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Telangana to launch new DISCOM for free power schemes

The Telangana government will set up a new power distribution company (DISCOM) to manage free electricity schemes and ease the financial burden on existing utilities. The new entity will operate alongside the current Telangana Northern Power...

Solarium Green bags Rs 26.6 crore rooftop solar orders from NTPC

Solarium Green Energy Limited has secured two rooftop solar contracts worth approximately Rs 26.6 crore from NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (NVVN). The work orders, dated 24 July 2025, cover engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) of...

DPIIT signs MoU with Ather Energy to support EV startups

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ather Energy Limited. The partnership is part of the Build in Bharat initiative, led...

KEC International wins orders worth Rs 1,509 crore

KEC International Ltd has announced new order wins totalling Rs 1,509 crore across its transmission, transport, and cable businesses, according to a company press release. In its Transmission and Distribution (T&D) segment, the company has...

PFC transfers Angul Sundargarh transmission project to HG Infra

Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC) has transferred its subsidiary, Angul Sundargarh Transmission Ltd, to HG Infra Engineering Ltd. Angul Sundargarh Transmission Ltd is a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for the Eastern Region Generation Scheme-I...

Reliance Group plans Rs 180 billion fundraise for energy expansion

Reliance Group has secured board approvals from Reliance Infrastructure and Reliance Power to raise Rs 180 billion through a mix of equity and debt to support its expansion into the power and renewable energy sectors. According to the company’s...

Adani Energy places Rs 135 bn conductor order with Diamond Power

Diamond Power Infrastructure Limited (DPIL) has received a letter of intent from Adani Energy Solutions Limited (AESL) for the supply of 24,080 kilometres of aluminium alloy-59 high-performance conductors. The order is valued at Rs 134.91 billion...

PM lays foundation for 2 GW Kudankulam evacuation line

The Prime Minister has laid the foundation stone for Powergrid Corporation’s interstate transmission project for evacuating power from Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant Units 3 and 4 in Tamil Nadu. The project is estimated to cost Rs 550 crore. The...

Odisha clears 178 MW of new renewable energy projects

Odisha’s single window committee has approved fresh renewable energy proposals totalling 178 MW, with investments estimated at Rs 870 crore. In its twelfth meeting, the committee cleared multiple solar and wind projects submitted by the state’s...

Andhra Pradesh scraps two Adani PSP projects

The Andhra Pradesh government has cancelled two pumped storage power (PSP) projects allotted to Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) in Parvathipuram Manyam district. The decision follows AGEL’s request, which cited border disputes with Odisha as a...

L&T and NTPC post Q1 results

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 3,617 crore for the quarter ended June 2025, marking a 29.9 per cent increase from Rs 2,786 crore a year earlier. Revenue rose 15.5 per cent year-on-year to Rs 63,678 crore...

Airtel expands renewable sourcing with energy deal from AMPIN

Nxtra by Airtel has signed a new power wheeling deal with AMPIN Energy Transition to source 125.65 MW of hybrid solar-wind power via interstate transmission. The arrangement will add 205,167 megawatt-hours (MWh) of renewable energy to Nxtra’s annual...

Tripura installs over 590 rooftop solar units under PM Surya Ghar

Tripura has recorded over 15,700 registrations under the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana, with 591 rooftop solar systems installed so far, according to a press release cited by Tripura Times. Of the total, 516 beneficiaries have received government...

Bescom sees loss reduction after underground and aerial cable push

Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) has reduced its distribution losses to 8.44 per cent in 2024–25, down from 12.27 per cent in 2019–20.  The improvement follows large-scale underground and aerial cabling works launched in 2019–20...

Cyclone-proofing power: Centre outlines works in Maharashtra

The Union Government has highlighted multiple steps taken to strengthen disaster-resilient electricity distribution systems in coastal areas, including Maharashtra, through regulatory frameworks and the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS)...

Bihar signs MoUs for 2,357 MW green energy projects worth Rs 53 billion

The Bihar government has signed four agreements with energy companies to support renewable and pumped storage projects totalling 2,357 MW. The deals align with the state’s newly launched policies on clean energy. The Department of Energy...

TEMA India commissions private test facility for heavy water upgradation

India’s first private-sector test facility for upgrading depleted heavy water was recently inaugurated by Shri Rajesh V, Director (Technical), Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL), and Shri K. T. Shenoy, Director, Chemical Engineering...

J&K’s new hydro policy faces pressure from expanding solar footprint

As Jammu & Kashmir prepares a new policy to promote small hydroelectric projects, energy experts are raising concerns about the long-term viability of such investments amid the rapid growth of solar power across the region, according to a report...

Ladakh generated zero solar power in five years

Despite being labelled the “solar capital” of India, the Union Territory of Ladakh has not produced any solar power over the past five years, according to data tabled in the Rajya Sabha. In response to a question by MP Sana Satish Babu, Union...

Waaree Energies and KEC International post Q1 results

Waaree Energies and KEC International have reported strong financial performance for the first quarter, driven by improved profitability and healthy revenue growth. Waaree Energies posted a 20.3 per cent sequential rise in net profit to Rs 745 crore...

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