None
20% DT loading 540 kWp None When DT is lightly
loaded, RTPV insertion
beyond 80% can cause
overvoltage at RTPV
end. Which may cause
undesirable tripping of
Inverts at RTPV
50% DT loading None 70 kWp & 120 kWp Up to 75% of DT
(20% RTPV) loading undervoltage is
75% DT loading None 70 kWp, 120 kWp & removed by 50% of RTPV
240 kWp ( 40% RTPV) connections. So, system
becomes healthy
100% DT loading None 70 kWp, 120 kWp, 100%, 120% DT loading
240 kWp, 360 kWp, cases are not practically
480 kWp, 540 kWp, viable. Moreover, with
600 kWp & 620 kWp 100% & 120% RTPV
(special case) connection undervoltage
120% DT loading None 70 kWp, 120 kWp, still present
240 kWp, 360 kWp,
480 kWp, 540 kWp,
600 kWp & 755 kWp
(special case)

Power Quality Issues:
l High voltage at RTPV source end: (V> 1.06 PU)
l In some rooftop connection over voltage is observed when RTPV connection are increased more
than 480 kWp (i.e. 80% of DT capacity)
RTPV connection: 80% (i.e. 480 kWp)

Case -1: 20% of DT loading, RTPV connection 80 % (480 kWp)
RTPV connection: 90% (i.e. 540 kWp)

l Undervoltage at High DT Loading: (V< 0.94 PU)
l AT 50% of DT loading: Undervoltage was observed in some portions but when RTPV connection
is increased beyond 120 kWp (20% RTPV) and 240 kWp (50% RTPV), this undervoltage is removed
and system becomes healthy
AT RTPV connection: 11% (i.e. 70 kWp)

l Under voltage at High DT loading: (V< 0.94 PU)
l Similarly, at 75% of DT loading: Undervoltage observed up to 240 kWp (i.e. 50% of RTPV) and
completely removed at 360 kWp (i.e. 60% RTPV).
l Similarly, at 100% of DT loading: undervoltage observed in all the cases when RTPV connections
are increased from up to 100% RTPV (i.e. 620 kWp)
75 % DT loading: RTPV connections: 50% (i.e. 240 kWp)
75% DT loading: RTPV connection: 60% (i.e. 360 kWp)

Annexure 2.2: Load Flow Analysis of UHBVN Feeder
Feeder details:
l Substation: 66/11 kV
l Distribution Transformers: DT-38 (100 kVA, 11KV/433V) & DT-35 (63 kVA, 11 kV/433 V)
l Number of consumers: DT-38 are 8 (112.5 HP) DT- 35 are 5 (75 HP)
l Length of LT circuit: 2.645 km
l Number of solar RTPV: There is no RTPV connected to consumers
LT Circuits of DTs:
Solar Irradiance Curve:

The solar insolation (W/m2) with respect to time is collected from National Institute of
Wind Energy for minute and hourly basis for 21 November 2018.

Load Flow Scenario:
In every scenario solar rooftop connection are increased to observe the behaviour on 11 kV Feeder
and LT network at both DT’s. For DT 11KV/ 433 V, 63 kVA) following scenario:
Objective of Study:
l To analyse the effect on 11 kV Feeder and LT network by increasing RTPV injection
Software Tool: CYME (CYMDIST)
Time slots and % increase in DT capacity:
S. No Time slot Load flow run at time when DT is max loaded

1 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM 11:00 AM
2 11:00 AM-01:00 PM 11:30 PM
3 01:00 PM -04:00 PM 04:00 PM
4 04:00 PM -07:00 PM 5:00 PM

DT-35 (63 kVA, 11 kV/433 V):
DT-38 (11 kV /433 V, 100 kVA):
Effect on 11 kV Feeder:
l There is no reverse power flow observed at feeder level even RTPV at 100% of DT capacity in both
LT circuits
l Loading on feeders decreased as more RTPV are connected
Observation:
l No abnormality observed at feeder level even at 100% RTPV

Effect on DT -35 (11 kV/ 433 V, 63 kVA):
l Loading on DT first decreased with increase in RTPV
flow starts back to DT
l Undervoltage observed on some LT circuit at 20% and 40% in all the scenarios but when RTPV
increased beyond 40%, system becomes healthy

Effect on DT-38 (11 kV/433V, 100 kVA):
l In As-Is RTPV connected was 200 kWp which is approximately 57% of DT capacity, so during
load flow the RTPV connected kept constant at 200 kWp at 20% and 40%
l Reverse power flow observed even at As-Is and further increase in RTPV
l At 60% of DT capacity RTPV connected is 210 kWp, so there is slight increase in HT DT loading
observed
l With further increase in RTPV, loading on HT consumer DT increased
Time Slots Over voltage Under Voltage Observations

(V > = 1.06 PU) (V <= 0.94 PU)
08AM - 11AM NONE 0 %, 20%, 40% Undervoltage observed: For DT at 0%, 20 %, 40 % and
for DT at 0 %, 20 %, 40 % of solar generation. After that
as RTPV increased undervoltage disappear
11AM - 01PM NONE 0 %, 20 %, 40 % Undervoltage observed: For DT at 0%, 20 % and for
DT at 0 %, 20 %, 40 % of solar generation. After that as
RTPV increased undervoltage disappear
01PM - 04PM NONE 0 %, 20 %, 40 % Undervoltage observed: for Mahender Singh DT at 0%,
20 % and for SHEO RAM at 0 %, 20 %, 40 % of Solar
Generation. After that as RTPV increased undervoltage
disappear.
04PM - 07PM NONE 0 %, 20 %, 40 % Undervoltage observed: for Mahender Singh DT at 0%,
20 % and for SHEO RAM at 0 %, 20 %, 40 % of Solar
Generation. After that as RTPV increased undervoltage
disappear. These have 8 hours supply only in day time
that’s why there is no use of RTPV

