Hon’ble Minister of Power, Housing & Urban Affairs, Shri Manohar Lal inaugurates India’s First MWh-Scale Vanadium Flow Battery at NTPC NETRA

Hon’ble Minister of Power, Housing & Urban Affairs, Shri Manohar Lal inaugurates India’s First MWh-Scale Vanadium Flow Battery at NTPC NETRA

Hon’ble Minister of Power and Housing & Urban Affairs, Shri Manohar Lal, visited NETRA, the R&D Centre of NTPC, on 11th Nov’25 along with Shri Pankaj Agarwal Secretary (Power), Additional Secretary Shri Piyush Singh and other senior officials of ministry. He was welcomed by Shri Gurdeep Singh, CMD (NTPC) and other senior officials of NTPC.

During the visit, the Hon’ble Minister inaugurated India’s largest and first MWh-scale Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VRFB) system of 3 MWh capacity. This milestone project marks a major step forward in the nation’s journey towards long-duration energy storage (LDES) solutions, enhancing renewable energy integration and grid resilience.

On this occasion, Hon’ble Minister visited following demonstration plants at Netra: (i) Green Hydrogen Mobility Plant, (ii) STP Water-based Green Hydrogen Plant, (iii) Solid Oxide-based High-Temperature Steam Electrolyzer, (iv) MSW-RDF based enhanced Steam Gasification Plant, (v) AC Microgrid (4 MWp & 1 MWh Li-NMC BESS) alongside state-of-the-art NABL-accredited laboratories.

Hon’ble Minister was also briefed about NTPC’s pioneering R&D work in the domain of Carbon Capture, Green Hydrogen, Energy Storage and Waste-to-Energy Technologies. Hon’ble Minister commended the NETRA team for developing solutions that address the energy transition and energy security challenges. He emphasized that India’s capabilities in innovation and technology are setting new benchmarks for sustainable development and energy transition.

The visit concluded with a tree plantation ceremony, symbolizing NTPC’s continued commitment to environmental stewardship and a greener future.