Waaree, India's biggest PV module supplier, opens 5.15GWh battery storage assembly plant

Waaree, India's largest solar module maker, has opened a 5.15GWh battery storage assembly plant in Andhra Pradesh as part of a 20GWh manufacturing roadmap, whilst also ramping cell production to 3.5GWh annually. The move signals India's shift towards downstream energy storage integration, though cell manufacturing remains a bottleneck—India has only ~1GWh of cell capacity against 60GWh of pack capacity, leaving the country exposed to a projected US$23 billion annual battery import bill by 2030.

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