News on clean energy technologies and policies. This category covers developments in solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, and bioenergy, along with market trends, investments, and innovations driving the global transition to sustainable power.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s five-nation tour from May 15-20 resulted in multiple agreements linked to India’s clean energy, semiconductor, hydrogen, and offshore wind sectors, including a new Strategic Partnership with the Netherlands and five agreements with Norway. A hydrogen fuel cell collaboration between Advait Energy Transitions Limited and TECO Fuel Cell Technology AS was also…
KPI Green Energy Limited has announced that its subsidiary, Sun Drops Energia Limited, has signed a Battery Energy Storage Purchase Agreement (BESPA) with Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited for a 120 MW / 240 MWh standalone Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project in Gujarat. The agreement was awarded through a tariff-based competitive bidding process conducted…
Oyster Renewable Energy and Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited have announced plans to develop a 31.6 MW solar-wind hybrid renewable energy project in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh. The project will involve an investment of around Rs 270 crore and combine 21.6 MW of wind capacity with 10 MW of solar generation. The hybrid project is…
British International Investment and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners have launched North Star, a $300 million platform aimed at developing utility-scale renewable energy projects in India. The platform was announced on Thursday at the Global Partnerships Conference in London. Under the arrangement, BII and CIP will each commit up to $150 million, with CIP investing through its…
GameChange Solar has entered into a strategic partnership with First Solar, Inc. to support deployment of domestically manufactured thin-film solar modules in India. The collaboration builds on two utility-scale solar projects in India where First Solar’s modules have already been deployed on GameChange Solar’s Genius Tracker™ systems. According to the companies, the projects have operated…
AmpereHour Energy and IndiGrid have commissioned a 180 MW / 360 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at a Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation (GETCO) substation in Gujarat. With Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) as the off-taker, the project is among the largest standalone utility-scale BESS installations in India and Asia. The project is expected…
The Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) under the Ministry of Finance has approved a central scheme to support floating solar projects integrated with Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), according to multiple media reports. However, variations have emerged regarding the approved financial outlay. According to Zee Business, the EFC approved Rs 5,000 crore against the Ministry of…
Bondada Engineering Limited has received multiple orders aggregating to Rs 469.52 crore from the Adani Group for supply of goods and onsite services related to the Balance of System (BOS) package for a 250 MW solar power project at Khavda in Kutch, Gujarat. The orders have been awarded by Adani Green Energy Ltd and Adani…
Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has awarded a 10 MW solar project with a co-located 10 MW/20 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) to BNC Power Projects Limited at a tariff of Rs 2.60/kWh. The project did not draw any viability gap funding (VGF) support available under the scheme. SECI had floated the tender…
Central Electronics Limited (CEL), a central government-owned public sector undertaking, has commissioned a 200 MW solar module manufacturing facility in Uttar Pradesh. The plant was inaugurated by Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh, who highlighted the project’s execution timeline. According to Singh, CEL issued the request for proposal in April 2025, completed bidder selection within…