India’s Union government has approved the next IR145 billion phase of Viability Gap Funding (VGP) for energy storage capacity additions.

India’s storage market is expanding, but project delivery depends on predictable procurement, domestic manufacturing and revenue models that support investment.

India has 5.3GWh of operational battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity, with a further 185GWh of projects under development, according to Prashant Bhamu, deputy director of integrated resources planning at the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), part of the Ministry of Power.

Vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) startup Delectrik Systems has been awarded a 20MW/120MWh project in Gujarat, India.

IndiGrid COO discusses India’s BESS growth, challenges, tariff pressures, safety standards and localisation as the market scales up.

India’s BESS pipeline exceeds 100GW, but financing, execution and tariff pressures threaten delivery of 411.4GWh of storage by FY2032.

Oyster Renewable COO talks about India’s BESS growth, domestic manufacturing ambitions, supply chain resilience and challenges.

Hartek Power CEO discusses India’s BESS expansion, transmission infrastructure and strategies to reduce renewable energy curtailment.

VSL PowerHive, a Vikram Solar subsidiary, announced a 7.5GWh BESS assembly plant in Oragadam, near Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Japanese trading company Sumitomo Corporation has invested in a utility-scale renewable energy park combining solar PV, wind and energy storage in India.