{"id":244070,"date":"2025-11-02T02:02:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T20:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=244070"},"modified":"2025-11-08T04:34:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T23:04:23","slug":"whither-battery-energy-storage-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/whither-battery-energy-storage-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Whither Battery Energy Storage System?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>By <a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=%22Bernard+Fernando%22\">Bernard Fernando<\/a> &#8211;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_212854\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-212854\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-212854\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Bernard-Fernando-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Bernard-Fernando-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Bernard-Fernando-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Bernard-Fernando.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-212854\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bernard Fernando<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">An enthusiastic advocate of Renewable energy from Solar Power, has sent the following piece to the writer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u2018\u2019More than 35 power companies have applied for the first-time tender issued on Oct 14 for a battery energy storage system on a build-operate-transfer basis for 16 projects by Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB)\u2026 Fentons, Hayleys, DIMO, WindForce, Resus Power, W KV, Hydrotech, Pyramid Wilmar, Green Power Energy management\u2026to install batteries from companies such as Huawei, Sungrow, CATL, Trina, Hithium, Gymco brands\u2026 WindForce &amp; Hydrotech were among the lowest bidders.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As a consumer concerned on seeing a low unit cost from renewable energy based on \u201crational thinking<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>and high productivity\u201d, the writer was delighted with the Govt. decision to promote \u2018Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)\u2019 linked to Solar power as the cheapest renewable energy resource that will benefit the major consumer stakeholders for whom the Unit price is critical.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">When reading the first news item on the said decision to promote BESS, the writer got the impression that the BESS was meant mainly for Roof top solar power systems at House Holds, Factories. Industries\u00a0 etc. where the main infra structure\u00a0is freely\u00a0and readily\u00a0available in a secured and a supervised environment created by the investors themselves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The introduction of the clause &#8216;Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis&#8217; implies that they are aiming at large scale Water\/ Land based projects which invite complex feasibility reports and\u00a0 red tape\u00a0 leading\u00a0 to deals and\u00a0 Commissions etc. which eventually will escalate the unit price for the consumer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Furthermore, a looming danger would be for such large scale investors to bid \u2018Cherio,Tata, Bye, (CTB) no sooner than they achieve the desired return on their investment and\/or feel the heat in the kitchen as unbearable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Thus, we appeal to the authorities to seriously consider the aforesaid facts and encourage Roof top solar Power investors with Income Tax reliefs and import duty concessions to suppliers and Manufacturers of storage systems who should also offer after sale maintenance to the buyers through suitable agreements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Eventually, we can visualize a \u2018Clean Sri Lanka\u2019 with a zero carbon foot print and a citizenry self-sufficient in renewable power\/energy earning additional income by exporting stable solar power to the national grid during night time peaks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1204,"featured_media":244071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,46,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-constitutional-reforms","category-editorial"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Whither Battery Energy Storage System? 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