Tata Power-DDL ties up with European firms to implement smart grid pilot in Delhi

Tata Power-DDL Friday joined hands with European firms Enedis, Schneider Electric, Odit-e and VaasaETT to implement a 1-megawatt smart grid demonstration project in the national capital, which would be insulated from any blackout in the main grid.

This microgrid will cater to a specific area which could be connected to main grid or can be at an isolated place. It will help store and supply renewable energy generation in the area and insulate the area from any outage or fluctuation in the main grid.

The project is planned to start in May this year and is expected to be completed by October 2022.

"In common parlance, this microgrid is in a way islanding of specific area for power supply. After the grid failure in 2012, the government has been working on the islanding project for Delhi.

"However, this demonstrative project would be for specific area covering around 1000 households," Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd (Tata Power-DDL) Chief Executive Officer Sanjay Kumar Banga told PTI.

The project would either be implemented the project in Civil Lines or Pitampura in Delhi, he said. "This (the project) is basically to harness renewable sources."