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Solex Energy wins Rs 4.5 billion solar module supply contract

Author: PPD Team Date: 09/05/2025 Solex Energy Limited has secured a contract worth Rs 4,514.09 million from KPI Green Energy Limited. The contract involves the supply of N-Type TOPCon Glass-to-Glass (G12R) solar photovoltaic (PV) modules with a...

Suzlon and Integrum to build 100 MW captive wind projects for BPCL

Author: PPD Team Date: 09/05/2025 Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has issued Letters of Award (LoAs) to Suzlon Energy Limited (SEL) and Integrum Energy Infrastructure Limited for setting up a total of 100 MW captive wind power capacity...

Adani Power to supply 1,500 MW to Uttar Pradesh from 2030

Author: PPD Team Date: 09/05/2025 Adani Power Limited (APL) has secured a contract to supply 1,500 MW of thermal power to Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL). The supply will come from the upcoming Mirzapur Thermal Power Project in Uttar...

Seshasayee Paper to source 39 MW renewable power from hybrid project

Author: PPD Team Date: 08/05/2025 Seshasayee Paper and Boards will source 39 MW of renewable energy from a wind-solar hybrid project being developed by Ganeko Solar in Tamil Nadu. The project will include 33 MW of solar and 6 MW of wind capacity. The...

NLCIL and IREL sign MoU to secure critical minerals and rare earths

Author: PPD Team Date: 08/05/2025 NLC India Limited (NLCIL) and Indian Rare Earths Limited (IREL) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the sourcing and development of critical minerals and rare earth elements (REE). The...

ReNew secures Rs 8.7 billion from BII for solar cell manufacturing

Author: PPD Team Date: 08/05/2025 ReNew Energy Global has secured an investment of Rs 8.7 billion from British International Investment (BII) in its subsidiary, ReNew Photovoltaics.  This is BII’s first investment in India’s solar manufacturing...

Cabinet approves revised SHAKTI policy

Author: PPD Team Date: 08/05/2025 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the revised SHAKTI (Scheme for Harnessing and Allocating Koyala Transparently in India) policy to streamline coal allocation for thermal power plants...

Refex Green sets up three CBG SPVs for waste-to-gas projects

Author: PPD Team Date: 08/05/2025 Refex Green Power Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Refex Industries Limited, has incorporated three new step-down subsidiaries to develop municipal solid waste-based bio-compressed natural gas (CBG) plants. The...

Hero Future signs PPA with SECI for 270 MW solar project with storage

Author: PPD Team Date: 07/05/2025 Hero Future Energies (HFE) has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) for setting up 270 MW of Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS)-connected solar power...

NLC signs PPA for 810 MW solar power project in Rajasthan

Author: PPD Team Date: 07/05/2025 NLC India Renewables Limited (NIRL), a subsidiary of NLC India Limited, has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (RRVUNL) for an 810 MW solar power project in...

Senvion India to supply 52.7 MW wind turbines to Powerica for Gujarat project

Author: PPD Team Date: 07/05/2025 Senvion India Private Limited has secured a contract from Powerica Limited to supply 17 wind turbine generators (WTGs) for a 50 MW wind power project in Gujarat. The order includes M130 WTGs with a Hybrid Lattice...

PFCCL invites bids for Kurnool-IV REZ Phase-II transmission project

Author: PPD Team Date: 07/05/2025 PFC Consulting Limited (PFCCL) has invited Request for Proposal (RfP) bids to select a transmission service provider (TSP) for a key power transmission project in Andhra Pradesh. The bidding will follow a...

Four hydropower projects in J&K report progress amid India-Pak tension

Author: PPD Team Date: 07/05/2025 Jammu & Kashmir State Power Development Corporation Limited (JKSPDC) has reported physical progress across four major hydroelectric projects (HEPs) in the region. The Pakal Dul HEP has reached 66 percent physical...

CEA clears Upper Indravati pumped storage project in Odisha

Author: PPD Team Date: 07/05/2025 The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has granted final approval for the Upper Indravati Pumped Storage Project in Odisha. The 600 MW (4×150 MW) project will be developed by Odisha Hydro Power Corporation...

Assam Cabinet approves for grid upgrade and new thermal policy

Author: PPD Team Date: 07/05/2025 The Cabinet of Assam has approved the release of Rs 2.44 billion for land acquisition to upgrade the 220 kV grid substation of Assam Electricity Grid Corporation Limited (AEGCL) at Sarusajai in Guwahati. This move is...

CESHS drills Northeast India’s first geothermal production well in Dirang

Author: PPD Team Date: 07/05/2025 The Centre for Earth Sciences and Himalayan Studies (CESHS) has drilled a geothermal production well in Dirang. The project will be implemented in West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh. Dirang is located in a...

Crescentia Technology signs PPA for 65.7 MW solar project

Author: PPD Team Date: 07/05/2025 Crescentia Technology Private Limited, the special purpose vehicle (SPV) of Bhagyanagar India Limited, has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development...

RVNL plans 300 MW wind-solar hybrid project with energy storage

Author: PPD Team Date: 07/05/2025 Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) is planning to develop a 300 MW wind-solar hybrid power project with an energy storage system (ESS) in India.  The project is estimated to cost Rs 15 billion. RVNL is exploring...

Ganeko Solar signs agreements for 28 MW hybrid project in Tamil Nadu

Author: PPD Team Date: 07/05/2025 Ganeko Solar Private Limited (GSPL), a subsidiary of Zelestra Energy, has entered into several key agreements with Seshasayee Paper and Boards Limited (SPB) to set up a 28 MW/39 MWp wind-solar hybrid power project in...

NTPC commissions full 150 MW solar project in Gujarat

Author: PPD Team Date: 07/05/2025 NTPC Renewable Energy Limited has commenced commercial operations of the final 60 MW at Limbdi, Gujarat, under the 150 MW Gujarat Solar PV Project – Phase XII. With this, the full capacity of the project is now...

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

Author: PPD Team Date: 23/07/2025 India’s first fully indigenous geothermal power project will be...

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Author: PPD Team Date: 23/07/2025 The Chandigarh Administration is expanding its use of floating...

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Author: PPD Team Date: 23/07/2025 The power ministry is examining the use of battery energy storage...

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Author: PPD Team Date: 23/07/2025 The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) has approved a...

NTPC REL signs MoU with GEDA for 300 MW RE projects

Author: PPD Team Date: 23/07/2025 NTPC Renewable Energy Limited (NTPC REL) has signed a Memorandum...

Tata Power’s Mundra plant shut since July 1 amid tariff uncertainty

Author: PPD Team Date: 23/07/2025 All five units of Tata Power’s Mundra power plant have remained...

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Author: PPD Team Date: 22/07/2025 Global Digital growth must not outpace sustainability goals, says...

Digital growth must not outpace sustainability goals, says Qatar-backed report

Author: PPD Team Date: 22/07/2025 A report backed by Invest Qatar and Iberdrola Innovation Middle...

Kerala rooftop solar users demand withdrawal of 2025 draft regulations

Author: PPD Team Date: 22/07/2025 The Kerala Domestic Solar Prosumers Community (KDSPC) has called...

Patel Engineering wins Rs 240 crore NHPC contract for Teesta-V hydro project

Author: PPD Team Date: 22/07/2025 Patel Engineering Ltd. has secured a Rs 239.98 crore contract from...