Cygni Energy commissions Phase-I of BESS Gigafactory with 4.8 GWh of high-capacity

Venkat Rajaraman, Founder and CEO, Cygni Energy
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The Hyderabad-headquartered Cygni Energy, an independent energy storage solutions company, on Wednesday said that Phase-I of its Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Gigafactory has commenced operations. The Phase-I facility has been set up with an investment of over ₹100 crore and is located on a five-acre campus in E-Mobility Valley, at the Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMC) Maheshwaram, Hyderabad.

It is designed with an initial capacity to produce 4.8 GWh of high-capacity battery packs for electric vehicles and energy storage systems. These advanced BESS systems will cater to large grid-scale stationary storage projects and Independent Power Producers, said the company.

Venkat Rajaraman, Founder and CEO of Cygni said, “This Gigafactory positions us to lead in the energy storage sector, delivering high-quality, safe battery packs across multiple applications…We plan to grow exponentially in energy storage over the next few years in India and internationally”.

Phase-II plans

“In Phase-II, we are scaling our Gigafactory’s capacity to 10.8 GWh in the existing facility itself. With a total investment of ₹250 crore across two phases, this will result in direct and indirect job creation of over 1,000 jobs in the next 24 months,” the CEO said adding, “As part of this expansion, we will be adding three additional automated 2 GWh cell-to-pack manufacturing lines and container integration facilities to our existing lines, to meet the rising demand for stationary and e-mobility storage applications.” 

Energy storage solutions

According to him, going forward, Cygni will provide advanced high-capacity energy storage solutions featuring modular, scalable designs and integrated with Machine Learning for predictive analysis, Digital Twin technology for real-time monitoring, high-performance energy management systems, seamless smart grid-code integration and precision-engineered manufacturing. 

It also leverages research on futuristic technologies and battery chemistries through its long-term partnership with IIT-Madras, such as Cell-to-Pack (CTP) and Cell-to-Chassis (CTC) Design Architectures, sodium-ion batteries, and super-capacitors.

So far, Cygni has manufactured and delivered 500 MWh of batteries for the power and energy segment. Currently, it has a pipeline of 1 GWh in orders for BESS projects and EV battery packs, backed by a nationwide service network and an experienced project commissioning team. This production line is capable of manufacturing 105kWh liquid cooled base modules using advanced 314Ah cells, serving as the fundamental building blocks for nearly all energy storage containers worldwide. 

Ongoing R&D at the Gigafactory will include development of innovative energy storage solutions with Sodium-ion chemistry, thermal management strategies to improve safety, and advanced Energy Management System (EMS) algorithms to cater to evolving grid-code and design of India specific energy storage solutions.

Published on April 30, 2025