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UPSIDA earmarks industrial hubs for solar projects

Author: PPD Team Date: 17/06/2025 The Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Authority (UPSIDA) has selected industrial zones across the state to set up solar power plants. The move falls under the Uttar Pradesh Solar Energy Policy 2022 and was...

Union Ministers review nuclear and wind energy goals

Author: PPD Team Date: 16/06/2025 Union Minister for Power, Shri Manohar Lal, visited the Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Pariyojana (GHAVP). This nuclear project, being developed by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), will host four...

Torrent Green wins 300 MW wind project from SECI

Author: PPD Team Date: 16/06/2025 Torrent Green Energy Private Limited (TGEPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Torrent Power Limited (TPL), has secured two Letters of Award (LoAs) from Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) for developing a total of...

SECI, NHPC, BHEL and TNGECL launch fresh bids for solar projects

Author: PPD Team Date: 16/06/2025 The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has invited bids under the Request for Selection (RfS) process to select solar power developers (SPDs) for setting up 2,000 MW of ISTS-connected solar power projects...

CIL forms JV with RRVUNL to develop renewable projects

Author: PPD Team Date: 16/06/2025 CIL India Limited (CIL) has incorporated a new joint venture company, CIL Rajasthan Akshay Urja Limited, on June 12, 2025, to develop renewable energy projects in Rajasthan. The joint venture has been formed under a...

PGCIL to merge 17 TBCB subsidiaries into two entities

Author: PPD Team Date: 16/06/2025 Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) has proposed the merger of 17 Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS) subsidiaries, set up under the Tariff Based Competitive Bidding (TBCB) route, into two existing...

SCCL re-invites bids for Rs 72 billion loan for Adilabad Stage II

Author: PPD Team Date: 16/06/2025 Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) has re-invited Expressions of Interest (EoI) for raising a rupee term loan of up to Rs 72,000 million. The funds will be used for debt financing of the Adilabad Coal-Based...

Associated Power and Cabcon win contracts for Talcher transmission line

Author: PPD Team Date: 16/06/2025 Associated Power Structures Private Limited has secured a contract worth Rs 1,502.21 million for the transmission line tower package TW01. The project involves the construction of a 400 kV double-circuit (D/C) line...

MNRE revises wind turbine prototype rules to support safer innovation

Author: PPD Team Date: 13/06/2025 The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has introduced new rules to guide the installation and testing of prototype wind turbines. The guidelines allow limited grid access to test turbines while enforcing...

India plans Rs 900 billion investment in undersea power links to Gulf nations

Author: PPD Team Date: 13/06/2025 The Government of India is planning to invest Rs 900 billion in setting up undersea power transmission cables to the Middle East. The proposed investment includes Rs 470 billion for the India–Saudi Arabia...

Union Power Minister urges water cess waiver in J&K

Author: PPD Team Date: 13/06/2025 Union Minister of Power and Housing & Urban Affairs, Shri Manohar Lal, reviewed the power and urban development sector in Jammu & Kashmir during his visit to Srinagar. He urged the Union Territory (UT) to...

SEPC Power wins contract for 133 MW solar in Maharashtra

Author: PPD Team Date: 13/06/2025 SEPC Power Private Limited has received a Letter of Award (LoA) worth Rs 6,500 million from Parmeshi Urja Limited on June 10, 2025. The contract is for setting up a cumulative 133 MW decentralised solar power...

Teerth Gopicon wins civil works contract for Jalaun Solar Park

Author: PPD Team Date: 13/06/2025 Teerth Gopicon Private Limited has secured a Letter of Award (LoA) worth Rs 202.02 million for civil works under Package-I of the 1,200 MW Jalaun Solar Power Park Project in Uttar Pradesh.  The award, issued on June...

Waaree signs PPA for 150 MW under Neemuch Solar Park

Author: PPD Team Date: 13/06/2025 On June 11, 2025, Waaree Energies Limited signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Madhya Pradesh Power Management Company Limited (MPPMCL) and Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited (RUMSL). The agreement covers 150 MW...

NCLT approves merger of Inox Wind Energy with Inox Wind

Author: PPD Team Date: 13/06/2025 The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Chandigarh Bench, has approved the merger of Inox Wind Energy Limited (IWEL) with Inox Wind Limited (IWL), as per its order dated June 10, 2025. The merger will simplify the...

PFC withdraws Rs 20 billion zero-coupon bond issue

Author: PPD Team Date: 13/06/2025 Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC) has withdrawn its proposed zero-coupon bond issuance of up to Rs 20 billion due to weak investor demand and higher-than-expected yield quotes. The issuance was structured with...

CCI approves Havells’ investment in Goldi Solar

Author: PPD Team Date: 13/06/2025 The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved Havells India Limited’s proposal to acquire a minority equity stake in Goldi Solar Private Limited and full partnership interests in Vama Inverters LLP and Goldi...

KP Green bags orders across solar, transmission, railways

Author: PPD Team Date: 13/06/2025 KP Green Engineering Limited has secured new orders worth Rs 972.7 million from multiple clients across five business segments. The company expects to complete all projects by March 31, 2026. The largest order, worth...

Sugs Lloyd wins T&D contracts in Bihar and Odisha

Author: PPD Team Date: 13/06/2025 Sugs Lloyd Ltd has secured power transmission and distribution (T&D) contracts worth Rs 74.35 crore across Bihar and Odisha. In Bihar, the company received two key projects from North Bihar Power Distribution...

L&T secures civil works contract for 1,500 MW Bhavali pumped storage project

Author: PPD Team Date: 13/06/2025 Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) has won a contract from JSW Energy Limited (JSWEL) for civil works of the 1,500 MW Bhavali Pumped Storage Project (PSP). The contract was awarded on June 9, 2025. The scope...

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Power Sector News Roundup for June 18, 2025

Author: PPD Team Date: 18/06/2025 Global: Kazakhstan selects Rosatom and CNNC to build first nuclear...

Kazakhstan selects Rosatom and CNNC to build first nuclear plants

Author: PPD Team Date: 18/06/2025 Kazakhstan has chosen Russia’s Rosatom and China’s CNNC (China...

Andritz to supply E&M systems for Adani’s 1,500 MW Tarali PSP

Author: PPD Team Date: 18/06/2025 Andritz has secured a contract from Adani Green Energy Limited...

Haryana’s vehicle curbs and EV shift to impact electricity demand

Author: PPD Team Date: 18/06/2025 The Government of Haryana has announced a phased action plan to...

REC incorporates SPV for Rajgarh–Neemuch transmission project

Author: PPD Team Date: 18/06/2025 REC Power Development and Consultancy Limited (RECPDCL), a wholly...

Nepal begins 40 MW power export to Bangladesh via Indian grid

Author: PPD Team Date: 18/06/2025 Nepal has started supplying 40 MW of electricity to Bangladesh...

CG Power wins its largest-ever single order of Rs 641 crore

Author: PPD Team Date: 18/06/2025 CG Power and Industrial Solutions Limited has secured its...

CERC proposes first amendment to power market regulations, 2025

Author: PPD Team Date: 18/06/2025 The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has issued a...

NTPC declares COD of Unit-3 at North Karanpura TPP in Jharkhand

Author: PPD Team Date: 18/06/2025 NTPC Limited has declared the Commercial Operation Date (COD) for...

PFCCL incorporates three new SPVs for key transmission projects

Author: PPD Team Date: 18/06/2025 PFC Consulting Limited (PFCCL) has incorporated three new special...