India’s 1st battery gigafactory

• Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) manufacturer – GoodEnough Energy is set to inaugurate the country’s largest BESS Gigafactory for grid stability in Jammu & Kashmir.
• The main goal of the factory is to ensure stability of the power grid. Initially, the factory will have a capacity of 7GWh, which will increase to 20 GWh by 2027.

Importance of GigaFactory

• GoodEnough Energy aims to support India’s goal of achieving Net-Zero emissions.
• It plans on achieving this by providing their services to various industries that have high CO2 emissions, such as Molding Industries, automation, mining, hospitals, refineries, Malls, and shopping complexes.
• With their technology, they can store 7GWH of annual storage capacity, leading to a reduction of over 5 million tonnes of CO2 emissions in a year.
• GoodEnough Energy’s Gigafactory is India’s largest Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) It will create job opportunities for over 100 SMEs as vendors and suppliers and will boost job generation in the J&K region.
• The factory has an initial capacity of 7GWH annual storage, which aims to reduce over 5 million tonnes of CO2 in a year, with 2 cycles every day. This is equivalent to the Indian Railway’s annual carbon reduction target of 4 million tonnes.