Author: PPD Team Date: May 21, 2025
The Government of Kerala (GoK) has leased 50 acres of land to Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) for developing a 12 MW solar power project in Kasargod district. The lease term is 30 years, with an annual rent of Rs 3.205 million.
The solar project will be set up at Ambalathara village in Hosdurg taluk. Power generated from the facility will be used to meet KMRL’s electricity requirements.
Author: PPD Team Date: October 21, 2024 As part of the National Green Hydrogen Mission, the Indian government has approved three pilot projects aimed at utilizing hydrogen in steel production. The projects include a 50 ton-per-day (tpd) plant by Matrix Gas and Renewables Ltd (in collaboration with Gensol Engineering Ltd, IIT Bhubaneswar, and Metsol AB, Sweden), a 40 tpd plant by Simplex Castings Ltd (partnered with BSBK, Ten Eight Investment, and IIT Bhilai), and a…
Author: PPD Team Date: September 15, 2025 Developers are studying projects to connect distant regions with electricity cables that could exceed 4,000 kilometres, the Financial Times reported. Potential links include Canada to the United Kingdom and Australia to Singapore. The idea is to harness renewable energy growth and balance electricity supply and demand by using differences in weather patterns and time zones. A working example is the Viking interconnector, which began commercial operations in late…
Author: PPD Team Date: October 29, 2024 BASF and AM Green B.V. have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore business opportunities for developing low-carbon chemicals produced exclusively with renewable energy. As part of the agreement, both companies plan to conduct feasibility studies in India, assessing potential technologies for low-carbon chemical production. The collaboration also includes a non-binding letter of intent (LoI) for BASF to offtake 100,000 tonnes annually of ammonia produced solely with…
Author: PPD Team Date: May 14, 2025 KEC International Limited, an infrastructure EPC company under the RPG Group, has secured new orders worth Rs 10.34 billion across its Transmission & Distribution (T&D), Civil, and Cables businesses. These contracts were announced on May 12, 2025. In the T&D segment, KEC won a STATCOM (Static Synchronous Compensator) project from a global Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) in India. This marks KEC’s first entry into the STATCOM segment, expanding…
Author: PPD Team Date: September 23, 2025 THDC India Limited has started commercial operation of the second 660 MW unit at the Khurja Super Thermal Power Project (2×660 MW) in Khurja, Uttar Pradesh. The inauguration of the unit was held on 22 September 2025 through a virtual ceremony led by Manohar Lal, Union Minister of Power, Housing and Urban Affairs. The Khurja project, with a total capacity of 1,320 MW, was built in 14 packages….
Author: PPD Team Date: March 13, 2025 The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued updated domestic content requirement (DCR) norms for solar cells. According to the new guidelines, only solar cells based on crystalline-silicon technology and manufactured in India using undiffused silicon wafers (black wafers) will qualify as domestically produced. These wafers fall under Customs Tariff Head 3818, and all manufacturing processes, from wafer to solar cell, must be carried out within…