Annexure 2.3: Load Flow Analysis of BESCOM Feeder
Feeder details:
l Total number of DTs on feeders: 36
l The study is done on: DT-32
l Length of LT circuit: 600 m
l Number of solar RTPV at present: 2 connections (30 kWp and 7.2 kWp)
l Only one HT consumer with RTPV connected: 30 kWp
LT Circuit:

Solar Irradiance Curve: The solar insolation (W/m2) with respect to time is collected from National
Institute of Wind Energy for Minute & Hourly basis for 24 December 2016.
Load Flow Scenario:

In every scenario solar rooftop connection are increased to observe the behaviour on 11 kV feeder
and LT network at both DT’s. For DT-32 (11 kV/ 440 V, 63 kVA) following scenarios are run:
Objective of Study:
l To analyze the effect on 11 kV feeder & LT network by increasing RTPV injection
S. No Time slot Load flow run at time when DT is max loaded

1 8:00- 11 AM 10 AM
2 11:00 -01:00 PM 11 :00 AM
3 01:00-04:00 PM 04:00 PM
4 04:00-07:00 PM 5:00 PM

l There is no reverse power flow observed at feeder level even RTPV at 100% of DT capacity in
both LT circuits. Loading on feeders decreased as more RTPV are connected
Observation:
l No abnormality observed at feeder level even at 100% RTPV
Effect on DT-32 (11 kV/ 440 V, 63 kVA):

Power Quality (PQ) Issues:

l Power factor found low on some LT sections during 40% - 80% solar injection, when reverse
power flow occurs
l No thermal issue is found
l Voltage near solar end increases but within permissible limit

Effect on LT side of DT:
Power Quality (PQ) Issues:

l Power factor found low during 40% -80% solar injection on some of LT sections, when reverse
power flow occurs at DT side. These LT sections are near to Solar generating loads. E.g. at 2354
XLPE cable, pf found low between 40% and 80% solar injection during 1 to 4 pm
l Similarly, lower power factor is observed in some LT section near solar generation RTPV in
between 40 % to 80% RTPV increase during time interval 8 to 11 am, 11:00 to 01 :00 pm and 4 :00
to 07 :00 pm
l It is observed that during all time interval reverse power flow occurs between 40 to 60% RTPV
solar generation and this reverse power flow occurs first if loading is less and later if loading is
more at DT end. But during reverse power flow active power becomes less and power factor
becomes low beyond limit, so reactive power compensation is needed. This is section where
smart inverter and power factor capacitor bank is needed

Time Slots Over Voltage Under Voltage Power factor Observations

(V > = 1.06 pu) ( V <= 0.94 pu)
(0.85 to 0.99)
08 AM – 11 AM NONE NONE Section 2354, Undervoltage observed: No
11 AM – 01 PM NONE NONE 2345 and also undervoltage is observed
on DT beyond permissible limit,
01 PM – 04 PM NONE NONE but it improves as RTPV is
increased.
04 PM – 07 PM NONE NONE
Overvoltage: No
overvoltage is observed
on any section as oversize
conductor of 90 mm2 were
used in LT side.
Power factor:
l Lower power is
observed on DT
when loading on DT
decreased due to
increased RTPV in each
scenario i.e. at 20%, to
60%. After 60% power
factor improves on DT
due to more reverse
power flow as loading
on DT increased
l In sections near to
RTPV generation e.g.
2354, 2345 XLPE cables,
lower power factor is
observed between 40 to
80% increase in RTPV

Annexure 2.4: Load Flow Analysis of APSPDCL Feeder
Feeder details:
l Total number of DTs on feeder: 36
l Distribution Transformer (DT): 100 KVA
l Voltage Level: 11 kV/415 V
l Number of consumers connected to DT: 379
l Number of solar RTPV at present: Number of solar RTPV at DT level but 4 HT consumers
(out of 5 HT consumers) have total RTPV connected 1 MW
LT circuit:

Solar Irradiance Curve: The solar insolation (W/m2) with respect to time is collected from National
Institute of Wind Energy for Minute & Hourly basis for 21 June 2018.
Load Flow Scenario:
In every scenario solar rooftop connection are increased to observe the behaviour on 11 kV feeder
and LT network at DT (100 kVA) & HT consumer level.
Objective of Study:
l To analyse the effect on 11 kV Feeder & LT network by increasing RTPV injection
Time Slots:
S. No Time Slot Load Flow run at Time when DT is max Loaded

1 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM 11:00 AM
2 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM 12:30 PM
3 01:00 PM - 04:00 PM 04:00 PM
4 04:00 PM - 07:00 PM 04:30 PM

Scenarios run for HT consumer:
l HT consumer 1: DT-33
l HT DT rating: 350 kVA
l DT rating: 630 kVA


l Reverse power flow is observed at feeder level even in As-Is scenarios because HT consumer
l Loading on feeders increased as more RTPV are connected
Observation:
l Overloading observed on HT consumer DT when RTPV increased beyond 60%
l Voltage rise on 11 KV feeder is also found on some section but within 2% limit
l No overloading observed in any section of feeder even at 100% loading

