NTPC has launched a battery storage tender, just a few days after the Solar Energy Corporation of India began a similar solicitation process.

NTPC, a state-owned power producer and utility company in India, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Energy Vault.

SECI has launched a 500MW/1,000MWh pilot tender for standalone battery storage.

Powin Energy is the latest international company to target rising opportunities in India.

Japanese conglomerate Mitsui & Co. has invested in a 1,300MW wind-plus-solar-plus-storage project development in India.

JSW Energy, part of Indian conglomerate JSW Group, has inked a memorandum of understanding with the Chhattisgarh government to build a 1GW pumped hydro storage project.

India will not be able to meet its aim of becoming a global leader in battery manufacturing unless it establishes a value chain that embraces recycling.

Four winners have been selected to receive financial incentives from India’s government, to support plans to build 50GWh annual manufacturing capacity of advanced batteries for EVs and ESS. 

Reliance New Energy Limited, part of the massive Indian conglomerate, has acquired LFP battery manufacturer Lithium Werks for US$61 million two months after buying a sodium-ion battery producer.

New guidelines for procurement and utilisation of battery energy storage systems (BESS) as assets for generation, transmission and distribution and ancillary services have been published by India’s Ministry of Power.