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India launches tender to add 6 GW of renewable energy with storage

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State-owned hydropower utility SJVN announced on Saturday (September 28) that India is launching a tender for 6 GW of electricity from renewable energy projects with storage for peak supply.

The tender will be managed by SJVN. The company counts on power from the interstate transmission system that distributes electricity via state lines throughout the country, it said India times.

India aims to connect 35 GW of solar and wind power to its grid by March 2025 as part of its decarbonization initiative to reach 500 GW of non-fossil power capacity.

According to Power technologyparent company GlobalData, wind and solar power generation in India continued to grow in 2023, with wind generating 83.39 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2023 and solar generating 115.97 TWh in 2023 , compared to 71.82 TWh and 102.01 TWh in 2022, respectively. Between April and August this year, the country added 10 GW of renewable capacity. Its total renewable capacity is currently 153 GW.

According to GlobalData, despite this growth, renewable energy sources account for only 21.66% of the country’s total electricity production.

The top bureaucrat in India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Singh Bhalla, said Reuters that the country is expecting an influx of battery-based energy storage projects.

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In June, JSW Energy entered the energy storage sector by breaking ground on a 1 GWh battery energy storage project in Fatehgarh, Rajasthan, which will store energy generated from renewable sources and released during periods of peak demand.