Effect on DT (11 kV/ 415 V, 100 kVA):
starts back to DT and Feeder
Effect on HT consumer 1, DT Name: HT consumer 1, DT name: DT-33-HT, 11 KV/415V, 350 kVA

l In As-Is RTPV connected was 200 kWp which is approximately 57% of DT capacity, so during
load flow the RTPV connected kept constant at 200 kWp at 20% and 40%.
l Reverse power flow observed even at As-is and further increase in RTPV
l At 60% of DT capacity RTPV connected is 210 kWp so there is slight increase in HT DT loading
observed

Effect on HT consumer 2, DT name: DT-32-HT, 11 kV/415 V, 630 kVA:
l In As-Is RTPV connected was 200 kWp which was approximately more than 31% of DT capacity,
so during load flow the RTPV connected kept constant at 200 kWp at 20%.
l Reverse power flow observed even at As-is and further increase in RTPV
l At 40% RTPV connected was 252 kWp so there is slight increase in HT DT loading observed
Effect on HT consumer 3, DT name: DT-35 HT, 11 kV/415 V, 350 kVA:

l In As-Is RTPV connected was 100 kWp which was approximately more than 28% of DT capacity,
so during load flow the RTPV connected kept constant at 200 kWp up to 20%

Effect on HT consumer 4, DT name: DT-34-HT, 11 kV/415 V, 950 kVA:
l In AS-IS RTPV connected was 500 kWp which was approximately more than 52 % of DT capacity,
so during load flow the RTPV connected kept constant at 200 kWp up to 20% & 40%

Time Slots Over Voltage Under Voltage Observations

(V > = 1.06 PU) ( V <= 0.94 PU)
08:00 AM – NONE NONE At 100% RTPV, overloading observed at all the
11:00 AM HT consumers
11:00 AM – NONE NONE At 100% RTPV, overloading observed at all
01:00 PM the HT consumers. Power factor decreased at
higher RTPV. There should be power.
01:00 PM – NONE 0% Solar, 1002 Under voltage observed on some LT section
04:00 PM kWp (As-Is), 1022 of DT and after 20% RTPV under voltage
kWp (20% RTPV) removed due to more injection of RTPV. At
100 % RTPV, overloading observed at all the
HT consumers DT.
04:00 PM – NONE 0% Solar, 1002 Under voltage observed on some LT section
07:00 PM kWp (As-Is) of DT and after 20% RTPV under voltage
removed due to more injection of RTPV. At
100% RTPV, overloading observed at all the
HT consumers DT.

Annexure 2.5: Load Flow Analysis of CESC Feeder
l Distribution Transformer (DT): 315 kVA
l Voltage level: 6 kV /400 V
l Number of consumers: 198
l Number of solar RTPV at present: No solar RTPV was present at DT
l In As-Is scenarios: DT (315 kVA) with 46 kWp solar injection
LT circuit:

Solar irradiance Curve: The solar insolation (W/m2) with respect to time is collected from National
Institute of Wind Energy for Minute & Hourly basis for 31 May 2018.
Load Flow Scenario:

In every scenario solar rooftop connection are increased to observe the behaviour on 6 kV Feeder
and LT network.
Objective of Study:
l To analyse the effect on 6 kV Feeder & LT network by increasing RTPV injection
Time Slots:
S. No Time Slot Load flow run at time when DT is

maximum loaded
1 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM 11:00 AM
2 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM 12:30 PM
3 01:00 PM - 04:00 PM 01:30 PM
4 04:00 PM - 07:00 PM 4:30 PM

l The load on feeder continuously decreased in every scenario as solar roof top connection are
increased from 0% to 100% of DT capacity
Observations on 6 kV feeder side:

l In 0% solar and As-Is scenarios (46 kWp) two sections on 6 kV feeder are overloaded, this got
cleared with 20% of solar injection (106 kWp)

Time Slot Overloading observed at Solar Overloading cleared with
injection solar injection
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM As-Is (46 kWp) 20% (106 kWp)
11:00 PM - 01:00 PM As-Is (46 kWp) 20% (106 kWp)
01:00 PM -04:00 PM As-Is (46 kWp) 20% (106 kWp)
04:00 PM -07:00 PM No overloading
Effect on DT:
starts back to DT and feeder

Time Slots Overvoltage Undervoltage Observations
(V > = 1.06 PU) (V <= 0.94 PU)
08:00 AM – 286kWp (80% 0% Solar, 46 kWp Overvoltage - Observed on some RTPV
11:00 AM RTPV) & 346 (As-Is), 106 kWp (20% connection after increasing RTPV
kWp (100% RTPV), 166 kWp (40% more than or equal to 80 %.
RTPV) RTPV), 226 kWp (60%
RTPV), 286 kWp (80% Undervoltage – Undervoltage on many
RTPV) sections of LT feeder observed up to
11:00 AM – 286 kWp (80 % 0% Solar, 46 kWp 80% RTPV. But it gets cleared after 80
01:00 PM RTPV) & 346 (As-Is), 106 kWp (20% % RTPV. This is due to more loading at
kWp (100% RTPV), 166 kWp (40% LT end.
RTPV), 286 kWp (80%
RTPV)
01:00 PM – 226 kWp (60% 0% Solar, 46 kWp Overvoltage - Observed on some RTPV
04:00 PM RTPV), 286 kWp (As-Is), 106 kWp (20% connection after increasing RTPV
(80% RTPV) & RTPV), 166 kWp (40% more than or equal to 60%.
346 kWp (100% RTPV), 226 kWp (60%
RTPV) RTPV), 286 kWp (80% Undervoltage - On many sections of LT
RTPV) feeder observed when RTPV increased
04:00 PM – 226 kWp (60% 0% Solar, 46 kWp from As-Is to 80 % RTPV. But it gets
07:00 PM RTPV), 286 kWp (As-Is), 106 kWp (20% cleared after 80% RTPV. This is due to
(80% RTPV) & RTPV), 166 kWp (40% more loading at LT end.
346 kWp (100% RTPV), 226 kWp (60%
RTPV)

