India’s first MWh-Scale Vanadium Flow Battery inaugurated at NTPC NETRA

New Delhi: The Union Minister for Power, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Manohar Lal, yesterday inaugurated India’s first MWh-scale Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VRFB) system at NTPC’s NETRA in Noida. This establishment of a 3 MWh battery system is a major step towards the country’s advancement in long-duration energy storage solutions. This would act as a key enhancer in renewable energy integration and strengthening grid resilience.

According to the press release, the minister inaugurated the system during his visit to NETRA, the R&D Centre of NTPC at Greater Noida. He was joined by Shri Pankaj Agarwal, Secretary (Power); Additional Secretary Shri Piyush Singh; and other senior officials of the Ministry of Power. He was welcomed by Shri Gurdeep Singh, CMD (NTPC), and other senior officials of NTPC.

The minister during the visit reviewed several demonstration projects at NTPC NETRA, which include the Green Hydrogen Mobility Plant, the STP Water-Based Green Hydrogen Plant, the Solid Oxide-Based High-Temperature Steam Electrolyzer, the MSW-RDF-Based Enhanced Steam Gasification Plant, and an AC microgrid with 4 MWp solar capacity and a 1 MWh Li-NMC battery energy storage system.

The minister also visited NETRA’s NABL-accredited laboratories. The minister witnessed the NTPC’s ongoing research and development initiatives in carbon capture, green hydrogen, energy storage, and waste-to-energy technologies and has appreciated the NETRA team for their innovative contributions toward India’s clean energy transition and emphasized that the nation’s growing technological capabilities are setting new benchmarks for sustainable development and energy security.