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KP Energy wins 91.4 MW hybrid project order from JK Paper

K.P. Energy Limited (KPEL) has received a Letter of Award (LoA) from JK Paper Limited for the development of a 91.4 MW wind-solar hybrid power project in Gujarat. The development was disclosed in a regulatory filing on March 27, 2026. Scope and...

MNRE extends PM KUSUM project deadline to March 2027

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has extended the implementation timeline for projects under the PM KUSUM scheme, providing relief to developers and state agencies facing financing hurdles. The deadline extension applies to projects...

Thermax subsidiary wins Rs 1,600 crore boiler order

Thermax Babcock & Wilcox Energy Solutions Limited (TBWES), a wholly owned subsidiary of Thermax Limited, has secured a boiler package supply order worth about Rs 1,600 crore. The order is from a thermal power projects company in Central India for...

Coal India, DVC form JV to enter power generation

Coal India Limited (CIL), the state-owned Maharatna mining company, has incorporated a joint venture with Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) to foray into the power generation business. The new entity, DVC CIL Power Private Limited, was incorporated on...

Enviro Infra, Solarworld, GR Infraprojects secure NTPC BESS orders

NTPC Limited has awarded Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts to three listed companies across five thermal power stations, with a combined value exceeding Rs 1,391 crore (excluding taxes)...

Coal India wins 750 MWh BESS project in Telangana

Coal India Limited (CIL) has received a Letter of Award (LOA) from Telangana Power Generation Corporation Limited (TSGENCO) for setting up a 750 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at Choutuppal. The project has a power capacity of 187.5 MW with...

Schneider Infra raises Vadodara switchgear plant capex to Rs 156.4 crore

Schneider Electric Infrastructure Limited (SEIL) has increased the capital expenditure for capacity expansion at its Vadodara switchgear plant from Rs 110.2 crore to Rs 156.4 crore. The board approved the revised outlay on March 27, 2026, and the...

NHPC achieves HRT breakthrough at Teesta-VI project

NHPC Limited completed the breakthrough of Head Race Tunnel (HRT) Phase-5A and 6A of the Teesta-VI Hydroelectric Project on March 27, 2026. The development marks a construction milestone for the project. CMD (Chairman and Managing Director) Bhupender...

SJVN’s Rampur HPS sets new generation record

SJVN Limited’s 412 MW Rampur Hydro Power Station in Himachal Pradesh surpassed its highest-ever generation figure of 2,098.03 million units on March 26, 2026, eclipsing the previous record set in FY 2019-20. Bhupender Gupta, Chairman and...

PFC transfers Wagdari transmission SPV to KCC Buildcon

Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC) has completed the transfer of its wholly owned subsidiary Wagdari Transmission Limited to KCC Buildcon Private Limited, the successful bidder under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) process. The...

NHPC signs agreement for Uri-II, Dulhasti-II hydro projects

NHPC Limited has signed an implementation agreement with Jammu & Kashmir State Power Development Corporation Limited (JKSPDCL) for the development of the 240 MW Uri-I Stage-II and 260 MW Dulhasti Stage-II hydroelectric projects in the Union...

Torrent Power acquires TU47 to expand thermal portfolio

Torrent Power Limited (TPL) has acquired 100 % equity shares of Torrent Urja 47 Private Limited (TU47) for a cash consideration of Rs 5,00,000. The transaction was completed on March 27, 2026. TPL stated that the acquisition supports its plan to...

Powergrid commissions Arun-3 evacuation line

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (Powergrid) informed the stock exchanges on March 27, 2026 that it has commissioned the “Transmission System for Power Evacuation from Arun-3 (900 MW) HEP, Nepal of M/s SAPDC – Indian Portion.” The asset has a...

Saatvik Solar bags Rs 666.7 crore domestic orders

Saatvik Solar Industries Private Limited, a material subsidiary of Saatvik Green Energy Limited, disclosed three separate orders totalling Rs 666.74 crore in filings to BSE and the National Stock Exchange of India on March 27. The largest of the...

Bhageria unit commissions 7 MW solar plant in Maharashtra

Rahuri Cleantech Private Limited (RCPL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bhageria Industries Limited (BIL), has commissioned a 7 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant at Bhaktudgaon in Shevgaon taluka, Ahilyanagar district, Maharashtra. The...

NTPC approves Rs 8,996 crore for BESS and Meja Stage-II

NTPC Limited approved two major investment proposals at its board meeting on March 28, 2026, committing a combined Rs 8,995.57 crore across battery energy storage and thermal power expansion. Battery energy storage system NTPC approved an investment...

Quality Power arm secures Rs 152 crore BESS order

Endoks Energi Anonim Sirketi (Endoks Energi), a material step-down subsidiary of Quality Power Electrical Equipments Limited (QPEEL), has received an order for the supply and integration of a battery energy storage system (BESS). The development was...

MoP directs CGPL to run imported coal plant at full capacity through June

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has issued directions to Coastal Gujarat Power Ltd. (CGPL) under Section 11 of the Electricity Act, 2003, requiring the company to operate its imported coal-based (ICB) power plant at full capacity. The order, dated March...

Blueleaf commissions 300 MWp Pachora hybrid project in Madhya Pradesh

A pan-Asian renewable energy platform backed by Macquarie Asset Management has commissioned a 300 megawatt-peak (MWp) hybrid power project in Madhya Pradesh. The facility, developed by Blueleaf Energy, combines wind and solar generation and reflects...

EAC grants Saundatti PSP ToR, defers Veeraballi EC

The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), at its 50th meeting held on March 11, 2026, granted Terms of Reference (ToR) to the Saundatti pumped storage project expansion in Karnataka...

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Hitachi Energy India to invest Rs 2,000 crore in Gujarat transformer plant

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JSW Energy commissions 150 MW Tidong hydro project

JSW Energy Limited, through its wholly owned subsidiary JSW Neo Energy Limited, has commissioned the...

RECPDCL transfers Jalna transmission SPV to MSETCL

REC Power Development and Consultancy Limited (RECPDCL), a wholly owned subsidiary of REC Limited...

POWERGRID wins Kakinada green hydrogen transmission project

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) has been declared the successful bidder for...

ACME Solar commissions additional BESS capacity in Rajasthan

ACME Solar Holdings Limited (ASHL), through its wholly owned subsidiary ACME Sun Power Private...

Prozeal wins Rs 2,000 crore ONGC wind power contract

Prozeal Green Energy Limited has received a Notification of Award (NOA) from Oil and Natural Gas...

NTPC commissions additional 50 MW solar capacity in Rajasthan

NTPC Limited has declared commercial operation of an additional 50 MW solar capacity under a larger...

India yet to commission offshore wind despite 70 GW potential

India has yet to commission any offshore wind capacity despite an estimated 70 GW of technical...

China builds first integrated offshore solar, hydrogen and storage system

A coastal energy project combining 400 MW of offshore solar generation with on-site hydrogen...