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Grid-Scale Energy Storage VGF Scheme
The grid-scale energy storage scheme is a viability gap funding (VGF) programme: Union support that closes the gap between what a storage project costs and what its tariffs can recover. The Union Cabinet cleared it on 4 November 2026, putting ₹14,500 crore behind 92 GWh of new storage over 2026-27 to 2030-31.
Last updated 4 November 20264 min read
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Adds the Cabinet's ₹14,500 crore storage VGF scheme: the 92 GWh split, tariff-based bidding, the 40 percent battery content rule and the earlier battery-only rounds.
- viability gap funding
- VGF
- grid-scale energy storage
- battery energy storage
- BESS
- pumped storage
- domestic content requirement
- 92 GWh
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