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

Kerala has proposed a five-year tariff framework with rules for BESS, PSP, including efficiency, availability and grid-forming requirements.

A framework for the “development, utilisation and commercialisation of energy storage systems” in the Philippines has been passed by the House of Representatives.

Cyprus has set out a policy framework for the integration of energy storage systems after reaching a funding agreement with the European Commission (EC).

Lack of industrial policy and strategy and vulnerability to supply chain disruption are among the key things holding back the US’ position in global battery manufacturing.

“No other policy in play right now” could be “more immediate or more impactful” than a ‘standalone’ Investment Tax Credit (ITC) in the US for energy storage, the CEO of the national Energy Storage Association has said.