Annexure 2.6: Load Flow Analysis of AEML Feeder
Feeder details:
l Substation: 33/11kV
l Total number of DTs on feeder: 8 DTs and 1 HT consumer
l Distribution Transformer (DT): DT-30 kVA
l Voltage level: 11 kV/433 V
l Number of consumers on DT: 492 (approx.)
l Solar RTPV at present: Total 100 kWp RTPV
l In AS-IS scenarios: DT (630 kVA) with 100kWp solar injection
LT circuit:
Solar Irradiance Curve: The Solar Insolation (W/m2) with respect to time is collected from National
Institute of Wind Energy for Minute & Hourly basis for 19th November 2016.

Load Flow Scenarios:
In every scenario, Solar Roof Top Connections are increased to observe the behaviour on 11kV
Feeder and LT network.
Objective of Study:
l To analyse the effect on 11 kV feeder & LT network by increasing RTPV injection
S. No Time slot Load flow run at time when DT is

maximum loaded
1 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM 10:30 AM
2 11:00 AM -01:00 PM 11:00 AM
3 01:00 PM - 04:00 PM 02:30 PM
4 04:00 PM - 07:00 PM 04:15 PM

Effect on DT- 630 kVA:
starts back to DT and feeder
l Under voltage and overvoltage observed on some sections of LT during increased solar
penetration
Time slots Overvoltage Undervoltage Observations

(V > = 1.06 PU) (V <= 0.94 PU)
08:00 AM – 60% PV, 80% PV, No Solar, As-Is, 20% Overvoltage - Observed on some RTPV
11:00 AM 100% PV PV, 40% PV, 60% PV connection after increasing RTPV more
than or equal to 60%.
11:00 AM – 60% PV, 80% PV, No Solar, As-Is, 20%
01:00 PM 100% PV PV, 40% PV, 60% PV Undervoltage – Undervoltage on many
sections of LT feeder observed up to 60%
01:00 PM – 60% PV, 80% PV, No Solar, As-Is, 20%
RTPV. But it gets cleared after 80% RTPV.
04:00 PM 100% PV PV, 40% PV, 60% PV
This is due to more loading at LT end.
04:00 PM – 60% PV, 80% PV, No Solar, As-Is, 20%
07:00 PM 100% PV PV, 40% PV, 60% PV Overloading – Up to 40% RTPV,
overloading has decreased significantly.
However, after 60% RTPV injection, it
increased again.

Annexure 3: State Wise ESS Estimations
2019-2032
Southern Region
State - Karnataka 2018-19 2022 2027 2032

Generation (MW)
Thermal 9961 15121
Hydro 3586
Nuclear 698
Solar 5329 8500 13497 22297
Ground Mounted 5175 6200 8097 12597
Solar
RTPV 154 2300 5400 9700
Connected to EHV 3105 3720 4858 7558
Connected to MV 2070 2480 3239 5039
Connected to LV 154 2300 5400 9700
Wind 4683 6200
Small Hydro 1231 1500
Biomass & Biopower 1800 1420
Peak Load (MW) 10857 18403 25396 34720
Energy (MUs)
Annual Energy 67869 108012 147941 200736
Battery (LV) 23 345 810 1455
Battery (MV) 207 248 324 504

State – 2018-19 2022 2027 2032
Andhra Pradesh
Generation (MW)
Thermal 14644 16525 18525 NA
Hydro 1674 1764 NA NA
Nuclear 128 NA NA NA
Solar 2890 9834 21503 28503
Ground Mounted 2841 7834 15703 18703
Solar
RTPV 49 2000 5800 9800
Connected to EHV 1704 4700 9422 11222
Connected to MV 1137 3134 6281 7841
Connected to LV 49 2000 5800 9800
Wind 4076 8100
Small Hydro 162 - - 409
Biomass & Biopower 500 543 NA NA
Peak Load (MW) 8983 33194 51601 74818
Energy (MUs)
Annual Energy 58384 191912 284776 412903
Battery (LV) 7 300 870 1470
Battery (MV) 114 313 628 784
State – Tamil Nadu 2018-19 2022 2027 2032

Generation (MW)
Thermal 14786 20647 NA NA
Nuclear 1448 1500
Solar 2233 8884 19884 26000
Ground Mounted 2098 5384 11284 14100
Solar
RTPV 135 3500 8600 11900
Connected to EHV 1259 3230 6770 8460
Connected to MV 839 2154 4515 5640
Connected to LV 135 3500 8600 11900
Wind 8764 11900 NA NA
Small Hydro 123 75 NA 604
Peak Load (MW) 14975 29975 43044 59827
Energy (MUs)
Annual Energy 106006 171718 244703 337491
Battery (LV) 20 525 1290 1785
Battery (MV) 84 215 451 564

State – Kerala 2018-19 2022 2027 2032
Generation (MW)
Nuclear 362 NA NA
Solar 139 1870 5582 10082
Ground Mounted 100 1070 2982 5082
Solar
RTPV 39 800 2600 5000
Wind 53 -
Small Hydro 222 100 647
Biomass & Biopower 0.72 - - NA
Peak Load (MW) 3870 6093 8150 10903
Energy (MUs)
Annual Energy 25004 34691 46049 61125
Battery (LV) 6 120 390 750
Battery (MV) 4 43 119 203
State – Puducherry 2018-19 2022 2027 2032

