The Long Duration Energy Storage Council (LDES Council) and India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), establishing a three–year collaboration to help accelerate long duration energy storage (LDES) in India.
As India adds increasing volumes of renewable energy to its power system, the need for flexibility and grid reliability is growing. LDES can help address this challenge by storing energy for extended periods and making clean energy available when it is needed most.
The partnership will bring together ISGF’s knowledge of India’s power sector with the LDES Council’s global experience across LDES technologies, markets and policy.
The two organisations will work together across several areas, including strengthening policy and regulatory frameworks, identifying high–value applications for LDES, conducting market and techno–economic assessments and supporting demonstration and commercial projects.
The collaboration will also look beyond a single storage technology. It will explore the role of thermal, mechanical, electrochemical and chemical storage across applications ranging from renewable energy integration and grid firming to industrial decarbonisation.
Shubhra Thakur, Director Policy and Markets, APAC at the LDES Council, said, “India has a significant opportunity to scale long duration energy storage as its power system evolves. Through this collaboration with ISGF, we want to bring global experience together with local expertise to identify where LDES can deliver the greatest value and help turn those opportunities into projects, stronger policy frameworks and practical solutions for India’s energy system.”
As part of the MoU, the LDES Council and ISGF plan to develop an India–focused knowledge paper examining the country’s grid challenges and the role LDES can play in addressing them. It will draw on international examples, case studies and best practices, including the potential for LDES to support grid and transmission infrastructure.
The signing marks the start of a wider collaboration focused on connecting policy, knowledge and real–world experience. By sharing lessons from India and other markets and bringing the right stakeholders together, the LDES Council and ISGF aim to help create a clearer pathway for LDES to play a growing role in India’s energy system.
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