The electricity regulator for Rajasthan, India, has approved the lowest tariff rate for a battery storage tender in the country so far.

India’s Ministry of Power has significantly increased the size and scope of its Viability Gap Funding (VGF) scheme to support battery storage projects.

Cygni Energy, a manufacturer of electric vehicle battery packs and battery storage systems, has opened a ‘gigafactory’ in India.

National and regional agencies in India tendered for 9.5GW of utility-scale ESS in Q1 2025, more than two-thirds for standalone systems.

Adani Green Energy subsidiary has signed a power purchase agreement with Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited for a pumped hydro facility.

Electric utility and generation company Tata Power has received regulatory approval to deploy a centrally controlled battery storage system in Mumbai, India.

India’s first commercial regulated utility-scale battery storage project has gone into operation, and a new partnership claims it will establish local manufacturing in the country this year.

Adani Green Energy has been awarded a 1,250MW pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project in Uttar Pradesh, India.

The Indian Central Electricity Authority has advised state utilities and all renewable energy implementing agencies to co-locate energy storage systems (ESS) with solar PV in future tenders.