Generation (MW)
Hydro 0 NA NA NA
Nuclear 86 NA NA NA
Solar 19 246 646 1200
Ground Mounted 0.03 146 446 790
Solar
RTPV 1.77 100 200 410
Connected to EHV - - - -
Connected to MV 0.03 146 446 790
Connected to LV 1.77 100 200 410
Wind - -
Small Hydro - - - -
Biomass & - - - -
Biopower
Peak Load (MW) 387 782 787 940
Energy (MUs)
Annual Energy 2669 4452 4444 5271
Battery (LV) 0.26 15 30 61
Battery (MV) 0 15 45 79

State – Telangana 2018-19 2022 2027 2032
Generation (MW)
Hydro 2450 NA NA NA
Nuclear 149 236 NA NA
Solar 3583 6490 11990 17990
Ground Mounted 3519 4490 5190 9990
Solar
RTPV 64 2000 6800 8000
Connected to EHV 2111 2994 3114 5994
Connected to MV 1408 1996 2076 3996
Connected to LV 64 2000 6800 8000
Wind 128 2000 NA NA
Biomass & 178 - - -
Biopower
Peak Load (MW) 10284 - - -
Energy (MUs)
Annual Energy 60318 NA NA NA
Battery (LV) 0.96 300 1020 1200
Battery (MV) 141 200 311 599

Western Region
State – Goa 2018-19 2022 2027 2032

Generation (MW)
Hydro 0 NA NA NA
Nuclear 26 NA NA NA
Solar 2 358 1000 1500
Ground Mounted 1 208 710 1060
Solar
RTPV 1 150 290 440
Wind - -
Small Hydro 0.05 - - 4.7
Biomass & Biopower - - - -
Peak Load (MW) 558 1192 1658 2216
Energy (MUs)
Annual Energy 4117 6837 9442 12617
Battery (LV) 0.15 22.5 43.5 66
Battery (MV) 0.1 21 71 106
State – Daman 2018-19 2022 2027 2032

& Diu
Generation (MW)
Hydro 0 NA NA NA
Nuclear 7 NA NA NA
Solar 14.4 199 500 850
Solar
RTPV 4.3 100 200 310
Wind - - - -
Small Hydro - - - -
Peak Load (MW) 362 605 818 1082
Energy (MUs)
Annual Energy 2533 3706 4980 6536
Battery (LV) 0.645 15 30 46
Battery (MV) 1 10 30 54

State – Gujarat 2018-19 2022 2027 2032
Generation (MW)
Hydro 772 NA NA NA
Solar 2003 8020 23500 35500
Ground Mounted 1836 4820 14400 22300
Solar
RTPV 167 3200 9100 13200
Connected to EHV 1012 2892 8640 13380
Connected to MV 734 1928 5760 8920
Connected to LV 167 3200 9100 13200
Wind 5967 8800 NA NA
Small Hydro 46 25 NA NA
Biomass & Biopower 77 288 NA
Peak Load (MW) 16590 26973 38691 53301
Energy (MUs)
Annual Energy 109985 153582 218610 301160
Battery (LV) 25 480 1365 1980
Battery (MV) 73 193 576 892
State – 2018-19 2022 2027 2032

Madhya Pradesh
Generation (MW)
Hydro 3224 NA NA NA
Solar 1650 5675 17000 22500
Ground Mounted 1619 3475 9900 11300
Solar
RTPV 31 2200 7100 11200
Connected to MV 648 1390 3960 4520
Connected to LV 31 2200 7100 11200
Small Hydro 96 25 NA NA
Biomass & Biopower 121 118 NA 820
Peak Load (MW) 12301 18802 27519 38088
Energy (MUs)
Annual Energy 69925 107060 155489 213539
Battery (LV) 4.65 330 1065 1680
Battery (MV) 65 140 396 452

State – 2018-19 2022 2027 2032
Chhattisgarh
Generation (MW)
Hydro 120 NA NA NA
Nuclear 48 NA NA NA
Solar 232 1783 5000 8000
Ground Mounted 216 1083 3600 4000
Solar
RTPV 16 700 2400 4000
Connected to MV 216 1083 3600 4000
Wind - - - -
Small Hydro 76 25
Biomass & Biopower 231 - - 1098
Peak Load (MW) 3887 6599 9090 12116
Energy (MUs)
Annual Energy 25915 34106 46979 62620
Battery (LV) 2.4 105 360 600
Battery (MV) 22 108 360 400
Battery (MV) 58 289 600 764
State – Maharashtra 2018-19 2022 2027 2032

Generation (MW)
Hydro 3332 NA NA NA
Solar 1619 11926 25000 35000
Ground Mounted 1447 7226 15000 19100
Solar
RTPV 172 4700 10000 15900
Connected to EHV 868 4334 9000 11460
Connected to MV 579 2890 6000 7640
Connected to LV 172 4700 10000 15900
Peak Load (MW) 22494 39622 54982 74528
Energy (MUs)
Annual Energy 149759 225606 310654 417826
Battery (LV) 25.8 705 1500 2385

State – Dadra & 2018-19 2022 2027 2032
Nagar Naveli
Generation (MW)
Hydro 0 NA NA NA
Nuclear 9 NA NA NA
Solar 6 449 1000 1500
Solar
RTPV 3 200 380 570
Wind - - NA NA
Small Hydro - - - -
Peak Load (MW) 790 1297 1733 2294
Energy (MUs)
Annual Energy 6166 8413 11164 14676
Battery (LV) 0.45 30 57 85.5
Battery (MV) 0.3 25 62 93

