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BHAVINI to start 500 MW PFBR operations at Kalpakkam by end-2025

Author: Power Peak Digest Team Pub Date: December 19, 2024 Bhartiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited (BHAVINI) plans to begin commercial operations of the 500 MW Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at the Madras Atomic Power Station in Kalpakkam...

Adani Energy incorporates SPV for power infrastructure services

Author: Power Peak Digest Team Pub Date: December 19, 2024 Adani Energy Solutions Limited (AESL) established Adani Energy Solutions Step-Eleven Limited (AESSEL), a special purpose vehicle (SPV), on December 17, 2024. The SPV will focus on...

GK Energy files DRHP for Rs 5 billion IPO to raise funds

Author: Power Peak Digest Team Pub Date: December 19, 2024 GK Energy Limited has filed its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India to raise funds through an initial public offering (IPO). The IPO consists...

Insolation Energy to set up 3 GW solar manufacturing facility in Madhya Pradesh

Author: Power Peak Digest Team Pub Date: December 19, 2024 Insolation Energy Limited has received 45 acres of land from the Madhya Pradesh government to establish a solar manufacturing facility.  The proposed unit will have a production capacity of 3...

BMC and Oil India Limited to set up biogas plant in Bhubaneswar

Author: Power Peak Digest Team Pub Date: December 19, 2024 The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has partnered with Oil India Limited (OIL) to establish a biogas plant in Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar, as part of a waste-to-wealth initiative. The...

IMFA partners with JSW Green Energy for 70 MW renewable energy supply

Author: Power Peak Digest Team Pub Date: December 19, 2024 Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys (IMFA) has formed a joint venture with JSW Green Energy to source 70 MW of renewable energy for its smelting operations.  IMFA has signed a binding term sheet...

Grew Energy to supply solar modules for Jindal Renewables’ Rajasthan project

Author: Power Peak Digest Team Pub Date: December 19, 2024 Grew Energy has announced it will supply 500 MW of solar modules for Jindal Renewables’ solar power project in Rajasthan.  Jindal Renewables is developing around 3 GW of renewable...

Honeywell to provide building automation solutions for Exide Energy’s lithium-ion gigafactory

Author: Power Peak Digest Team Pub Date: December 19, 2024 Honeywell has secured a contract to deliver building automation solutions for Exide Energy Solutions Ltd (EESL), a subsidiary of Exide Industries Ltd. The project will involve deploying...

CERC grants final transmission licence to PGCIL’s Bhadla-III Transmission

Author: Power Peak Digest Team Pub Date: December 19, 2024 The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has granted a final transmission licence to “Bhadla-III Transmission Ltd,” a wholly-owned TBCB subsidiary of Power Grid Corporation of...

Seven firms win bids for 500 MW solar projects under GUVNL Phase XXV

Author: Power Peak Digest Team Pub Date: December 19, 2024 On December 19, 2024, Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) announced the winners of its 500 MW Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Power Projects under Phase XXV without energy storage systems (ESS)...

Federal Bank and Ecofy collaborate to finance MSME solar projects

Author: Power Peak Digest Team Pub Date: December 19, 2024 Federal Bank has partnered with Ecofy, a green-focused NBFC backed by Eversource Capital, to offer financing solutions for MSMEs investing in rooftop solar installations. The program targets...

KPIL raises Rs 10 billion via QIP

Author: Power Peak Digest Team Pub Date: December 19, 2024 Kalpataru Projects International Limited (KPIL) has successfully raised Rs 10 billion through a qualified institutional placement (QIP). The proceeds will be used to strengthen the company’s...

Powergrid to raise up to Rs 42.50 billion via 10-year bonds

Author: Power Peak Digest Team Pub Date: December 19, 2024 Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) has approved raising up to Rs 42.50 billion through the private placement of bonds. The funds will be raised under the Powergrid bonds – LXXX...

India’s renewable energy capacity addition doubles to 15 GW in FY24

Author: Power Peak Digest Team Pub Date: December 19, 2024 India has added nearly 15 GW of renewable energy capacity between April and November this financial year, almost double the 7.54 GW added during the same period last year.  Speaking at the...

Sembcorp wins solar plus BESS project from SECI

Author: Power Peak Digest Team Pub Date: December 19, 2024 Sembcorp Green Infra (SGIPL), a unit of Sembcorp Industries, has secured a 150 MW solar project with a 300 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) from Solar Energy Corporation of India...

Rajasthan signs MoUs worth Rs 104.5 billion for renewable energy projects

Author: Power Peak Digest Team Pub Date: December 18, 2024 The Government of Rajasthan (GoR) has signed Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) valued at Rs 104.5 billion with Prudential Sugar Corporation Limited and Oriana Power Private Limited for...

NHPC partners with BEML to develop solutions for hydro plants

Author: Power Peak Digest Team Pub Date: December 18, 2024 NHPC has partnered with BEML to explore opportunities for developing desilting and dredging solutions for hydroelectric power plants.  These solutions will also help mitigate urban...

RMC Switchgears to supply 5,000 solar pumps in Maharashtra

Author: Power Peak Digest Team Pub Date: December 18, 2024 RMC Switchgears has received a letter of acceptance (LoA) from a system integrator for the supply, installation, and commissioning of 5,000 solar pumps in Maharashtra.  The project, valued at...

FGD retrofitting in thermal power plants reaches 11% of total capacity

Author: Power Peak Digest Team Pub Date: December 18, 2024 The retrofitting of thermal power plants with flue-gas desulphurization (FGD) units has reached only 11.1% of the total installed capacity, according to a report presented in Parliament...

Modi Biotech to expand ethanol capacity with Rs 1 billion investment

Author: Power Peak Digest Team Pub Date: December 18, 2024 Modi Biotech Private Limited (MBPL), a subsidiary of Modi Naturals Limited, will invest Rs 1 billion to expand its ethanol production capacity.  The project will add 180 kilolitres per day...

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