India’s battery storage sector will remain far from self-sufficient in cell supply for at least a decade, Wood Mackenzie says.

Serentica Renewables has commissioned the first phase of a battery storage project that will help deliver round-the-clock (RTC) renewable energy in Rajasthan, India.

EV manufacturer Ola Electric has entered India’s utility-scale battery storage market with a vertically integrated business model.

Two big developments for India’s emerging long-duration energy storage (LDES) sector, with contracts awarded for pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) and the country’s first large-scale flow battery.

A subsidiary of Indian renewable energy equipment and component manufacturer Waaree Energies has opened a battery energy storage system (BESS) enclosure factory.

SECI is inviting bids for 4,800MWh of firm and dispatchable renewable energy (FDRE) capacity supported by co-located energy storage.

NTPC Green Energy is tendering EPC contracts to develop 3,300MWh of battery storage at Khavda hybrid renewable energy park in Gujarat, India.

Adani Green Energy has commissioned over 3GWh of battery storage at the world’s largest single-location renewable energy project, in Khavda, Gujarat. 

India is seeing its first major grid-scale battery storage deployments, but efforts to domesticate the upstream supply chain are still at an early stage.

Gujarat Industries Power Co Ltd (GIPCL) is holding a competitive solicitation for a large-scale vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) energy storage project in western India.