Tata Power Renewable Inks First Battery Storage Deal With NHPC

Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd., a unit of Tata Power Co. Ltd., has signed its first battery energy storage purchase agreement with NHPC Ltd., the company said in a press release Thursday. The project, secured through a tender, will supply the Kerala State Electricity Board.

Under the deal, Tata Power will install a 30 megawatt/120 megawatt-hour battery energy storage system at a substation in Kerala. This marks the first project under NHPC’s broader plan to develop 125 megawatt/500 megawatt-hour battery storage capacity in the state.

The project aims to support peak energy demand and ensure grid stability. With this, Tata Power Renewable’s total renewable energy capacity has reached about 10.9 gigawatts.