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Published on: Tuesday, Tue, 17 Jul 2018 ● 3 Min Read
The Union Cabinet has approved the National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage
March 7, 2109 – The Government of India on 7th March 2019 approved setting up of National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage to drive clean, connected, shared and sustainable mobility initiatives in the country. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
An official statement said, “The Mission will have an Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee chaired by Chief Executive Officer (CEO), NITI Aayog to promote clean, connected, shared, sustainable and holistic mobility initiatives. The Mission will also launch the Phased Manufacturing Programmes (PMP) for Batteries and for Electric Vehicle components.”
The National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage will finalise and implement strategies for transformative mobility and Phased Manufacturing Programmes (PMP) for electric vehicles, their components and batteries.
Speaking on the occasion, Debi Prasad Dash, Executive Director of India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA), India’s leading alliance on energy storage says “We welcome the cabinet’s decision on setting up of National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage and creation of the Phased Manufacturing Programme (PMP) valid for five years till 2024 to support setting up of a few large scale, export competitive integrated batteries and cell manufacturing Giga plants in India. This announcement is the result of the work done over the past 6 years by India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) along with various state agencies, as well as central government departments including MNRE, MOP, and NITI Aayog on different aspects related to energy storage policy. The mission also suggested to have the steering committee with representation of 8 ministries & departments, which will definitely bring appropriate co-ordination on appropriate policy creation.
India has a significant market potential for batteries and electric vehicles. Electric vehicles are creating a big demand and due to this demand, the cost of batteries will further come down. IESA estimates the market for energy storage would grow to over 300 GWh during 2018-25. IESA is working with various EV & charging infrastructure companies through its MOVE (Moving Onwards with Vehicle electrification) initiative to catalyze the adoption through indigenous manufacturing of EV components. Currently, more than 10 companies are doing module & Li-Ion pack assembling in India and we’re expecting 4-5 large companies to enter cell manufacturing in the next 2-3 years. With appropriate policy support through this mission, Indian companies will be able to diversify into energy storage business. Through Make In India initiative, India will able to compete with the countries like China, Australia, Germany, USA, Taiwan, South Korea other Li-Ion manufacturing countries.”
The Mission will finalise the details of PMP for Electric Vehicle ecosystem and drive its implementation. The details of the value addition that can be achieved with each phase of localisation will be finalised by the Mission with a clear ‘Make in India’ strategy for EV components as well as battery technologies, the statement said.
A phased roadmap to implement battery manufacturing at giga-scale will be an initial focus on large-scale module and pack assembly plants by 2019-2020. This will be followed by integrated cell manufacturing by 2021-2022. Details of the PMP for Batteries shall be formulated by the Mission. The Mission will ensure holistic and comprehensive growth of the battery manufacturing industry in India.
