Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Explained for Indian Power Projects

Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Explained for Indian Power Projects India’s power sector is at a structural inflection point. Rapid renewable capacity addition, tightening grid codes, and increasing demand volatility are forcing utilities and developers to rethink how electricity is generated, dispatched, and balanced. At the center of this transition sits one critical technology: the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS).A Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) is no longer an experimental add-on. For Indian utilities, DISCOMs, renewable developers, and grid operators, BESS is fast becoming core infrastructure—much like substations or transmission lines were in earlier decades.This article provides a practitioner-level explanation…