Exide Industries、Exide Energy Solutionsに200億ルピーを投資 1,400億ルピー追加拠出へ
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- •Exide Industriesは完全子会社Exide Energy Solutionsに200億ルピーを投資し、さらに1,400億ルピーを追加投入する計画です。
- •資金は、バンガロールで計画されているグリーンフィールドの大規模リチウムイオンセル工場に充てられ、初期能力は6 GWh、将来的には12 GWhまで拡張可能です。
- •この計画は2022年に公表され、約6,000億ルピーの段階的投資と、中国SVOLT Energy Technologyとの技術提携を伴います。
- •Exide Energy Solutionsは、政府の18,100億ルピー規模のAdvanced Chemistry Cell PLI制度の初回採択企業には含まれていませんでした。
- •Exideは、Amara Raja、Tataの電池部門Agratas、Ola、Reliance Industriesと並び、国内セル製造能力を構築する主要企業の一つです。
Exide Industries has invested ₹200 crore in its wholly owned subsidiary, Exide Energy Solutions Ltd, to fund the company's greenfield multi-gigawatt lithium-ion cell project in Bengaluru, and is set to infuse ₹1,400 crore into the unit.
Exide Energy Solutions serves as the vehicle through which Exide Industries is building its lithium-ion cell manufacturing business, extending the company's operations beyond its core lead-acid battery portfolio. For Exide, the venture is a step into a technology where India currently imports the bulk of its lithium-ion cells, most of them sourced from China.
Exide Industries, headquartered in Kolkata, is one of India's largest manufacturers of storage batteries, with a long-established presence across automotive, industrial, and submarine battery segments. In 2022, the company announced its entry into lithium-ion cell manufacturing, unveiling plans for a greenfield multi-gigawatt facility in Karnataka backed by a phased investment of approximately ₹6,000 crore. The Bengaluru plant was designed for an initial capacity of 6 GWh, expandable to 12 GWh, and Exide Energy Solutions entered into a technology collaboration with China's SVOLT Energy Technology to support cell development at the site.
Exide is one of several large Indian groups moving into cell manufacturing as electric vehicle adoption picks up in the country. The government has backed domestic cell production through the ₹18,100-crore Advanced Chemistry Cell Production Linked Incentive scheme, which targets 50 GWh of capacity; Exide Energy Solutions was not among the initial beneficiaries of that programme, and the Bengaluru project is being funded through phased infusions from the parent company. Others building their own cell capacity in India include Amara Raja, Tata's battery unit Agratas, Ola and Reliance Industries.
The latest infusion will fund Exide Energy Solutions' greenfield multi-gigawatt lithium-ion cell project in Bengaluru as the subsidiary advances the programme. The commissioning of the initial 6 GWh line and the planned expansion to 12 GWh remain the key milestones ahead for the project.
Source: CNBC-TV18
