Power Sector News Roundup for September 8, 2025
Author: PPD Team Date: September 8, 2025
Author: PPD Team Date: September 8, 2025
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Author: PPD Team Date: November 19, 2025 India CEA pushes national standard for DT design and maintenance The Central Electricity Authority held a meeting to push national standardisation of distribution transformer design and maintenance. Officials noted that failure rates average about 10 per cent, which equals nearly 1.3 million failures each year. Performance varies sharply across states, with some northern utilities above 20 per cent while Tata Power DDL and CESC operate below 0.5 per…
Author: PPD Team Date: February 2, 2026 India CEA flags widespread non-compliance with mandatory transformer standards The Central Electricity Authority has flagged continued non-compliance by power utilities with mandatory transformer and reactor rating standards. In a letter dated 24 January 2026, the CEA directed utilities and generation companies to strictly follow standard specifications for transformers and reactors rated 66 kV and above. These specifications were issued in April 2021 and became legally binding under regulations…
Author: PPD Team Date: September 17, 2025 Global: IEA sees slower but steady growth in low-emission hydrogen by 2030 India: MNRE approves Rs 140 crore supplementary budget for National Bioenergy Programme GoM suggests new debt restructuring scheme for State Discoms Suzlon secures 838 MW wind order from Tata Power Renewable L&T secures nuclear and grid infrastructure orders
Author: PPD Team Date: August 2, 2025 Global: Vietnam shortlists 24 energy projects under JETP India: NPCIL commissions 1.7 MWp solar plant at Gorakhpur Tata Power-DDL partners with Magna Yuma to set up EV battery swapping stations Waaree begins operations at 1.8 GW solar module unit in Gujarat GE Verova T&D and JSW Energy report profit growth in Q1 FY26 Odisha seeks early approval of Rs 3,069 crore for power upgrades Juniper Green signs PPA…
Author: PPD Team Date: August 31, 2025 Global: Africa’s solar panel imports rise 60% to 15 GW in 2025 India: Adani Wind secures 165 MW turbine order from Fourth Partner Energy ACME wins SECI’s 11th green ammonia auction Power Mech secures Rs 370 crore order from Adani Power Shakti Pumps empanelled for 34,720 solar pumps in Maharashtra Acme Solar board clears fundraising of Rs 3,000 crore SAEL Industries commissions 200 MW solar project in Rajasthan…
Author: PPD Team Date: July 31, 2025 Global Indonesia’s Dieng geothermal plant to add 110 MW capacity India: Private investment in thermal power to surge: Crisil One crore households to get rooftop solar by 2026–27 under PM Surya Ghar Telangana to launch new DISCOM for free power schemes Solarium Green bags Rs 26.6 crore rooftop solar orders from NTPC DPIIT signs MoU with Ather Energy to support EV startups KEC International wins orders worth Rs…