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“We are in the process of establishing a sodium-ion battery cell pilot line by 2026″: Macsen Labs CEO
Achal Agrawal, CEO of Macsen Labs, a chemical company making bold strides into battery materials, speaks to pv magazine about the potential of sodium-ion batteries for energy storage, their journey developing Prussian White cathodes, and plans to scale this technology.
Aug 25, 2025
Tender award, new large-scale battery auction in India
Reliance Infra has landed a 390 MW solar and 780 MWh solar-plus-storage project from the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC); the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) is tendering an 80 MW/320 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Kerala.
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Indian state of Rajasthan again tendering up to 2 GWh of battery storage capacity
Rajasthan is accepting bids to set up standalone battery energy storage systems (BESS), connected to the State Transmission Utility, with an aggregate storage capacity of 2,000 MWh via 500 MW x 4 hours. The systems will operate on a single-cycle charging/discharging basis.
Thermal batteries offer alternative to lithium-ion storage
Jaicky Kumar, co-founder and CEO of Voltanova – a deep-tech firm incubated by the Foundation for Science, Innovation and Development (FSID) at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) – speaks to pv magazine about the company’s thermal battery system and how it compares to lithium-based energy storage.
Merchant battery storage operations in India became profitable for the first time in 2024: Ember
New battery projects commissioned in 2025 could deliver internal rates of return (IRR) of 17% by operating in power exchanges, owing to falling upfront costs and rising revenue potential, says the Ember report.
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India set to add 30 GW of storage by 2027, outpacing demand forecast
India is projected to add 30 GW of new energy storage capacity by June 2027 through standalone and firm and dispatchable renewable energy (FDRE) projects, according to a recent report by SBI Capital Markets (SBICAPS). This could potentially push total capacity to 36 GW against 24 GW of estimated demand.
Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co launches 2 GW/4 GWh battery storage tender in India
Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd. (MSEDCL) has launched a tender to select developers for setting up 2 GW/4 GWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS) across multiple MSEDCL-provided locations, connected to the intra-state transmission system.
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