(a) whether the Government has developed any energy storage technology in order to use it for residential, commercial and industrial consumers,
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the details of number of residential, commercial and industrial consumers benefitted so far?
THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY
(SHRI R.K. SINGH)
(a) to (c) : Research & development in the field of renewable energy including energy storage technology in the country is carried out at various research institutes/ universities/laboratories and industries. A National Centre of Photovoltaic and Research and Education (NCPRE) at IIT Bombay has developed Lithium ion and Sodium ion batteries.
Off-grid and Decentralized Solar PV Applications Programme provided financial support, primarily to public service institutions, for installation of battery backed off-grid solar power plants/ packs. Till date, 216.9 MWp capacity of these plants has been installed under the Programme
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