The Ministry of Heavy Industries has signed contracts with three firms underneath the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery Storage. The chosen firms are Reliance New Energy Limited, Ola Electric Mobility Private Limited and Rajesh Exports Limited.
It was initially determined that Hyundai Global Motors may even be getting the PLI assist. But this was placed on the backburner after it was revealed that Hyundai Global Motors doesn’t have any hyperlinks with Hyundai Motor Co and the Korean automaker’s native subsidiary, Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL).
ET reported on July 19 that the federal government is re-examining a proposal from Hyundai Global Motors to arrange a battery manufacturing facility underneath the PLI scheme. In a public discover issued on July 15, Hyundai Motor Co stated that Hyundai Global Motors Co. Limited shouldn’t be authorised to make use of Hyundai trademark & emblem of Hyundai Motor Company and HMIL in any method.
“Based on the above fact, the corporate name of Hyundai Global Motors Co. Limited was forced to change to Global Motors Co. Limited by the court of South Korea,” the discover stated.
An official assertion stated that the three chosen firms will obtain incentives underneath this Rs 18,100 crore program. The non-public gamers are anticipated to create battery manufacturing capability to the tune of roughly 95 GigaWatt hour.
Commenting on the PLI Scheme for ACC Battery Storage, Minister for Heavy Industries, Mahendra Nath Pandey stated, “This will be favorable to Electric Vehicle ecosystem and energy storage market as it will support the demand for EVs and renewable and attract investment in this sector.”
Ten bids had been acquired from firms with manufacturing capability of 128 GWh underneath the PLI Scheme of ACC Battery Storage. Under the ACC PLI program, the manufacturing facility must be arrange inside a interval of two years. The incentive might be disbursed over a interval of 5 years on sale of batteries manufactured in India.
“Now it’s the time for private players to take the lead and become global champions and also make the country the global hub in the energy storage segment,” Heavy Industries Secretary, Arun Goel stated.
The centre’s emphasis is to realize better home worth addition, whereas on the similar time be certain that the levelized value of battery manufacturing in India is globally aggressive. The program is designed in such a fashion that it’s know-how agnostic in nature and therefore solely deal with the specified output of the batteries.
The beneficiary corporations are free to decide on appropriate superior know-how and the corresponding plant and equipment, uncooked materials, and different intermediate items for establishing cell manufacturing facility to cater to any utility.
Source: auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com
