https://wingzman.com/news Dated, sourced coverage of battery storage, EV policy and energy markets in India. en-in Mon, 24 Aug 2026 03:30:00 GMT https://wingzman.com/news/global-bess-deployment-record-2026 https://wingzman.com/news/global-bess-deployment-record-2026 Mon, 24 Aug 2026 03:30:00 GMT Grid storage Global capacity passed 250 GW in 2025 and shipments rose about 75 per cent to 421 GWh, with roughly 158 GW forecast for 2026. Batteries beat a cheaper technology by being buildable where the grid actually hurts — and China holds about two-thirds of it. https://wingzman.com/news/nfpa-855-2026-edition-bess-safety https://wingzman.com/news/nfpa-855-2026-edition-bess-safety Mon, 24 Aug 2026 03:30:00 GMT Grid storage Hazard mitigation analysis is now required for every installation, explosion control must meet NFPA 69, and a new clause demands backup power for the safety systems themselves. It has no legal force in India and Indian projects will comply anyway. https://wingzman.com/news/bess-cell-supply-tightness-2026 https://wingzman.com/news/bess-cell-supply-tightness-2026 Mon, 24 Aug 2026 03:30:00 GMT Industry Offer validity has collapsed from about three months to a fortnight since January. Lithium peaked in May and turned down, the 587 Ah cell transition is pulling costs the other way, and cells are under 40 per cent of a turnkey system anyway. https://wingzman.com/news/pm-surya-ghar-50-lakh-storage-gap https://wingzman.com/news/pm-surya-ghar-50-lakh-storage-gap Sat, 22 Aug 2026 03:30:00 GMT Home storage Rooftop solar tripled its installation rate in nine months and crossed 14.8 GW. What actually unblocked it was paperwork, not panels — and the economics still rest entirely on net metering, which is exactly what storage would replace. https://wingzman.com/news/lithium-price-rebound-2026-what-it-adds https://wingzman.com/news/lithium-price-rebound-2026-what-it-adds Sat, 22 Aug 2026 03:30:00 GMT Industry Carbonate is back around $21,900 a tonne after bottoming below $14,000. Worked through properly, a doubling of the metal adds roughly ₹450 per kWh — low single-digit per cent on an installed system. The arithmetic, and why the headline misleads. https://wingzman.com/news/india-bess-vgf-tender-wave-2026 https://wingzman.com/news/india-bess-vgf-tender-wave-2026 Sat, 22 Aug 2026 03:30:00 GMT Grid storage Viability Gap Funding widened to 30 GWh, SECI and POWERGRID put record tenders into the market, and a PLI tranche was carved out for grid cells. What that means for the supply chain — and why none of the money is for your factory. https://wingzman.com/news/pm-e-drive-2w-subsidy-extended-2028 https://wingzman.com/news/pm-e-drive-2w-subsidy-extended-2028 Sat, 22 Aug 2026 03:30:00 GMT Policy The PM E-DRIVE incentive for e-2Ws lapsed on 31 July 2026 and was reinstated ten days later, to March 2028, with a bigger budget. What it is worth now, why three-wheelers are a different story, and how to check what actually applies to you.