Shri Manohar Lal, the Honorable Minister of Power and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs, inaugurated India’s first grid-scale MWh-level Vanadium Flow Battery at NTPC’s NETRA (Energy Technology Research Alliance) campus in Dadri, Uttar Pradesh. This is a landmark achievement for India’s clean energy transition, marking a significant step towards solving the challenge of large-scale energy storage.
In a major step towards advancing India’s clean energy and storage capabilities, Union Minister for Power and Housing & Urban Affairs Shri Manohar Lal inaugurated the country’s first megawatt-hour (MWh)-scale Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VRFB) system at NTPC’s NETRA (NTPC Energy Technology Research Alliance) facility in Greater Noida.
The 3 MWh VRFB system marks India’s largest and first-of-its-kind deployment of flow battery technology, capable of providing long-duration energy storage (LDES) solutions. This milestone demonstrates NTPC’s growing leadership in renewable energy integration and grid stability initiatives.
Speaking at the event, Shri Manohar Lal commended the NTPC NETRA team for their commitment to innovation, noting that the project “reflects India’s growing capabilities in sustainable energy technologies and contributes to the nation’s goal of achieving energy independence.”
The minister also highlighted that long-duration storage solutions like Vanadium Flow Batteries are essential to balance intermittent renewable sources such as solar and wind, ensuring reliable and clean power supply.