Northern Region
State – Delhi 2018-19 2022 2027 2032

Generation (MW)
Hydro 723 NA NA NA
Solar 124 2762 8000 12000
Solar
RTPV 115 1100 5000 7400
Connected to LV 115 1100 5000 7400
Wind - - - -
Small Hydro - - - -
Biomass & Biopower 52 - - -
Peak Load (MW) 6526 9024 12681 17246
Energy (MUs)
Annual Energy 31825 52930 73827 99649
Battery (LV) 17.25 165 750 1110
Battery (MV) 1 166 300 460
State – Haryana 2018-19 2022 2027 2032

Generation (MW)
Hydro 663 NA NA NA
Solar 220 4142 8000 12500
Ground Mounted 131 2542 3900 7500
Solar
RTPV 89 1600 4100 5000
Connected to MV 52 1017 1640 3000
Connected to LV 89 1600 4100 5000
Wind - - - -
Small Hydro 74 25 - 107
Peak Load (MW) 9539 14244 20103 27202
Energy (MUs)
Annual Energy 50775 78586 110915 150083
Battery (LV) 13.35 240 615 750
Battery (MV) 5 102 164 300

State – 2018-19 2022 2027 2032
Himachal Pradesh
Generation (MW)
Nuclear 29 NA NA NA
Solar 4.5 776 1500 1800
Solar
RTPV 4.5 320 700 960
Wind - - - -
Peak Load (MW) 1594 2589 3424 4476
Energy (MUs)
Annual Energy 9399 14514 19198 25096
Battery (LV) 0.675 48 105 144
Battery (MV) 0 46 80 84
State – 2018-19 2022 2027 2032

Jammu & Kashmir
Generation (MW)
Nuclear 68 NA NA NA
Solar 15 1155 11000 15000
Solar
RTPV 6 450 1860 2250
Wind - - - -
Peak Load (MW) 2319 4217 5996 8302
Energy (MUs)
Annual Energy 18808 21884 31110 43075
Battery (LV) 1 68 279 337
Battery (MV) 1 71 914 1275
State – Punjab 2018-19 2022 2027 2032
Generation (MW)
Solar 906 4772 8500 11000
Ground Mounted 828 2772 3500 5000
Solar
RTPV 78 2000 5000 6000
Connected to MV 331 1108 1400 2000
Connected to LV 78 2000 5000 6000
Wind - - - -
Peak Load (MW) 11705 14552 18352 23144
Energy (MUs)
Annual Energy 54812 86941 108835 136243
Battery (LV) 12 300 750 900
Battery (MV) 33 110 140 200
State – Rajasthan 2018-19 2022 2027 2032

Generation (MW)
Hydro 1931 NA NA NA
Solar 3142 5762 13500 22500
Ground Mounted 3046 3462 8500 15800
Solar
RTPV 96 2300 5000 6700
Connected to EHV 1827 2077 5100 9480
Connected to MV 1218 1385 3400 6320
Connected to LV 96 2300 5000 6700
Peak Load (MW) 11564 19692 28828 40284
Energy (MUs)
Annual Energy 71193 110483 161741 226014
Battery (LV) 14.4 345 750 1005
Battery (MV) 122 139 340 632

State – Uttar Pradesh 2018-19 2022 2027 2032
Generation (MW)
Solar 902 10697 20000 27500
Ground Mounted 834 6397 10700 15500
Solar
RTPV 68 4300 9300 12000
Connected to MV 334 2559 4280 6200
Connected to LV 68 4300 9300 12000
Wind - - - -
Peak Load (MW) 18061 36061 53690 73708
Energy (MUs)
Annual Energy 120051 209046 308887 420829
Battery (LV) 10 645 1395 1800
Battery (MV) 33 256 429 620
State – Uttarakhand 2018-19 2022 2027 2032

Generation (MW)
Nuclear 31 NA NA NA
Solar 305 900 1500 1950
Solar
RTPV 65 350 660 1000
Wind - - - -
Peak Load (MW) 2149 2901 3911 5222
Energy (MUs)
Annual Energy 13457 16774 22438 29733
Battery (LV) 10 53 99 150
Battery (MV) 24 45 84 95

State – Chandigarh 2018-19 2022 2027 2032
Generation (MW)
Thermal 53 NA NA NA
Hydro 102 NA NA NA
Nuclear 8 NA NA NA
Solar 32 153 650 1000
Solar
RTPV 26 100 200 310
Wind - - - -
Small Hydro - - - -
Peak Load (MW) 363 559 732 948
Energy (Mus)
Annual Energy 1610 2842 3719 4821
Battery (LV) 4 15 30 46.5
Battery (MV) 0.6 5 45 69

Eastern Region
State – Bihar 2018-19 2022 2027 2032

Generation (MW)
Hydro 110 NA NA NA
Nuclear 0 - - -
Solar 142.5 2493 6500 8500
Ground Mounted 139 1493 4400 5200
Solar
RTPV 3.5 1000 2100 3300
Connected to MV 139 1493 4400 5200
Connected to LV 3.5 1000 2100 3300
Wind - - - -
Peak Load (MW) 4515 9306 16239 23411
Energy (MUs)
Annual Energy 27018 52975 91733 131219
Battery (LV) 0.5 150 315 495
Battery (MV) 14 150 440 520
State – Jharkhand 2018-19 2022 2027 2032

