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Business Standard
19-07-2025
- Business
- Business Standard
Tata Power Renewable Energy secures BESS project for Kerala State Electricity Board
NHPC (has been nominated as a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Implementing Agency (BIA) by Ministry of Power), through an International Bidding process, has selected Tata Power Renewable Energy (TPREL), a subsidiary of Tata Power Company for setting up BESS of capacity 30MW/120MWhr to be utilized by Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEBL) for optimizing their excess energy by storing it in the said storage asset. The said BESS asset shall be established at the Area code Substation of KSEBL located in Mulleria, District Kasaragod, Kerala. The estimated project cost is Rs 110 crore approximately.
Time of India
24-05-2025
- Time of India
Electric post collapse causes two accidents, one death in Kumbalam
Kochi: An electric post collapsed onto the road near Pranavam Junction in Kumbalam around 3am on Saturday, causing two back-to-back accidents in which one person was killed and another suffered grievous injury. Locals alleged that no efforts were made to remove the post or block the road even after the first accident, leading to a 54-year-old man dying in the subsequent accident. The collapsed post was a temporary one installed by Kerala State Electricity Board Ltd (KSEBL) to draw service wire to a house. A temple priest, identified as Suresh K N of Kumbalam, was on his way to a temple in Maradu for morning rituals when his motorcycle crashed into the post around 4.30am. He was rushed to VPS Lakeshore Hospital, where he was admitted to neurosurgical intensive care unit for observation. Another accident occurred at the same spot when a muezzin, Abdul Gafoor , 54, met with the accident while on his way for morning azan. His two-wheeler also collided with the same damaged post and was brought to emergency department of Lakeshore at 5.10am. He was unresponsive on arrival and was declared dead at 5.30am. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like The Killer New Toyota 4Runner Is Utter Perfection (Take A Look) MorninJoy Undo The accidents occurred along Kumbalam PWD Road in ward 17. Palluruthy block panchayat member Jolly Pawathil, who lives in the neighbourhood, said two police vehicles passed by the area after the first accident but didn't block the road or remove the post. Panangad police sources admitted that a control room vehicle and another unit from the station passed through the area, with CCTV footage showing police vehicles passing through at 3.27am and 3.57am. Police said the control room vehicle alerted KSEBL and fire force to remove the post and that there were not enough personnel on the vehicles to remove it. Jolly said police could've either sought the help of locals or local body members to remove the post, if not at least block the road.
