New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- India plans to add 2.8 gigawatts (GW) of pumped hydro storage capacity annually over the next two years, with further expansion to over 10 GW per year from 2028-29, Ghanshyam Prasad, Chairperson, Central Electricity Authority (CEA), said on Monday.

Speaking at a conference on energy storage organised by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Prasad said the country aims to scale up pumped hydro storage to around 57 GW by 2032, from the current capacity of approximately 5 GW, according to PTI.

This expansion is intended to address the intermittency challenges posed by increasing renewable energy integration.

"From this year onwards, we have started adding around 2.8 GW every year. From 2028-29, you will ...