IESA hosts curtain raiser ahead of the India Energy Storage Week Conference and Exhibition to be held from July 1 – July 5, 2024

India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) hosted a curtain-raiser conference for its upcoming annual flagship international event, India Energy Storage Week (IESW) 2024 - Conference and Exhibition at the India International Centre (IIC) in New Delhi today.

The curtain raiser event marks the 10th-anniversary edition of IESW and is set to be a primer to IESW 2024 – Conference and Exhibition scheduled to be held in New Delhi from July 1 – July 5, 2024. This year the India Energy Storage Week is expected to see 200+ exhibitors and partners with participation from 50+ countries. The Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) is being a delegation to the IESW 2024. With 30+ conference sessions, CXO Roundtable, Buyer-Seller Forum, Country Roundtable, Women in Energy Networking Diner, 7th IESA Industry Excellence Awards, Skill Development Roundtable & Career fair, IESA-i4C Energy Hackathon, Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) Forum, 1st  World Advanced Battery Conference (W-ABC) will be the key highlights of IESW 2024. There will be 8 pavilions as part of the IESW 2024 exhibition including dedicated halls for electric mobility, EV Infra, and green hydrogen technologies., start-up Pavilion, Innovation & Research pavilion, manufacturing & supply chain pavilion, Recycling Pavilion, Stationary energy storage expo and indigenous battery cell showcase.

Speaking at the event Vijay Mittal, Joint Secretary, DHI, Ministry of Heavy Industries said, “When it comes to E-mobility and heavy industry, budgets and finances are the primary concern. It is my honour to tell you that at ACC we have seen an evident budget increase in this sector. With time, I have seen a consistent rise in the financial support for this sector because the Government of India wants to prioritise the growth of a self-sufficient energy ecosystem. Budget allocations grew by 3x in 2022 which is 3,000 crores and in the current financial year, it again grew up to 2X. So, I can happily say that the Ministry of Heavy Industries and the Government of India have seen the potential of this sector, analysed the need for it and have provided the growth in the budget by 6x.”

“The year 2024 will be a marquee year for the advanced energy storage industry in India. With a strong and robust growth of both eMobility and stationery market now the entire industry is looking for the start of the Advanced Chemistry Cell production in India which is going to kick start in coming months.

This also presents a wonderful opportunity for us to invest in developing a complete supply chain and recycling industry around the upcoming gigafactories not just for India but also for all the countries that are looking to diversify energy storage and eMobility supply chain for ensuring energy security and meeting ambitious climate goals in coming decade. IESW 2024 will bring together companies across the energy storage, eMobility and green hydrogen ecosystem on a single platform along with government ministries and country partners platform for making India a global hub for advanced energy storage ecosystem.”, said Dr Rahul Walawalkar, President, India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA).

The IESW 2024 curtain raiser witnessed the participation of key stakeholders from the clean energy and mobility, advanced battery manufacturing and supply chain, and recycling ecosystem.

IESA organized the IESW 2024 curtain raise event with support from key government and industry partners such as Agilent Technologies, Molsynth, CBC Corp, Malv¬ern Panalytical, iPower Batteries, Green Fuel Energy, MathWorks, SEMCO, Envision, United Lasers, and others.