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Vena Energy signs India’s first load-following RE PPA with SECI

Vena Energy has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI) for a 100 MW renewable energy project under the firm and despatchable renewable energy (FDRE) scheme. This is India’s first PPA...

Inox Wind secures 51 MW turbine order from First Energy for Tamil Nadu project

Inox Wind Limited has received a 51 MW wind turbine order from First Energy Private Limited (FEPL) for a wind power project in Tamil Nadu. This is FEPL’s first order with Inox Wind. The order includes the supply of Inox Wind’s 3 MW class wind turbine...

BNC Power wins Rs 4.29 billion EPC contract for solar park in Rajasthan

BNC Power Projects Limited has secured a Rs 4.29 billion engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Rajasthan Solarpark Development Company Limited. The contract is for infrastructure development at the upcoming 2,450 MW solar park...

YamnaCo signs MoU for green ammonia project in Andhra Pradesh

YamnaCo Limited has signed a memorandum of understanding with the New and Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (NREDCAP) to explore a green hydrogen and ammonia project near Krishnapatnam port. The proposed project will be...

Navitas Solar receives Rs 404.8 million from Parishi Capital to expand Gujarat plant

Navitas Solar has received an investment of Rs 404.8 million from Parishi Capital to expand its solar module manufacturing facility in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The funding was completed in two tranches, with the first round raised in 2023. The investment...

Juniper Green completes solar portion of Maharashtra hybrid project

Juniper Green Energy Limited has commissioned the remaining 43 megawatt peak (MWp) of solar capacity at its hybrid project site in Karanja, Maharashtra. With this, the company has completed the 103 MWp solar component of its 129 MWp hybrid power...

Exide Industries adds Rs 1 billion to lithium cell unit; IFC backs EV platform Transvolt

Exide Industries has approved an additional equity investment of Rs 1 billion in Exide Energy Solutions Limited (EESL). This brings its total investment in the wholly owned subsidiary to Rs 37.0223 billion. The new capital will fund the development...

MNRE revises PM-Surya Ghar guidelines to ease fund flow and expand rural eligibility

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has amended operational guidelines for two components of the PM-Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana—Incentives for Local Bodies and Model Solar Village. The changes, issued through official memoranda dated...

MHI revises local sourcing rules for EV charging station components

The Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) has updated the phased manufacturing programme (PMP) for public EV charging stations under the PM E-Drive scheme. Domestic production of enclosures, wiring harnesses, and software for charge point protocols has...

Andhra Pradesh outlines plan for green hydrogen valley in Amaravati

The government of Andhra Pradesh has released a declaration for developing a green hydrogen valley in Amaravati to create an integrated ecosystem for green hydrogen and its derivatives by 2030. Targets include setting up 2 GW of electrolyser...

US investigates Indian solar module imports over dumping charges

The US has opened an anti-dumping and countervailing duty probe into solar module imports from India, Indonesia and Laos, Financial Express reported. The petition was filed by US manufacturers including First Solar, Qcells, Mission Solar and Talon...

MSEDCL installs over 4 lakh TOD meters in Pune circle

The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has installed over 4 lakh time of day (TOD) electricity meters in the Pune circle, reported The Indian Express. These meters are being provided free of charge to all categories...

Serentica selects SANY for 336 MW wind project in Karnataka

Serentica Renewables has selected SANY Renewable to supply wind turbine generators (WTGs) for a 336 MW wind power project in Karnataka. Each turbine will have a rated capacity of 4 MW. Deliveries are scheduled to begin by December 2025. The project...

MNRE sets new compliance rules for rooftop solar inverters

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued draft guidelines for inverter communication systems under the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana.  All inverter communication devices must now transmit data only to government-owned servers...

L&T to build India’s largest green hydrogen plant at IOCL’s Panipat Refinery

L&T Energy GreenTech Ltd (LTEG), a subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro (L&T), will develop India’s largest green hydrogen plant at Indian Oil Corporation Ltd’s (IOCL) Panipat Refinery in Haryana. According to a company statement, the plant will...

Torrent Power outlines Rs 500 bn investment in renewables and grid infrastructure

Torrent Power plans to invest Rs 50,000 crore over the next three to four years to increase its renewable energy (RE) capacity to 10 GW by 2030, up from 1.75 GW currently. The capex will be divided across three segments. Around Rs 20,000 crore will...

Adani promoters raise stake in AGEL through warrant conversion

Ardour Investment Holding, a promoter entity of the Adani Group, has increased its stake in Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) to 62.5 per cent following the conversion of share warrants into equity.   The warrants were originally issued in January...

India’s first indigenous geothermal power plant to be built in Arunachal

India’s first fully indigenous geothermal power project will be developed in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, as reported by Moneycontrol. The 50-kilowatt plant will operate at a relatively low temperature of 68 degrees Celsius, making it a technological...

Chandigarh races ahead in solar push with new 4 MWp floating plant

The Chandigarh Administration is expanding its use of floating solar energy with a new 4 MWp plant at the Sector 39 waterworks, as reported by The Tribune.   Chandigarh had earlier commissioned the region’s largest floating solar project, a 2.5 MWp...

Centre explores battery storage for thermal power to offset renewable volatility

The power ministry is examining the use of battery energy storage systems (BESS) for thermal power plants, according to two government officials cited by Moneycontrol. This will address rising operational costs caused by frequent ramping down of...

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