India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) commemorates World Energy Storage Day by organizing policy roundtable

To  commemorate  on  the  1st  World  Energy  Storage  Day,  India Energy  Storage  Alliance  (IESA), India’s leading  alliance  on  energy  storage  will  organize  India  Energy  Storage  Policy  Forum  on  23rd September  2017  at  Delhi. The  objective  of this  forum  is  to  have  a dialogue  between  thought  leaders from  industry  and  the  policy  makers  to  identify  policy  priorities  that  can  help  drive  adoption  of energy storage  in India and  make  India a global hub  for  manufacturing  of advanced  energy  storage  technologies by  2020.   In  this policy  forum,  key  government bodies  that are  working  on  regulations  that  affect  energy  storage, microgrids and  electric  vehicles  will  be  part  of  the  roundtable. The  government  organization represented will include  NITI Aayog,  Invest  India, International Solar  Alliance,  Ministry  of Commerce  and Industries,  Ministry  of  New  &  Renewable  Energy,  Ministry  of  Power, Central Electricity  Regulatory Commission,  Central  Electricity  Authority,  Department  of Science  &  Technology, Indian  Railways,  Power Grid  Corporation  of  India,  National Thermal  Power  Corporation,  Solar  Energy  Corporation  of  India  and others.  The  key  topics  covered during  the  discussion  will be on:   Energy Storage for  renewable integration, grid  applications and  ancillary  services   Reducing diesel  consumption  for  cleaner  air  and  reducing  cost  of  energy  for consumers   Improving grid resiliency  and  ensuring  energy  access  for  24*7  power  for every  citizen through Micro  grids &  Distributed  Generation, Accelerating adoption  of  Electric  vehicle  &  Charging  Infrastructure Driving innovation  and  advanced  energy  storage  manufacturing  in India With Energy  Storage  rising  to  the forefront  across US,  Europe,  China, Asia  and  Australia,  the  Global Energy  Storage  Alliance  (GESA)  has  announced  22nd  September  as  the  World  Energy  Storage  Day  to acknowledge  its  importance.  The  goal  of GESA  is  to  advance  education, collaboration, knowledge  and proven frameworks about  the  benefits  of  energy  storage  and  how  it  can  be  used to  achieve  a  more efficient,  cleaner, reliable,  affordable and secure  electric power  system  globally.

Why  22rd  September?  The  sun  –  the largest  source  of  natural energy  –  has  held  much importance through  the  ages  and  people have  gathered throughout  time  to  worship  the  sun  during  the  days  of solstice  and  equinox  with special rituals.  The  Autumnal equinox  occurs  on  22rd  September  and  the  day and  night  are  of approximately  equal duration  i.e. the  day  is balanced.  Energy  storage  can  play  a  huge role in grid  balancing, power  supply-demand  management  and  frequency  regulation. So  to  acknowledge the balancing  effects  of  Energy  Storage,  22rd  September  was  chosen as an  apt date  for the  World Energy  Storage  Day.

Speaking  on  the  development,  Dr.  Rahul  Walawalkar,  Executive  Director,  IESA,  said,  “We  are excited  to celebrate  22nd  September  as  the  World  Energy  Storage  day.  The India  Energy  Storage Policy Forum  will help  provide a direct platform  for  industry and  policy  makers  to  interact and  debate  on  the crucial policy decisions  that  can  determine opportunities  for  energy  storage, microgrids  and  EVs  in  India. We  hope  that this dialogue will also  accelerate  investments  for  manufacturing  of energy  storage and  associated ecosystem  in  India.”