The electricity market at the Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) achieved a new milestone with a record all time high monthly volume of 9,538 MU in August 2021. This was 74 per cent higher than that in August 2020.
Satyendar Jain, Power Minister, Government of NCT of Delhi, recently visited South Asia’s largest grid-scale battery energy storage system (BESS). Set up by Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd, this BESS, located at the Rohini grid substation, was implemented in partnership with AES and Mitsubishi.
Two interstate power transmission projects, awarded under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) route, were commissioned in July 2021, according to the latest report by Central Electricity Authority. This takes the total tally of such projects in FY22 so far, to three.