'Battery energy storage to jump 10x in 2026'

The nation will see nearly 10-fold jump in battery energy storage capacity addition to 5GWh this year from 507 MWh in 2025 mainly due to huge backlog of project under execution, according to a study of India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) released on Tuesday.

According to the report, while 2025 was defined by unprecedented tendering activity-69 tenders totalling 102 GWh, nearly equal to all tenders issued between 2018 and 2024 combined-2026 will be the year the industry proves itself operationally, as the wave of tenders awarded since mid-2023 finally materialise into commissioned assets with typical project timelines of 18-24 months.