# Solar developers

Type: Company

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## Timeline

- **2026-08-21**: BNEF Summit warning — Renewables Secretary Santosh Kumar Sarangi said projects without battery storage are unlikely to find buyers, with almost 42 GW of planned capacity yet to sign offtake contracts.
- **2026-05**: Peak curtailment during record demand — Scorching heat sent electricity use to an all-time high, and grid curtailment hit its highest level of the quarter.
- **2026-04**: Q2 curtailment period begins — During April-June, India's transmission system failed to absorb more than 8 billion kilowatt-hours of power after 63 billion kWh actually reached the system.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### India Lost 11% of Peak-Season Solar to Curtailment; 42 GW Needs Storage Deals
2026-08-21 14:45:47 · Sentiment: Positive · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 2

India's rapid solar expansion is outrunning grid capacity, causing 11% of peak-season generation to be curtailed even as demand hit records. Battery storage is becoming a requirement, not an option, for the 42 GW of planned projects still lacking offtake deals.
Full story: https://getclimatebrief.com/story/india-solar-curtailment-battery-storage-42gw

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