Chinese Envision Group eyes a battery-assembly plant in India as storage demand surges
News, 1 December 2025
India could soon see a new battery-assembly facility as China’s Envision Group explores setting up a plant in India, aiming to meet ballooning demand for energy storage amid the clean-energy transition.
According to reports, Envision is evaluating a roughly US $34 million investment that would yield around 5 GWh of annual storage capacity. Under the plan, the company would import battery cells from China but localise the assembly work — building racks, infrastructure, and software systems in India.
The move comes at a time when India’s battery-storage capacity remains modest (under 1 GW currently), but projections see the country needing up to 46 GW of storage capacity by 2032 to keep pace with growing renewable energy generation. Envision’s leadership says a final decision will depend on how the storage market evolves — a verdict is likely within the next 12 to 18 months.
If green-lit, this plant could bolster India’s ability to store excess wind and solar power, reducing waste from curtailments and improving grid stability. At a time when the nation’s renewable energy push is accelerating, local manufacturing even if limited to assembly signals a shift toward building a home-grown energy-storage ecosystem, and greater energy resilience.
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