MaxVolt Energy is set to triple its lithium battery pack production capacity from 72,000 units per annum to 2.25 lakh units annually with the addition of a new 55,000 sq. ft. facility in Duhai, Ghaziabad.

Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corp. (Toshiba ESS) has started testing batteries and energy management solutions to stabilize electricity in remote Saudi Arabia through a hybrid wind-solar pilot project. The project will run until May 2028 to evaluate power- and energy-oriented batteries and optimize battery use.

India’s renewable capacity target represents necessary but sufficient progress toward climate stabilization. Delhi’s pollution demonstrates that energy supply-side transformation alone cannot deliver intended outcomes. Transport emissions, industrial activity, and residential heating must undergo equal transformation.

As smart grid tech is rolled out around the world to modernize legacy assets and integrate renewable energy generation, it is also making the electricity network more prone to cyber attacks. IEC Standards provide protection but they also are challenged to keep up with the latest threats.

If India solves demand creation intelligently, it can become a global price-setter, not just another participant in the hydrogen economy.

The renewable energy sector creates significant employment density—approximately 10 times more workers per MW in solar and 3–4 times more in wind than in conventional power plants. This employment multiplication should be our competitive advantage. However, the skills gap is creating economic inefficiencies that compound across the sector.

A new report reveals that solar, wind, and battery storage are increasingly cost competitive with new thermal as a source of 24/7 reliable power, offering a promising pathway that supports both India’s energy security and the country’s net-zero goals.

A research team in India developed a passive solar-panel cooling method using a thin, still layer of seawater placed over the module surface. Tests showed that while a thick water layer sharply reduced energy output, a thin 5 mm layer lowered module temperatures and increased daily energy generation by up to 8.86%.

Vietnam’s Vingroup has committed an investment of $3 billion to develop a multi-sector ecosystem in the Indian state of Telangana, with a strong focus on electric mobility, renewable energy, and sustainable urban development.

Japan has allocated 75.3 MW of PV capacity in its latest procurement exercise. The lowest price in the auction was JPY 4.97 ($0.032) /kWh.

Avaada Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with GRIDCO and IIT-Bhubaneswar to establish a state-of-the-art Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Odisha focused on integrated research, innovation, and technology development in green hydrogen.

Indian steelmakers have begun adopting green hydrogen, but this option should become an even greater priority for the country as metallurgical coal supply risks intensify.

Researchers at Fraunhofer ISE have developed a perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell using a TOPCon bottom cell with standard textured front surfaces. Their results show that TOPCon bottom cells can perform comparably to heterojunction cells in tandem devices in terms of shunt resistivity, supporting scalable, cost-effective industrial production.

India witnessed above-average precipitation and prolonged cloud cover through July and August, limiting the potential of PV generation across many states. Several regions, including Punjab, Haryana, and the Himalayan foothills, were hit hardest by flooding and thunderstorms. The increase in atmospheric moisture and aerosol scattering led to reduced Global Horizontal Irradiation (GHI) and reduced energy output.

Modern wind turbines and solar plants generate large volumes of operational data. By leveraging analytics, inefficiencies can be identified, performance assessed in real-time, and emerging issues addressed before they escalate. A dynamic operations and maintenance (O&M) support system builds on this intelligence to provide a strong grip on performance levels while minimising downtime.

Battery pack prices for stationary storage fell to $70/kWh in 2025, a 45% drop from 2024, making it the cheapest lithium-ion category for the first time, according to BloombergNEF (BNEF).

As adoption accelerates, the critical question is no longer simply how much solar capacity can be installed, but how clean and sustainable the manufacturing process behind it truly is. Heterojunction Technology (HJT) has become one of the most compelling answers to that challenge.

Insolation Energy (INA Solar) has advanced construction work on its upcoming 4.5 GW solar cell manufacturing plant and 18,000 metric tonnes per annum aluminium frame production facility in Narmadapuram, Madhya Pradesh. Major equipment orders for the manufacturing lines have already been placed.

During a pv magazine Week Europe 2025 webinar, panelists forecast back contact (BC) solar cells’ market share will draw level with TOPCon towards the end of the decade, before tandem technology begins large-scale momentum in the early 2030s.

Waaree Solar Americas has secured 288 MWp module order from Sabanci Renewables for two utility-scale projects in Texas.

Gujarat’s leadership in renewable deployment is now extending into the field of solar plus storage, with direct implications for industrial power users. Large grid connected projects in Kutch, storage additions at hybrid sites, and new battery initiatives aimed at supplying industries with on-demand renewable energy are all early examples of how solar and storage can work together in practice. 

SMA Solar Technology announces the commercialization in Europe of its new MVPS-9200 medium voltage station in a 12-meter containerized version for battery energy storage systems (BESS) and large-scale photovoltaic power plants.

Pace Digitek Ltd today announced that its subsidiary, Lineage Power, has secured a battery energy storage system (BESS) order worth INR 997.10 million (including taxes) from Advait Greenergy.

NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd (NVVN), a wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC Ltd, has invited bids to set up a 500 MWh (125 MW × 4 hours) standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) project, connected to the State Transmission Utility (STU), in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.

India’s energy transition is not about a single breakthrough but about steady steps across multiple fronts. Ethanol has shown how supportive policy and the right technologies can deliver both farmer security and fuel stability. BioCNG can turn waste into a resource, helping both cities and villages. Hydrogen, though still in its early stages, is slowly laying the foundations of a long-term clean energy system.

Recyclability has to be considered a core engineering constraint by the battery industry. Adhesives and composites use could be reduced along with designing packs with cell visibility and enabling cell level separation should be a thing of the future. Standardization, which has been avoided for competitiveness for now, must be implemented since that will actually reduce costs across the value chain in the long term.

India’s renewable energy journey has long been narrated through the lens of capacity: gigawatts added, modules produced, plants commissioned. While these indicators are important, genuine leadership will arise from our ability to embed advanced materials, high-efficiency solar cell architectures like TOPCon, N-Type and rear-contact technologies, robotics-driven precision manufacturing, and AI-enabled predictive monitoring into our value chains.

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry.

As renewable capacity rises, the question is no longer whether India can generate green power. The real challenge is whether the grid can absorb it smoothly and deliver it reliably when people actually need it. This is where battery energy storage systems (BESS) are increasingly seen not as a luxury but as a core part of grid planning.

India’s energy story has moved beyond ambition to acceleration. Between April and August 2025, a 123 percent YoY jump in renewable energy capacity additions is not just a headline, it’s a signal of structural maturity, industrial resilience, and policy coherence. If the country sustains this trajectory through FY26 and FY27, it could well emerge as the world’s third-largest market for renewable deployment, behind only China and the United States.