India approves ₹14,500-crore support for 92 GWh grid-scale energy storage
The five-year scheme covers 30 GWh of battery storage, 60 GWh of pumped storage and 2 GWh of emerging technologies.
AI-generated illustrative image representing India’s grid-scale energy-storage programme; it is not a photograph of a specific project site.
The Union Cabinet on November 4, 2026, approved ₹14,500 crore to support the development of 92 gigawatt-hours of new grid-scale energy-storage capacity across India.
The approval is for a viability-gap-funding scheme. Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced the decision during a briefing on Cabinet decisions in New Delhi.
How the capacity is divided
- Battery energy-storage systems: 30 GWh
- Pumped-storage projects: 60 GWh
- Emerging energy-storage technologies: 2 GWh
The minister said the scheme would run for five financial years, from 2026–27 through 2030–31. The combined targeted storage capacity is 92 GWh.
Grid-scale storage can hold electricity when generation is high and release it when demand rises. The decision is a funding approval for developing new capacity; it is not an announcement that the individual storage projects have already been completed.
Sources and image disclosure
- Akashvani News — Cabinet announcement, November 4, 2026
- Reuters — November 4, 2026
- Rediff Money carrying the PTI report — November 4, 2026
Image: AI-generated illustration representing battery, pumped, solar and wind-energy storage. It is not a photograph of a specific project site.
Information checked: November 4, 2026, 4:09 p.m. IST.
