GS3 · 10 marks · 150 words

What do you understand by Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)? Discuss its applications and how it can revolutionize the energy program of India.

Answered by 12 toppers · CSE 2022–2025

Syllabus: Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.

How toppers approached it

From 12 of the 13 answers · about 170 words · 25% drew a diagram.

Opening

  • A definition67%
  • A date or context17%
  • No separate opening17%

Body

  • Points75%
  • Points and prose25%

Close

  • A summary42%
  • A way forward42%
  • No separate close17%

The toppers’ answers

RuhaniAIR 5 · CSE 2023 · 67 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening

To achieve Net Zero status in carbon emissions by 2070, India is adopting the use of renewable energy like solar, wind and hydro energy. This energy must be stored in the batteries. To ensure this, BESS has been launched.

Body · points and prose

Diagram
to store energy in batteries ^ | can be used +-------------------+ energy in electrical | APPLICATIONS |-----> stored can appliances <----| OF BESS | be accessed +-------------------+ anytime | | | +---------------------+ v v Can be used Solves the in problem of EVs. intermittent supply of renewable energy

Close · a summary

BESS will revolutionise energy program of India by taking it a step closer towards renewables and enabling it to decarbonise its systems to achieve net zero by 2070.

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