Author: PPD Team Date: January 2, 2025
Promax Power has secured a Rs 554.3 million contract to design, supply, erect, test, and commission 132/33 kV substations and associated 132 kV bays.
The project includes developing four 132 kV substations with fully equipped control room buildings, installing four 132/33 kV 31.5 MVA transformers, and constructing three 132 kV substation bays.
Author: PPD Team Date: December 4, 2025 NHPC Limited has achieved test synchronisation of the 250 MW Unit 2 of the 2,000 MW Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project with the national grid on 2 December 2025. The company expects the commercial operation date for Unit 2 by this month. The synchronisation marks a key step in the phased commissioning of the eight-unit project. NHPC leadership, including CMD Bhupender Gupta, Government Nominee Director Mohammad Afzal, directors from…
Author: PPD Team Date: April 29, 2025 The joint venture (JV) of Rays Power Infra Private Limited and Insolation Energy Limited has secured an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract from Assam Power Distribution Company Limited (APDCL) to set up a 125 MW solar power project. This project is part of the 1,000 MW Khagarijan Solar Power Project under the Mukhya Mantri Sauro Shakti Prokolpo scheme. The scope includes design, engineering, supply, construction, erection, testing,…
Author: PPD Team Date: September 19, 2024 Transformers and Rectifiers (India) Ltd (TRIL) has secured an order worth Rs 1.14 billion from Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Prasaran Nigam (RRVPNL) to supply 50 MVA, 132/33 kV power transformers. The delivery is expected by the next financial year. This follows a Rs 910 million order from SPIL last month. TRIL, known for high-voltage transformers, has achieved significant milestones, including the world’s first 420 kV ester fluid-filled shunt reactor….
Author: PPD Team Date: June 9, 2025 French renewable energy firm Neoen has inaugurated Portugal’s largest solar park, located in Azambuja, 70 km north of Lisbon. The facility began supplying electricity to the grid in late 2024 and is now fully operational. The park includes the 204 MWp Rio Maior and the 68 MWp Torre Bela solar farms, which together will generate over 500 GWh of electricity annually—enough to power 110,000 homes. The site connects…
Author: PPD Team Date: November 6, 2024 The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has rejected a proposed amendment to increase Amazon’s data centre load capacity at the Susquehanna nuclear facility in Pennsylvania from 300 MW to 480 MW. The amended interconnection service agreement, executed between Talen Energy, PJM Interconnection, and PPL Electric Utilities, aimed to expand capacity at the data center. FERC raised concerns about the public impact of this increased capacity, noting potential…
Author: PPD Team Date: May 12, 2025 The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has issued the draft Deviation Settlement Mechanism and Related Matters (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2025, proposing limited payments for infirm power injected by thermal generating stations before trial runs. Currently, under the DSM Regulations, 2024, no payments are made for infirm power unless scheduled after a successful trial run. Thermal generators raised concerns about unrecovered fuel costs during mandatory testing. The Ministry of…