AMPIN Energy Transition has commissioned a 50 MWp solar open access plant in Gatapar village, Bemetara district, marking its first project in Chhattisgarh and the company’s debut in the Eastern region. The plant will supply power to Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd. According to AMPIN, the project was completed in nine months and highlights the…
Offgrid Energy Labs, based in Noida, has raised $15 million in a Series A round led by Archean Chemicals Industries Ltd, with existing investor Ankur Capital also participating. The startup, which develops zinc bromine gel batteries, had earlier secured seed funding from Shell Ventures. The latest funds will support a 10 MWh demonstration plant in…
GK Energy Ltd, a solar-powered agricultural water pump systems provider, has raised Rs 100 crore in a pre-initial public offering (IPO) funding round. The investment came from Valuequest, 360 One (formerly IIFL Wealth), and Kotak AIF, among others. According to the company’s notice, 65.36 lakh equity shares were allotted at Rs 153 each through a…
National Aluminium Company (Nalco) has outlined an investment of about Rs 300 billion over the next five years to establish a new aluminium smelter along with a coal-based power plant. The company has allocated around Rs 170–180 billion for the smelter project in Odisha, while approximately Rs 120 billion will be directed toward the power…
Saatvik Green Energy Limited has received a letter of award from Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) for the installation of 1,500 solar water pumping systems under the Magel Tyala Saur Krishi Pump Yojana (MTSKPY) and the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) Component B Scheme for 2025–2026. The project will…
Greenzo Energy India Limited has received an order from Jindal Stainless Limited (JSL) to develop an electrolyser-based green hydrogen facility at JSL’s Kalinga Nagar Industrial Complex in Jajpur, Odisha. The contract covers the supply, erection, installation, and commissioning of the plant. It is designed to produce 472,409 kilograms of green hydrogen annually and is expected…
ACME Solar Holdings Ltd has received a letter of award for developing a 50 MW firm and dispatchable renewable energy (FDRE) project at a tariff of Rs 4.43 per unit. The award came under Tata Power Company Limited’s 250 MW FDRE tender conducted by its distribution arm Tata Power-D. The FDRE tender was carried out…
Adani Energy Solutions Limited has set up a new wholly owned subsidiary named Adani Energy Solutions Step-Fourteen Limited. The subsidiary has an authorised share capital of Rs 1 lakh and a paid-up share capital of Rs 1 lakh. It is yet to begin operations and currently has no turnover. According to the company’s disclosure, the…
Suryam International Private Limited has won Solar Energy Corporation of India’s (SECI) green ammonia auction held under the Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition Programme (Mode-2A–Tranche-I). The company will supply 4,000 tonnes per annum of green ammonia to Madras Fertilisers in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, for a period of ten years. The allocation was made at…
Kerala Electricity Minister K. Krishnankutty said on Monday that the State is examining the feasibility of setting up a thorium-based power plant while making it clear that a conventional nuclear plant is not under consideration. He said a report prepared for the government describes thorium power as waste-free and environmentally safer compared to nuclear plants,…