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Indian battery buildout begins

India has built gigawatts of PV installations in recent years and taken big strides to establish a domestic supply chain. Now it is turning its attention to energy storage. Cutting dependence on battery imports won’t be easy, but commitments from the government mean the pieces are falling into place, as Wood Mackenzie analyst Harshul Kanwar tells pv magazine.

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Mark Hutchins

08 Sep 2025

How do you see India’s ambitions in battery manufacturing taking shape?India’s battery manufacturing ambitions are evolving rapidly, though the focus remains skewed toward electric vehicle (EV) batteries under the advanced chemistry cell production linked incentive scheme. While lithium ferrous phosphate (LFP) battery production for energy storage systems (ESS) is currently limited, medium-term capacity additions are …

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