New Delhi, May 20 -- In India's push to achieve its 500 GW renewable energy target by 2030, the pace and scale of energy storage deployment will be the decisive factor in meeting the goal, according to a joint report titled 'Viability of standalone battery energy storage tariffs discovered in 2025', released by JMK Research and Analytics and the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.

India's cumulative tendered energy storage capacity has grown sharply, from 6.8 GW in 2018 to 90.7 GW in 2025.

Standalone Energy Storage Systems (ESS) - those not tied to a specific renewable generation asset - now dominate the segment, accounting for over 71 per cent of total capacity tendered in 2025. Of this, standalone Battery Energy Sto...