Battery storage and pumped hydro projects in India, in this edition of news in brief from around the world in energy storage.

The recent European Union-India agreement could unlock innovation and scale in energy storage, writes Eugene Beh, CEO of Quino Energy.

ACME Solar has commissioned just over 480MWh of battery storage in Rajasthan, India, following the recent signing of several storage-backed renewable energy deals.  

Recent developments from India’s emerging energy storage sector highlight a broadening of interest in diverse technologies and applications.

A subsidiary of Juniper Green Energy has fully brought into commercial operation what the company claimed is India’s first merchant BESS project.

IESA president Debmalya Sen talks us through the highlights and challenges of the past year, as India gets to grips with market development and acceleration.

Torrent Power has contracted Larsen & Toubro to construct a 3GW pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plant in Maharashtra, India.

An energy storage subsidiary of Waaree Energies has raised INR10 billion (US$110.9 million) for a planned manufacturing plant in India.

Wins in competitive solicitations for large-scale battery storage projects in India have been announced by KPI Green Energy Ltd and Power Grid Corporation of India in the past few days.

Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has agreed on BESS and hybrid solar developments with the Government of Andhra Pradesh.