New Delhi, July 10 (PTI) India needs to detect battery technologies other than Lithium-ion, which is currently leading the industry due to its high storage capacity and quick charging, experts participating in India Energy Storage Week suggested.
This importance assumes that the electric vehicle (EV) market is receiving significant traction in the country, which paves the way for a more sustainable future.
A statement stated that the battery is one of the major components of EVS, in which the Lee-ion technology is currently leading the industry due to its high energy density and quick charging.
However, it has been stated that anxiety over the limited availability of raw materials for these batteries can cause production challenges and potential deficiency.
This highlights the immediate need for alternative battery technologies.
Researchers and experts are actively discovering innovative solutions, with the Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VRFB), thermo-mechanical system and sodium-ion technologies, which are emerging as promising developments that can change the EV industry and drive the next generation to electric vehicles.
VRFB is a rechargeable energy storage solution that takes advantage of vanadium ions for increased longevity.
The global market for VRFB was USD 394.7 million in 2023 and is estimated to increase at a mixed annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.7 percent from 2024 to 2030.
Regarding this, industry experts and leaders highlighted that “India Energy Storage Week (IESW)” India needs battery technology beyond Lithium-ion in 2025 “, from July 8-11 by Industry Body India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA).
Industry experts demanded that India need to expand non-Lithium energy storage technologies to overcome its rapidly growing and diverse energy demands.
They emphasized the need for alternative solutions to ensure grid stability, meet industrial loads and promote clean dynamics.
Vflowtech co-founder and CEO Avishek Kumar insisted, “While the lithium-ion battery has reached a large-scale adoption phase, the need to diversify energy storage solutions is increasing.” India should look beyond lithium.
Highlighting the rise of sodium ion battery as a cost-effect, temperature-flexible alternative ideal for Lina Energy CEO William Top, said, “As we start moving towards much more entry of intermediate axis generation, it is important to load the importance of other batteries industries and long-term energy storage from the peak period.”
Paul Smith of Energy Dome said that the company’s CO2-based CEAS storage is a market-Redi solution that is up to 1 GWH, which is now entering India through partnership with NTPC.
Gunjan Kapadia, co-founder and CEO of Stiyr Energy, launched his zinc-air battery technology, providing a 10–24-hour long-term storage to support deep discharge bicycles.
Sourav Mitra, director of Sumitomo Shi FW, said, “As we increase more renewal in the system, we need more storage in the system to balance renewal,” Sumitomo Xi FW Director Saurav Mitra said, “For this, we need innovative storage solutions like thermo-mechanical system.”
He already demonstrated liquid air energy storage (LAES) in the form of thermo-mechanical, zero-critical-mineral solution with 80 percent component sourcing in India.
These progresses indicate that India’s future in energy storage will be diverse, community-centered and environmentally durable, it has been said.
