Amara Raja Energy & Mobility Ltd is aiming to double its cumulative lithium energy storage deployment in the telecom sector to 2 GWh within this year, after successfully surpassing the 1 GWh milestone, according to its Executive Director Vikram Gourineni.
Amara Raja has achieved this milestone through deployments across over 50,000 telecom sites nationwide, marking a significant transition from conventional battery technologies to lithium-based solutions.
“Our telecom rollout has been very successful in lithium. We’ve traditionally been market leaders in telecom, even with our lead acid product for several decades now. We continue to lead the market, even as the chemistry has changed to lithium,” Gourineni said.
Expansion Strategy and Key Developments
- Plans to double deployment to 2 GWh in 2026
- Expansion into UPS, data centres, and energy storage applications
- New manufacturing line for integrated ESS packs and containers
- Ongoing ₹9,500 crore investment in Telangana lithium-ion facility
The company is also strengthening its manufacturing capabilities by setting up a new production line for fully integrated Energy Storage System (ESS) packs and containers at its Telangana facility. This is part of its broader investment plan announced in 2022.
Growing Demand Driven by Energy Transition
Amara Raja highlighted that its achievement comes amid a structural shift in India’s energy demand, driven by:
- Rapid 5G rollout
- Expansion of data centre infrastructure
- Increasing integration of renewable energy
“It shows that the technology, the product, is getting mature… while it took us about two-three years to do 1 GWh in telecom, this year itself, we’ll be doing almost double of that,” Gourineni noted.
Focus on Energy Storage Systems (ESS)
The company is increasingly bullish on ESS as a key growth driver.
“It also opens up a very clear pathway for other product segments… like UPS and data center, and now getting into even new applications like energy storage with new lithium solutions,” he added.
Highlighting the global momentum, Gourineni said, “In the next two to three years, I can say with a bit of confidence that a larger part of our growth is going to come on the heels of this energy storage wave.”
The company expects ESS to play a crucial role in enabling round-the-clock renewable energy usage, enhancing energy security and sovereignty.
“We are building a brand new facility to make fully integrated packs and containers for ESS… and we should be starting production by the end of November of this year,” Gourineni stated.
Additionally, Venkata Krishna emphasised that the company’s scale and telecom expertise position it well to expand into data centres, industrial applications, and commercial infrastructure.
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