Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has awarded separate contracts to Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Limited and RMC Switchgears Limited for the supply and installation of solar photovoltaic water pumping systems under the state’s agricultural solarisation programme. Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals has received an additional allocation under its existing empanelment and rate contract for…
Pace Digitek Limited’s subsidiary, Lineage Power Private Limited (LPPL), has completed one year of commercial Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) manufacturing at its Bidadi facility. During the period, LPPL manufactured more than 260 utility-scale BESS containers, representing over 1.25 GWh of integrated BESS capacity. According to the company, this represents one of the largest utility-scale…
China has published three mandatory national standards on energy consumption and energy efficiency for the photovoltaic (PV) sector, establishing a new compliance framework covering polysilicon, silicon wafers, PV modules and inverters. The standards, GB 29447-2026, GB 47835-2026 and GB 47834-2026, were released on June 27, 2026, and will come into effect on January 1, 2027….
TPG has signed definitive agreements to acquire a 100% stake in Aseem Infrastructure Finance alongside co-investors GIC and ICICI Bank. The investment will be made through TPG Rise Climate, the firm’s dedicated climate investing platform, while ICICI Bank will retain up to a 5% stake in the company. The transaction remains subject to customary regulatory…
HARTEK’s Renewables Business Unit has secured a 400 MW utility-scale solar Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) project in Rajasthan. The project will be executed in two phases, comprising two solar power plants of 200 MW each, with a total installed capacity of 299.2 MWac/400 MWdc. Project scope Beyond constructing the solar generation assets, Hartek Power…
ACEN Corporation has signed an agreement to sell up to a 49% stake in its 100 MW wind power project in Karnataka to Dutch investor Diamond India Renewables One B.V. (DIRO). The transaction will be executed through Unlimited Renewables Holdings B.V. (URH), ACEN’s wholly owned subsidiary. Stake acquisition in phases Under the securities sale and…
Hitachi Energy India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Tamil Nadu to invest Rs 1,000 crore over the next three to five years. The MoU was signed in the presence of the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Thiru C. Joseph Vijay. The investment will support the expansion of Hitachi Energy…
Powertrac Group has secured a 50 MW Distributed Renewable Energy Project from Purshotam Profiles Pvt. Ltd. as an independent power producer (IPP) developer under the Distributed Renewable Energy Bilateral Purchase (DREBP) Scheme with Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Limited (PGVCL), Gujarat. The project will be executed on a project development basis and covers the complete development…
Hexa Climate has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with CESC Limited for 100 MW of interstate transmission system (ISTS)-connected wind-solar hybrid power. The capacity was awarded through CESC’s tariff-based competitive bidding process for a total of 600 MW of wind-solar hybrid capacity. The project will be located in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh. It comprises 50…
JD Cables Limited has commenced production at its new conductor manufacturing unit at Chakundi, Star Battery Gate, Dankuni, Hooghly, West Bengal, with an installed capacity of 28,000 kms. According to a regulatory filing dated July 7, 2026, production at the facility commenced on July 6, 2026. The new unit is located at Chakundi, Star Battery…