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Battery Aadhaar IDs could help us decarbonize India’s economy
Mint New Delhi
|October 24, 2025
Our energy transition needs a data backbone that tags and tracks batteries across their life-cycle
India plans to double its non-fossil energy capacity of about 243GW over the next four years, a feat that will fuel unprecedented demand for battery energy storage systems (BESS) to offset renewable energy intermittency.
A staggering number of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) will be needed, most of which are still imported. Also dependent on batteries is the transport sector: India aims to have electric vehicles (EVs) account for 30% of new vehicle sales by 2030, up from 7.7% in 2024. But, as battery demand grows, do we have adequate mechanisms in place to make well-informed decisions?
This story is from the October 24, 2025 edition of Mint New Delhi.
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