Strategic Partnership Overview

Tata Power, one of India's largest integrated power companies, and Imperial College London, a world-leading UK university, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore opportunities for collaboration in research, technology and knowledge exchange across critical areas of the energy transition.

Collaboration Focus Areas

The partnership will focus on research and knowledge exchange across:

  • Grid flexibility
  • Energy storage
  • Digital energy systems
  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning applications in energy
  • Industrial decarbonisation
  • Advanced energy systems

Strategic Context and Alignment

The partnership comes as India and the UK deepen cooperation on clean energy and climate action under the India–UK Vision 2035. The two countries have identified:

  • Energy storage and grid transformation as areas for greater cooperation
  • Joint work on AI, renewables, energy storage, hydrogen and carbon capture
  • The Net Zero Innovation Partnership as a vehicle for supporting deep-tech solutions and new markets for climate innovation

Capabilities Brought by Each Partner

Tata Power Contributions:

  • Experience developing and operating energy infrastructure at scale
  • Extensive experience across power generation, transmission, distribution and renewable energy
  • Operational expertise across entire power value chain with total operational and under-construction capacity surpassing 26 GW

Imperial College London Contributions:

  • Research expertise across digital technologies and decarbonisation
  • Research capabilities spanning energy systems, engineering, digital technologies, economics and decarbonisation
  • World-leading frontier research capabilities in science, engineering and business
  • Convergence science model that looks beyond individual disciplines

Leadership Commentary

Dr. Praveer Sinha, CEO & Managing Director, Tata Power: "India's energy transition is entering a phase where scale, flexibility and reliability will be as important as the pace of renewable energy growth. The next generation of grids, storage and digital energy systems will need to work together to meet a rapidly evolving demand landscape."

Professor Mary Ryan, Vice Provost (Research and Enterprise) at Imperial College London: "Tata Power has expertise across a range of energy technologies and the scale needed to deliver the cleaner and more resilient energy systems we urgently need. This makes the company a fantastic partner for Imperial."

Jonathan Reynolds, Business and Trade Secretary, UK Government: "This partnership is a great example of our fantastic new trade deal bringing opportunities to life, and will help turn ideas into cleaner, smarter energy solutions."

Harjinder Kang, His Majesty's Trade Commissioner for South Asia: "Bringing together world-class UK research and Indian industrial expertise will help accelerate next-generation energy solutions and unlock new commercial opportunities."

Expected Outcomes

The partnership aims to:

  • Solve real-world industry challenges with deep research and new thinking
  • Explore solutions relevant to India's energy journey and wider global transition
  • Support development and demonstration of solutions for more flexible, resilient and lower-carbon energy systems
  • Create opportunities for knowledge exchange and innovation between India and the UK
  • Translate research and innovation into practical applications

Tata Power Business Profile Context

The announcement provides context on Tata Power's operational scale:

  • Total operational and under-construction capacity: 26+ GW
  • Clean and green energy capacity: ~17.7 GW (including projects under construction)
  • Thermal generation capacity: ~8.8 GW
  • Transmission lines: 7,800+ circuit kilometres (including pipeline projects)
  • Distribution customers: 13+ million customers
  • Solar manufacturing: 4.9 GW integrated solar cell and module capacity
  • Pumped hydro storage: 2.8 GW signed projects
  • EV charging network: 7,000+ public charging points across 717 cities and towns
  • Net Zero target: 2045

Regulatory Disclosure Note

The press release is explicitly stated as "not a disclosure in terms of the requirements of Regulation 30 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015" and is for reference and records only.