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Government Enhances BESS Capacity Target to 14,000 MWh as Prices Drop

MoP directs states and implementing agencies to award BESS contracts by June

March 18, 2025

/ B.S. Nagaraj
/ Energy Storage, Market & Policy
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The Ministry of Power (MoP) has directed all states and implementing agencies to award all Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) contracts by June 2025 to enable the Viability Gap Funding (VGF) program to be completed by May 2027.

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