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NHPC to invest Rs 840 billion in 20 GW pumped storage project

NHPC Ltd, a state-owned hydropower company, has announced a major investment of Rs 840 billion to develop 20 GW of pumped storage capacity.  This project is part of a larger capital expenditure plan estimated at Rs 12,000 billion, with most...

India and Sri Lanka discuss strengthening cooperation in mineral resources

Union Minister of State for Coal and Mines, Shri Satish Chandra Dubey, met Sri Lanka’s Minister of Industry, Shri Sunil Handunnetti, in New Delhi. They focused on boosting bilateral cooperation in mineral exploration, particularly in securing...

Tata Power and ONGC sign MoU to explore BESS

Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL), a subsidiary of Tata Power Company Limited, has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) to explore joint opportunities in the Battery...

ArcelorMittal commissions 661 MW solar project in Andhra Pradesh

ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India Limited (AMNS) has commissioned a 661 MW (925 MWp) solar power project in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh.  The project is part of “Project Trinity,” a 975 MW wind-solar hybrid initiative that includes 661 MW of...

Sterlite commissions Nangalbibra-Bongaigaon Transmission Project

Sterlite Power has announced the commissioning of the Nangalbibra─Bongaigaon Inter-State Power Transmission Project.  The project was implemented under a tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) process on a build, own, operate, and maintain (BOOM)...

Reliance Industries acquires 100% stake in Lakadia B Power Transmission

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has formally acquired a 100% equity stake in Lakadia B Power Transmission Limited (LPTL), a special purpose vehicle (SPV) established for the development of the transmission system for the Augmentation of Transformation...

BHEL wins Rs 67 billion contract for Singareni Stage-II project

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has received a Letter of Intent (LOI) worth Rs 67 billion from Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) for the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) package of the 1×800 MW Singareni...

BPCL partners with Eco Wave and NSI for wave energy and bioethanol projects

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Eco Wave Power Global AB to develop wave energy-based renewable power projects across India. Both companies will conduct a feasibility study to assess the...

PFC, Gensol, KPIL report income growth in Q3 FY25

Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC) reported a net profit of Rs 77.6 billion for the quarter ending December 2024, marking a 23.29 per cent increase from Rs 62.94 billion in the same quarter last year. The company’s total income grew by 13.69 per...

MoP issues competitive bidding guidelines for pumped storage procurement

The Ministry of Power has introduced tariff-based competitive bidding guidelines for procuring stored energy from existing, under-construction, or new Pumped Storage Projects (PSP). As per the National Electricity Plan 2023, India will require 74...

Premier Energies secures Rs 12.34 billion solar module supply contracts

Premier Energies Photovoltaic Private Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Premier Energies Limited (PEL), secured contracts worth Rs 12.34 billion for the supply of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules in India on February 14, 2025. The supply is...

Skipper secures Rs 13.18 billion in new orders in Q3 FY25

Skipper Ltd received new orders worth Rs 13.18 billion in Q3 FY25 (October to December), bringing the total order inflows for the fiscal year to Rs 37.43 billion. The company secured significant contracts from Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd...

KPIT Technologies, Trentar Energy collaborate on sodium-ion battery technology

KPIT Technologies and Trentar Energy Solutions have entered into a collaboration for the development and commercialisation of sodium-ion battery technology. As part of this agreement, KPIT will transfer its sodium-ion battery technology to Trentar...

Waaree Renewable wins LoA for 40 MWh BESS project in Gujarat

Waaree Renewable Technologies Limited has received a Letter of Award (LoA) from Continuum Green Energy Limited for the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) of a 40 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at wind-solar hybrid sites in...

BGR Tech launches 100 kW hydrogen purification system

BGR Tech Limited has introduced its 100 kW hydrogen purification system designed to enhance electrolysis-based hydrogen purification. This newly developed system delivers 99.999 per cent pure, fuel cell-grade hydrogen and is engineered to operate at...

MNRE issues draft guidelines for solar cold storage systems with TES backup

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has released draft guidelines outlining the design, specifications, performance, and testing for solar cold storage systems equipped with thermal energy storage (TES) backup. These systems are primarily...

CEA issues procedure for verifying captive status of generating plants across states

The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has introduced a new procedure to verify the captive status of generating plants where the Captive Generating Plant (CGP) and its users are in different states.  Effective from FY 2024-25, this procedure...

Sterlite Power secures Rs 22.5 billion orders in Q3 FY25

Sterlite Power has won new orders worth Rs 22.5 billion and secured L1 positions for orders worth Rs 6.5 billion in Q3 FY25, marking its highest order book in the current financial year.  These orders span across its Global Products and Services...

CDIL launches India’s first indigenous solar bypass diodes

CDIL Semiconductors has introduced India’s first domestically manufactured solar bypass diodes, designed to enhance solar panel efficiency and longevity. These diodes, produced at CDIL’s Mohali facility in Punjab, aim to reduce reliance on imports...

Suzlon secures 201.6 MW wind project contract in Madhya Pradesh

Suzlon Energy Limited (SEL) has won a contract from Oyster Renewable Energy Private Limited (OREPL) for the supply, erection, and commissioning of 64 S144 Wind Turbine Generators (WTGs) with Hybrid Lattice Tubular (HLT) towers.  Each turbine has a...

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