Centre To Soon Introduce 10 GW RFP For Stationary Energy Storage

Grid-Scale Energy Storage

♦ It is helpful for those working to build stationary, grid-scale energy storage systems

♦ Cabinet under PLI approved 'National Programme on ACC Battery Storage

♦ Country expecting a cumulative demand of 600-900 GWh lithium batteries by 2032

New Delhi: The government on Friday said it will soon introduce a 10-gigawatt (GW) scheme for those working to build stationary, grid-scale energy storage systems. Addressing an international summit organised by the India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) in the national capital, Vijay Mittal, Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Heavy Industries, said the ministry “will be coming out with a 10 gigawatt request for proposal (RFP) for those who are working on the energy storage part of it, for grid-scale energy storage systems, in association with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and NITI Aayog”.

Apart from the electric vehicle (EV) mobility-specific development, "we should have indigenous capability for manufacturing battery energy storage system-compatible advanced chemistry cells (ACCs)," he mentioned.

According to Mittal, the Ministry of Heavy Industry is leading the mission of indigenous manufacturing of chemistry cells in the country as part of its EV initiative.

“Our goal is to achieve Net Zero by 2070 and reduce the need for imports of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, addressing environmental concerns.