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The West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (WBSEDCL) in partnership with Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) has started a pilot project for establishing Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in certain areas of Bengal to keep in check the issue of overloading during peak hours. Generally, if an overload takes place the transformers are affected and it stops functioning. To avoid this issue, Battery Energy Storage Systems are being set up in areas of Barasat, Bidhannagar and Behala as a part of the pilot project to deal with overloading during peak hours during summer. A senior official of WBSEDCL said, "The places that have been identified hardly have any space to undertake replacement of distribution transformers. Moreover, the cost for replacing a transformer if it goes defunct is also very huge. The BESS system will prevent overloading during peak hours in summer particularly in the evening. TERI has already started their feasibility study and will submit their findings in six to eight months. If feasible, we will implement it". Places like Ganthi Paulpara in Barasat, Hatiara Uttarmath in Bidhannagar and Srijani Ranjit Park area in Behala suffer from severe overloading issues during peak hours resulting in voltage fluctuations; setting up of these BESS will smoothly tackle this kind of situations. This setting up of Battery Energy Storage Systems happens to be the first of its kind pilot project s in the country.
