Battery energy storage system project costs in India vary widely depending on system configuration, storage duration, grid interconnection requirements, engineering, procurement and construction scope, and operating requirements. Battery packs account for the largest share of project expenditure.

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy’s recent advisory for renewable energy projects offers some relief to developers grappling with equipment supply, logistics, and construction disruptions arising from the prolonged West Asia crisis.

The rapid expansion of data centers in Visakhapatnam could reshape the renewable energy market by creating large, round-the-clock power loads and accelerating demand for hybrid renewable energy, energy storage, and supporting transmission infrastructure.

The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) set aside a Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) order granting a solar power developer a tariff of ₹6.44 (~$0.0671)/kWh, holding that the issue had already been finally decided in earlier proceedings and could not be reopened.

The Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission proposed introducing an energy storage obligation as part of the renewable purchase obligations applicable to obligated entities in the state. The draft guidelines propose that 2.5% of the total renewable purchase obligations must comprise solar or wind energy with or through energy storage during the financial year 2026-27.

The Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission rejected a petition seeking an extension to complete the evacuation infrastructure for a 9 MW captive solar project in Gujarat.

APTEL upheld HERC’s finding that a consumer did not qualify as a captive user of electricity generated by a biomass-based cogeneration project.

Textile manufacturing and export company BSL announced agreements with Bhadla Minigrid Solar 5 to source power from its 4.4 MW/4.92 MWh solar-plus-storage project in Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

Solar module manufacturer Alpex Solar inaugurated a 2.2 GW G12R tunnel oxide passivated contact solar cell manufacturing facility at Kosi Kotwan Industrial Area, in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.

ACME Cleantech Ventures, a UK-based subsidiary of the ACME Group, secured up to $600 million from Brookfield Asset Management to support the development and construction of the company’s green molecule project pipeline in India and West Asia.