Currently,the cost of battery-based energy storage in India is INR 10. 18/kWh,as discovered in a SECI auction for 500 MW/1000 MWh BESS. The government has launched viability gap funding and Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) schemes to make battery storage affordable. . Between 2022 and May 2025, India auctioned approximately 12. However, only about 219MWh of BESS capacity is reported to be operational, leaving a large pipeline of projects under construction. According to the report from the India Energy Storage Alliance, the capacity addition of battery energy storage is expected to leap from. . New Delhi, 5 August – Battery energy storage systems (BESS) operating without fixed contracts – known as merchant BESS – turned profitable for the first time in 2024, according to the projections of a new report by energy think tank Ember.
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