The government is planning to come up with 25,000 mega-watt-hour (Mwh) of electricity storage systems, which will be utilised by the upcoming large-scale renewable energy projects to enhance the security of the electricity grid to balance supply fluctuations from solar and wind based power sources. “India is planning to have around 12 Gwh of battery storage in Ladakh and we are going to have 13 Gwh of battery storage system in Khevada (Gujarat)”, secretary to the Union power ministry Alok Kumar said on Thursday.
The government has plans for setting up large renewable energy projects in both these places. Recently, state-run Solar Energy Corporation of India has invited expression of interest for 1,000 MWh battery energy storage system, Kumar stated while speaking at the inaugural session of the CII South Asia Summit. The government has already approved the production-linked incentive scheme on battery storage for achieving manufacturing capacity of 50,000 Mwh with an outlay of Rs 18,100 crore. Based on an analysis conducted by PwC, the total cumulative potential for battery storage in India will be 5,50,000 MWh by 2030.
