India reaches 490 MWh energy storage capacity by June 2025

Share

From ESS News

Indian energy storage capacity reached 490 MWh by the end of June, according to Mercom India’s “India’s Energy Storage Landscape 1H 2025 Report.” Karnataka accounted for 33% of national capacity, Chhattisgarh 24%, and Gujarat 16%.

Solar-plus-storage systems represented nearly 56% of cumulative installed capacity. Solar-plus-wind projects with round-the-clock capability contributed over 32%, while standalone battery energy storage systems accounted for more than 12%. The remaining share came from floating solar with storage and solar-plus-wind projects with storage capabilities.

The country also has 5 GW of operational pumped storage capacity as of the report’s publication.

To continue reading, please visit our ESS News website. 

This content is protected by copyright and may not be reused. If you want to cooperate with us and would like to reuse some of our content, please contact: editors@pv-magazine.com.

Popular content

New process achieves 97% silver recovery from end-of-life solar panels
06 January 2026 Australian researchers have developed a new separation technique that employs the same crushing and flotation principles used in mineral processing to...