Reliance, Mahindra bid for incentives under India’s $2.4 bn battery scheme
Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co and automaker Mahindra & Mahindra are amongst corporations which have submitted bids underneath the nation’s $2.4 billion battery scheme, two sources informed Reuters.
India final yr finalised an incentive program to encourage corporations to spend money on the native manufacturing of batteries because it seems to be to determine a home provide chain for clear transport and construct storage for renewable vitality.
Friday is the final day to submit technical bids.
Softbank Group-backed Ola Electrical, engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro and battery makers Amara Raja and Exide have additionally submitted bids, the sources mentioned.
Not one of the corporations named by the sources instantly responded to requests for remark.
India needs to determine a complete of fifty gigawatt hours (Gwh) of battery storage capability over 5 years, which it expects will entice direct funding of about $6 billion.
To qualify for the incentives, corporations should arrange at the least 5 Gwh of storage capability and meet sure native content material circumstances, all of which might require a minimal funding of greater than $850 million.
Round 10 corporations have submitted bids totalling near 100 Gwh, the sources mentioned.
India was additionally encouraging international corporations resembling Tesla Inc, Samsung, LG Power, Northvolt and Panasonic to speculate.
Clear auto know-how is a key a part of India’s technique for chopping air pollution in main cities and lowering oil dependence. However electrical automobiles (EVs) at the moment make up a fraction of whole gross sales within the nation primarily on account of their excessive worth as batteries are imported.
The South Asian nation needs electrical vehicles to make up 30% of personal automotive gross sales by 2030 and for electrical bikes and scooters to make up 40% of such gross sales, driving demand for batteries which at the moment contribute about 35% to 40% of the full car value.
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