Adani Green hits major battery storage milestone: 6.63 GWh BESS now operational in Gujarat

AGEL now accounts for more than 50% of India’s operational BESS capacity of about 12.6 GWh. This milestone consolidates Khavda’s position as the world’s largest operational battery energy storage installation at a single location, with 6.63 GWh of operational capacity.

AGEL achieved the 6.63 GWh milestone within 14 months of commencing on-site BESS construction at Khavda, Gujarat with this latest capacity addition being commissioned in just 10 months from the start of its construction.

The BESS is integrated with AGEL’s renewable energy (RE) development at Khavda, where the company is developing a 30 GW RE plant across 538 square kilometers of barren land.

The AGEL 6.63 GWh BESS can store enough clean energy to power around two million homes a day, and support peak electricity demand of cities like Nagpur, Patna or Vizag for several hours.

This BESS capacity at Khavda is equivalent to battery storage capacity of more than 150,000 mid-sized EVs and can store enough energy daily to meet almost twice the Delhi Metro's estimated daily electricity requirement, underscoring the unprecedented scale of the installation. The scale-up to 6.63 GWh strengthens the integration of renewable energy into the grid by enabling clean power to be stored and dispatched when required.

Sagar Adani, Executive Director, Adani Green Energy, said, “Reaching 6.63 GWh of operational battery storage in just 14 months is a significant milestone for AGEL and India’s clean energy transition. At this scale, storage can make renewable power firmer, more reliable and dispatchable when the grid needs it. As India’s power demand grows, we will continue to scale energy storage solutions, both, battery and pumped storage to support a more resilient, lower-carbon grid.”