Archive · 1 Jan 2026
India's energy transition focuses on storage and nuclear power
India is making big changes to how it gets its energy.
The Central Electricity Authority has said that any new solar power projects must include storage capacity.
This means they need to store energy for at least two hours or 10% of the project's capacity.
Power companies are also planning to set up battery storage through auctions.
This is a new area, so it's still growing and will become more important in the next year.
The goal is to make India's energy system more reliable and sustainable.
India mandates storage capacity for new solar power projects.
Storage must be at least two hours or 10% of the project's capacity.
Power distribution companies are planning auctions for battery capacity.
The sector is in a nascent stage and expected to gain momentum next year.
The goal is to drive India's energy transition with storage, transmission, and nuclear power.
- Who
- Central Electricity Authority (CEA), Power distribution companies
- What
- Mandate for storage capacity in solar power projects
- When
- Earlier this year, expected to gain momentum in the coming year
- Where
- India
- Why
- To drive India's energy transition
- Mandate
- Storage capacity of at least two hours or 10% of any upcoming solar power capacity
- Drivers
- Storage, transmission capacity, nuclear power
- Sector Stage
- Nascent, expected to gain momentum in the coming year
- Initiatives
- Power distribution companies planning auctions for battery capacity
- Authority
- Central Electricity Authority (CEA)