Sri Lanka to Pay Rs45.80 a Unit for Battery Solar Power in the Night

Sri Lanka to pay Rs45.80 a unit for battery solar power in the night

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s state-run Ceylon Electricity Board said it will pay 45.80 rupees a unit (about 15 US cents at 300 rupees a dollar), for a unit of solar energy stored in batteries and pumped into the grid at night. The night solar tariffs would allow solar energy to be shifted from low demand daytime to the night peak when thermal power is operated to make up for the gap. “Battery storage systems with grid-tied inverters can supply ener…

Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) to be installed in Solar Power Plants across Karnataka: K.J. George

Bengaluru Express Bidadi, June 27: Karnataka’s Energy Minister K.J. George announced that battery storage systems must be installed in all solar power plants across the state in the future. He was …