Generation (MW)
Hydro 191 NA NA NA
Nuclear 0 - - -
Solar 32.3 1995 5500 8000
Solar
RTPV 13.3 800 1600 2500
Connected to MV 19 1995 5500 8000
Connected to LV 13.3 800 1600 2500
Wind - - - -
Biomass & Biopower 4.3 - - -
Peak Load (MW) 1260 6341 8780 11930
Energy (Mus)
Annual Energy 7906 37482 51512 69475
Battery (LV) 2 120 240 375
Battery (MV) 2 200 550 800

State – West Bengal 2018-19 2022 2027 2032
Generation (MW)
Nuclear - - - -
Solar 70 5336 10500 13000
Solar
RTPV 20 2100 3900 5700
Connected to MV 50 3236 6600 7300
Connected to LV 20 2100 3900 5700
Wind - - - -
Peak Load (MW) 8114 17703 26027 36187
Energy (MUs)
Annual Energy 50760 103283 150704 207948
Battery (LV) 3 315 585 855
Battery (MV) 5 324 660 730
State – Odisha 2018-19 2022 2027 2032

Generation (MW)
Hydro 2150 NA NA NA
Nuclear 0 NA NA NA
Solar 391 2377 6500 8500
Ground Mounted 384 1377 4500 5300
Solar
RTPV 7 1000 2000 3200
Connected to MV 384 1377 4500 5300
Wind - - - -
Peak Load (MW) 4402 6749 8712 11280
Energy (MUs)
Annual Energy 28801 42566 54565 70154
Battery (LV) 1.05 150 300 480
Battery (MV) 38 138 450 530

State – Sikkim 2018-19 2022 2027 2032
Generation (MW)
Thermal 87 NA NA NA
Hydro 823 944 2056 NA
Nuclear 0 - - -
Solar 0.01 76 200 250
Solar
RTPV 0.01 50 80 100
Wind - - - -
Peak Load (MW) 96 176 245 341
Energy (MUs)
Annual Energy 486 645 898 1250
Battery (LV) 0 7.5 12 15
Battery (MV) 0 3 12 15

North-Eastern Region
State – Assam 2018-19 2022 2027 2032

Generation (MW)
Hydro 431 NA NA NA
Nuclear 0 - - -
Solar 18 663 1500 1800
Solar
RTPV 8 250 500 740
Wind - - - -
Peak Load (MW) 1745 2534 3613 5033
Energy (MUs)
Annual Energy 9094 12699 18107 25224
Battery (LV) 1.2 37.5 75 111
Battery (MV) 1 41 100 106
State – Arunachal 2018-19 2022 2027 2032

Pradesh
Generation (MW)
Thermal 72 NA NA NA
Hydro 97 4816 NA NA
Nuclear 0 NA NA
Solar 5.4 71 120 190
Solar
RTPV 4.1 50 90 140
Wind - - - -
Small Hydro 107 500 - 2064
Peak Load (MW) 145 177 266 365
Energy (MUs)
Annual Energy 798 721 1085 1489
Battery (LV) 0.6 7.5 13.5 21
State – Meghalaya 2018-19 2022 2027 2032
Generation (MW)
Hydro 387 NA NA NA
Nuclear 0 NA NA NA
Solar 0.12 161 450 600
Solar
RTPV 0.12 50 90 160
Wind - - - -
Peak Load (MW) 368 596 828 1112
Energy (MUs)
Annual Energy 1555 3029 4206 5651
Battery (LV) 0 7.5 13.5 24
Battery (MV) 0 11 36 44
State – Tripura 2018-19 2022 2027 2032

Generation (MW)
Hydro 62 NA NA NA
Nuclear 0 NA NA NA
Solar 5.1 105 350 550
Solar
RTPV 0.01 50 90 160
Wind - - - -
Peak Load (MW) 342 472 674 913
Energy (MUs)
Annual Energy 2599 2026 2892 3921
Battery (LV) 0 7.5 13.5 24
Battery (MV) 0.5 5.5 26 39

State – Manipur 2018-19 2022 2027 2032
Generation (MW)
Hydro 89 NA NA NA
Nuclear 0 NA NA NA
Solar 3.2 105 250 400
Solar
RTPV 3.2 50 90 160
Wind - -
Small Hydro 5.5 - - 99
Peak Load (MW) 195 497 869 1212
Energy (MUs)
Annual Energy 871 2219 3881 5416
Battery (LV) 0.5 7.5 13.5 24
Battery (MV) 0 5.5 16 24
State – Nagaland 2018-19 2022 2027 2032

Generation (MW)
Thermal 70 NA NA NA
Hydro 53 239 NA NA
Nuclear 0 NA NA NA
Solar 8 61 200 350
Solar
RTPV 8 50 90 160
Wind - - - -
Peak Load (MW) 146 271 403 554
Energy (MUs)
Annual Energy 794 1163 1728 2373
Battery (LV) 1.2 7.5 13.5 24

State – Mizoram 2018-19 2022 2027 2032
Generation (MW)
Thermal 61 NA NA NA
Hydro 94 NA NA NA
Nuclear 0 NA NA NA
Solar 0.5 72 200 350
Solar
RTPV 0.4 50 90 160
Wind - - - -
Peak Load (MW) 96 352 521 723
Energy (MUs)
Annual Energy 497 1388 2053 2847
Battery (LV) 0 7.5 13.5 24
Battery (MV) 0 2.2 11 19

