Energy Storage

KP Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Korea’s Jeonbuk State, South Korea’s AHES Co., Ltd., and GH2 Solar to collaborate on the large-scale deployment of electrolysis-based green hydrogen solutions.

Waaree Energies Ltd will scale up manufacturing capacity for lithium batteries from 3.5 GWh to 20 GWh and for electrolysers from 300 MW to 1,000 MW. It also plans inverter production capacity of 4 GW.

Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd (TPREL) will develop a project combining solar, wind and battery storage components to ensure 80 MW firm and dispatchable renewable power supply during peak demand hours.

The Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) has issued a tender inviting bids for the development of 1.2 GW of renewable energy (RE) projects coupled with energy storage systems (ESS) to ensure an assured peak power supply of 4.8 GWh (1,200 MW x 4 hours) daily. The projects will be developed on a build-own-operate (BOO) basis.

A report from the American Clean Power Association (ACP) and Wood Mackenzie indicates the utility-scale energy storage sector added 4.9 GW in the April-to-June quarter, representing 63% year-on-year growth, while residential storage increased by 608 MW.

Japanese researchers have developed a green rust–based catalyst for sodium borohydride, while South Korean scientists have created a framework to assess liquid hydrogen storage tanks for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).

Switzerland’s Phenogy has launched a megawatt-hour-scale sodium ion energy storage system at a commercial site near Bremen Airport in northern Germany. With this project, the Swiss manufacturer is making its debut on the European energy storage scene, backed by ambitions to develop fully vertically integrated local manufacturing.

NTPC Green Energy Ltd (NGEL) is inviting Expressions of Interest (EoIs) from global and Indian developers to set up green hydrogen and/or green chemical projects within India’s first National Green Hydrogen Hub at Pudimadaka, near Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

REC led the US residential solar panel market in the first half of 2025, while Tesla lost share in home batteries and inverters amid supply and policy pressures, according to EnergySage.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today laid the foundation stone of Avaada Group’s 1,560 MWp solar plus 2,500 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Pugal, and also inaugurated its 200 MW AC (282 MWp) solar power plant in Shri Dungargarh, both located in Rajasthan’s Bikaner district.