{"id":614258,"date":"2026-09-04T12:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T12:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/614258\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T12:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T12:50:12","slug":"india-proposes-mandatory-battery-storage-for-new-renewable-projects-from-july-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/614258\/","title":{"rendered":"India proposes mandatory battery storage for new renewable projects from July 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>India plans to mandate battery storage for all new government <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#Industry#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/solar-and-wind-projects\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">solar and wind projects<\/a> from July 2027, to ensure green power can be stored and dispatched when needed, according to draft regulations.<\/p>\n<p>India plans \u200cto mandate \u2060two-hour \u2060battery storage equivalent to at least 10% of capacity for all new solar and onshore wind projects commissioned after July 1 next year, the draft regulations produced by the <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#Industry#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/central-electricity-authority\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Central Electricity Authority<\/a> showed.<br \/>The requirement would become \u200bmore stringent from July 2029, when \u2060the minimum \u200cstorage duration would increase to \u200bfour hours, \u200bwhile retaining the 10% capacity requirement<\/p>\n<p>The \u2060proposal comes as India rapidly expands renewable \u200benergy capacity but faces growing challenges in \u200bmanaging fluctuations in solar and wind generation.<\/p>\n<p>Storage systems can absorb surplus electricity and release it later, helping reduce power curbs that have become common<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ET logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788526212_394_118783427.cms.png\" width=\"90%\"\/>Live Events<br \/>India, the world&#8217;s third-biggest solar power generator, \u200ccurbed nearly 14% of its solar power output between April and June due to \u200bsurplus clean \u200benergy during \u2060daytime and limited transmission infrastructure available to carry power.<br \/>The draft rules also propose that clean energy projects \u200bcommissioned after July 2027 include grid-forming inverter capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Grid-forming technologies can help maintain voltage and frequency stability and are viewed as increasingly important as renewable energy&#8217;s share in the power mix rises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"India plans to mandate battery storage for all new government solar and wind projects from July 2027, to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":614259,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[260540,260545,260542,90097,246,260544,61,260538,260543,60,260539,260541,82,220000],"class_list":["post-614258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-battery-storage-capacity","tag-central-electricity-authority","tag-central-electricity-authority-of-india","tag-energy-storage-systems","tag-environment","tag-grid-forming-inverter-technology","tag-ie","tag-india-renewable-energy-regulations","tag-india-solar-power-generation","tag-ireland","tag-mandatory-battery-storage","tag-renewable-energy-growth-in-india","tag-science","tag-solar-and-wind-projects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}