UTs
State – 2018-19 2022 2027 2032

Andaman & Nicobar
Generation (MW)
Thermal 40 NA NA NA
Hydro 0 NA NA NA
Nuclear 0 NA NA NA
Solar 7 27 100 150
Solar
RTPV 2 20 40 75
Wind - - NA
Small Hydro 5 - - -
Peak Load (MW) 54 89 125 172
Energy (MUs)
Battery (LV) 0.3 3 6 11
Battery (MV) 0.5 0.7 6 7.5
State – Lakshadweep 2018-19 2022 2027 2032

Generation (MW)
Thermal 0 NA NA NA
Hydro 0 NA NA NA
Nuclear 0 NA NA NA
Solar 0.75 20 50 100
Solar
RTPV 0 10 20 32
Wind - - - -
Small Hydro - - - -
Peak Load (MW) 9 18 23 30
Energy (MUs)
Battery (LV) 0 1 3 5

Source:
http://www.cea.nic.in/reports/annual/lgbr/lgbr-2018.pdf
http://www.cea.nic.in/reports/committee/nep/nep_jan_2018.pdf
http://allaboutrenewables.com/capacity-addition
http://www.cea.nic.in/reports/monthly/executivesummary/2018/exe_summary-03.pdf
NOTE: Assumptions done by considering the following
1. 100 GW Solar Target by 2022, out of which 40 GW is RTPV, 20 GW Medium Size Installations and
40 GW Solar Parks
2. 250 GW Solar Target by 2027, ratio taken in accordance with 2022 targets
3. 360 GW Solar Target by 2032, ratio taken in accordance with 2022 targets
4. All values post 2022 have been forecasted using best estimates methodology devised by ISGF

Annexure 4: CYMDIST Library Files
The issues and impact of RTPV faced by every RTPV addition. Thus, a qualitative set
utilities across India varies according to their of limits must be arrived at after performing
geographical location, their feeder loads and sample quantitative studies of typical feeders,
their MV/LV network topologies. Thus, the RTPV together with the RTPV connections, feeder
hosting capacity varies for different feeders. This loads (both MV and LV), the network line
is particularly more sensitive in the lower MV parameters and DT capacities.
voltages with maximum sensitivity in the 415V
and 230V secondary voltages. The most impact In order to analyse the details of the MV/LV
is on power quality aspects particularly with network, six distribution utilities were selected
respect to “low or high permissible voltages” to conduct a detailed load flow analysis of
in select parts of the network. A second aspect distribution feeders. We have carried out
is the imbalance of VAR requirements/flows detailed load flow analysis of the six feeders
due to the addition of the RTPV which typically mentioned below. DISCOMs falling under
operate at unity power factor. It is however not any of the (below mentioned) categories can
possible to do an in-depth feeder analysis for contact ISGF for the detailed study.
Region Selected State Feeder Category DISCOM Name
North Delhi Urban Lightly Loaded Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd. (TPDDL)
Haryana Agricultural Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd. (UHBVN)
South Karnataka 11 kV Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Ltd.

(BESCOM)
Andhra Semi Urban Heavily Andhra Pradesh Southern Power Distribution

Pradesh Loaded Company Ltd. (APSPDCL)
West Maharashtra Urban Lightly Loaded Adani Energy Mumbai Ltd. (AEML)
East West Bengal Urban Heavily Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (CESC),
Loaded Kolkata
Note: The CYMDIST Library files of aforementioned DISCOMs are available with ISGF for study on
a request basis.

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Executive Summary xiii

3 Assessment of Mv/Lv Stabilization and Optimization for 40 Gw Rtpv :

Energy Storage System

5 Energy Storage India Tool (ESIT) 51

6 Cost Benefit Analysis of Various Energy Storage Systems 59

8 Policy and Tariff Design Recommendations 87

Energy Storage System

Annexure 2- Load Flow Studies and Analysis of Rtpv Integration 113

Annexure 3- State Wise ESS Estimations 2019-2032 155

Energy Storage System

Energy Storage System

Energy Storage System

To be included in the final Report.

Energy Storage System

To be included in the final Report.

Energy Storage System

AEML : Adani Energy Mumbai Limited

AGC : Automatic Generation Control

AGF : Advanced Grid Functions

APSPDCL : Andhra Pradesh Southern Power Distribution Company Limited

AT&C : Aggregate Technical & Commercial Loss

BESCOM : Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited

BESS : Battery Energy Storage System

BMS : Battery Management System

CAES : Compressed Air Energy Storage

CBA : Cost-Benefit Analysis

CEA : Central Electricity Authority

CERC : Central Electricity Regulatory Commission

CESC : Calcutta Electricity Supply Company

C&I : Commercial & Industrial

DISCOM : Distribution Companies

DOD : Depth of Discharge

DSM : Demand Side Management

EHV : Extra High-Voltage

ESCO : Energy Service Company

ESIT : Energy Storage India Tool

ESS : Energy Storage System

Energy Storage System

E2W : Electric 2-Wheelers

E3W : Electric 3-Wheelers

FRAS : Fast Response Ancillary Service

GCF : Green Climate Fund

GDP : Gross Domestic Product

HVAC : Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning

ICE : Internal Combustion Engine

IESA : India Energy Storage Alliance

IEGC : Indian Electricity Grid Code

IGBT : Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors

IRR : Internal Rate of Return

ISGF : India Smart Grid Forum

INDC : Intended Nationally Determined Contribution

JNNSM : Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission

kVA : Kilovolt Ampere

kWp : Kilowatt peak

LCOS : Levelized Cost of Energy Storage

3 Assessment of Mv/Lv Stabilization and Optimization for 40 Gw Rtpv :