Bangladesh Communication BESS Power Station Production

With Bangladesh's electricity demand expected to reach 32 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, the introduction of BESS is seen as a crucial advancement for modernizing and stabilizing the national power grid. BREB, having nearly achieved universal electrification, will use this project to provide more reliable power, especially during peak demand periods.

For example, the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commis-sion (BERC) Licensing Regu-lations 2006 do not include rules for licensing of energy storage technologies (except for pumped storage). The institutional framework for the procurement and deploy-ment of such projects is well established in the country.

Various power sector agencies including Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) and West Zone Power Distribution Company Limited (WZPDCL) have already deployed EV charging stations, as have various private investors (including SolShare).

The current financial model for EV-BESS deploy-ment in Bangladesh relies on a service payment to EV-BESS projects. This payment model does not create bankable projects due to the lack of any long-term fixed revenue streams. However, additional commercial revenue streams may be leveraged to improve commercial viability of these projects.

120GW of RE generation. If a similar ra-tio were to be considered for Bangla-desh's short-term RE aspirations (~1GW in the next three years), the re-sulting energy storage requirements would amount to 250MW/ 500MWh of energy storage.

The BESS system, which will be deployed in four Power Distribution Societies (PBSs)-Dhaka PBS-1, Narsingdi PBS-1, Mymensingh PBS-2, and Kishoreganj PBS-will deliver 8 MW of storage capacity in each PBS, totaling 32 MW as a pilot basis Project.