Reliance Sets 2026 Launch for Battery Giga Factory, Hydrogen Target 3 MT

Reliance Industries Ltd's initiative to produce large-scale batteries and electrolysers aimed at supporting the clean energy mission is rapidly maturing with timelines for 2026 on a progress timeline, and the organization is contending to launch one of the largest solar projects on the planet. 

At its annual general meeting recently, Anant Ambani, the Executive Director, stated quite succinctly and plainly about Reliance's goal of a truly complete Renewable Energy System consisting of solar modules, batteries, electrolysers, and green fuels, ammonia and methanol.

The Dhirubhai Ambani Giga Energy Complex in Jamnagar, home of Reliance's twin oil refineries, is quickly becoming the largest integrated clean energy hub on the planet. Reliance has already produced its first 200 MW of heterojunction solar modules and plans to produce solar modules at a scale of 20 GWp, which would become the largest singular site of solar module manufacturing on the planet.

The battery plant will initially be built to a capacity of 40 GWh and subsequently scale to 100 GWh. The electrolyser facility will be built to scale to 3 GW per year, enabling inexpensive green hydrogen production. Reliance aims to produce 3 million tonnes of green hydrogen annually by 2032, together with sustainable aviation fuel and biofuels.

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In Kutch, Gujarat, a massive 550,000-acre solar project is in development that could potentially supply just under 10% of India's electricity needs. Integrated energy hubs that amalgamate solar, bioenergy, hydrogen, agrivoltaics and battery storage are envisioned that will generate clean power, create rural incomes, and manufacture CO₂-based green chemicals.