Energy Storage
Moving towards Gigafactories
The emerging enthusiasm around battery manufacturing in India is palpable and signals the advent of battery manufacturing in the county. Ten companies have moved bids amounting to 130 GWh under the ₹18,100 crore production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for advanced chemistry cell (ACC) battery storage, far exceeding the 50 GWh envisaged…
Bringing Batteries to the Helm of Grid Services
This article was co-authored by Shashwat Sharma India’s electricity market has undergone several changes in recent years. The share of variable renewable energy in the generation mix has increased, the market has seen the consolidation of a single, synchronous national grid, and there has been a heightened emphasis on…
Sustainable Future for India’s Battery Manufacturing Ambitions
The article was originally published on CNBCTV18.com. The recent approval of the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for domestic battery manufacturing signals India’s resolute intent to take up a deserved leadership role in the global energy transition while ensuring its energy future. Approval of the scheme is timely, and the…
Benefits of Rooftop Solar for Municipal Buildings in India
Originally published on The Climate Centre for Cities (C-Cube) website. If there’s one word to describe India’s goal of achieving 100 gigawatts (GW) of solar energy installation by 2022, it is “ambitious.” Of this, 40 GW need to come from rooftop solar (RTS) systems, which are installed on building…
Mapping the Path to DISCOM Transformation Success
In June 2020, RMI India co-hosted its first virtual convening on the Discom Transformation Platform along with the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and NITI Aayog. The event brought together 16 leading civil society organizations (CSOs) to identify new ways of collaborating and supporting distribution companies (DISCOMs), following the recent…