Kerala Plans To Use BESS At Trivandrum Hospital On Pilot Basis

Kerala Plans To Use BESS At Trivandrum Hospital On Pilot Basis

The Kerala government has decided to use solar power and battery energy storage systems in a pilot project. As per the plan, the Agency for New and Renewable Energy Research & Technology (ANERT) will execute the project in a Trivandrum Hospital.

This pilot project will be executed under the Smart City Programme for Thiruvananthapuram. The agency has earmarked the Government Medical College campus of the city to undertake the mission. It had also issued a tender in this regard last month.

“ANERT is planning to implement a 250 kW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) on pilot mode using the Financial Assistance from Smart City Thiruvananthapuram Ltd, which would function as a reference / demo installation for all the stakeholders in the State. INDIA is moving aggressively towards Renewable Energy and for enabling Round the Clock (RTC) from Renewables, some sort of Energy Storage System is necessary. The city of Thiruvananthapuram is being developed as Solar City, and mere Solarization through On Grid systems may help us in attaining the tag, for RTC to be ensured, BESS is an essential component,” the tender said.

The Scope of Supply & Work includes all design & engineering, procurement & supply of equipment and materials, testing at manufacturers works, multi – level inspections, packing and forwarding, supply, receipt, unloading and storage at site, associated civil works, services, permits, licences, installation and incidentals, insurance at all stages, erection, testing and commissioning of containerised Battery Energy Storage System and performance demonstration with associated equipment and materials on turnkey basis at GMCT Main Block, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

“The system proposed must have provision to include minimum three sources of power – Solar, Utility power & Backup DG. The BESS system must have provision to manage the input source based on availability and must also be able to schedule based on ToD and should have scheduling capabilities,” it said.
It said that the system should consist of a 250 kW Bi-Directional PCS + Provision for connecting existing Solar and 500 kWh Lithium Battery Storage System, which shall provide uninterrupted power to the output even at failure of 30% of the battery modules.

“The total system shall be designed for mobile or stationary use in a modular container divided into battery room and PCS room with all requisite fire protecting equipment and Air conditioner-based cooling. The proposed system must have a Power Monitoring System (PMS) with to monitor and control all the functions of BESS,” ANERT said.