Accumulators enter the PADIS agenda

The battery industry gained a formal route

Law No. 15,103/2025 included electric accumulators and their separators within PADIS. Decree No. 13,065/2026 incorporated this activity into the qualification process conducted by MCTI.

For the manufacturer, the change creates an objective regulatory basis. The application must connect the manufactured product, its classification, stages performed in Brazil, the applicable Basic Production Process and the R&D Plan.

• ProductChemistry, application and classification must point to the legal scope.
• ProcessCell, module, pack and separator represent different industrial positions.
• CompanyCorporate structure and activities define the application's scope.

Qualification opens the door; the benefit defines the economics

PADIS incentives are distributed across provisions with their own scope. The inclusion of accumulators in the program must be read together with the article that grants each benefit.

This care changes the business case. IRPJ, financial credit, acquisitions, imports and services must appear on separate lines, with legal basis and capture conditions. The executive projection also incorporates R&D, timing, utilization capacity and governance-system cost.

PADIS becomes part of a larger industrial decision

A battery or BESS project may also depend on PPB, local content, BNDES accreditation and LRCAP rules. Each instrument serves a purpose. The production configuration must satisfy the set without creating incompatible schedules or evidence.

Meridian starts with the project architecture. The analysis locates product, process, benefits, target market and implementation sequence before turning PADIS into a financial assumption.

• Fix the configurationDefine what will be manufactured in Brazil and in which sequence.
• Separate the requirementsIdentify the role of PADIS, PPB, CFI and LRCAP.
• Unify executionOne agenda connects factory, qualification, R&D and market access.