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REC funds ACME Solar’s 450 MW assured peak power project

ACME Solar Holdings Limited has secured long-term project financing of Rs 2,646.64 crore from REC Ltd for the ACME Greentech Seventh 450 MW/1800 MWh Assured Peak Power Project. According to the company, REC Ltd will act as the sole lender for the...

Coal India commissions 200 MW of Khavda solar project

Coal India Limited (CIL) has received a commissioning certificate from the Gujarat Energy Development Agency (GEDA) for 200 MW of solar power capacity under its 300 MW solar project at Khavda, Gujarat. The certificate is dated July 15, 2026. The...

Offgrid Energy Labs inaugurates UK facility for ZincGel battery manufacturing

India-based Offgrid Energy Labs has inaugurated its first manufacturing facility in the United Kingdom for ZincGel®, its long-duration battery technology developed in India. The facility, located in Hook, Hampshire, was launched on July 7, 2026, and...

G R Infraprojects commissions Pachora transmission project in Madhya Pradesh

G R Infraprojects Ltd (GRIL) has commissioned Pachora Power Transmission Limited (PPTL), its second operational transmission project in Madhya Pradesh. The project, titled “Transmission system for Evacuation of Power from RE Projects in Rajgarh...

NPCIL says Kudankulam leak claims do not involve nuclear systems

The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has clarified that reports relating to an alleged data breach involving documents connected to Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) Units 3 and 4 pertain only to conventional Balance of Plant...

NHPC restores full 510 MW capacity at Teesta-V power station

NHPC Limited has resumed commercial operations at all three generating units of the 510 MW Teesta-V Power Station in Sikkim, restoring the hydropower station to its full installed capacity following disruptions caused by the natural calamity of...

Big buildings over 20,000 sqm may need BEE energy rating soon

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has issued a draft notification proposing a mandatory star rating framework for large office, commercial and residential buildings under the Energy Conservation and Sustainable Building Code (ECSBC). The proposal, issued...

Servotech wins 900 kW hybrid solar-BESS contract in Uttar Pradesh

Servotech Renewable Power System Limited has secured a contract from the Uttar Pradesh State Rural Livelihoods Mission (UPSRLM), operating under the Department of Rural Development, Government of Uttar Pradesh, for the deployment of hybrid solar...

Waaree starts India’s first automated BESS container manufacturing plant

Waaree Energy Storage Solutions Pvt Ltd (Waaree ESS), a subsidiary of Waaree Energies Limited, has commenced operations at its Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) container manufacturing facility, marking its entry into integrated energy storage...

Power Ministry proposes credit trading system under CAFE fuel efficiency norms

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has released two draft notifications proposing major changes to India’s Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) framework for M1 category passenger vehicles. The proposals introduce a credit trading mechanism for...

GRE Renew Entertech bags Rs 24 crore solar EPC orders

GRE Renew Enertech Limited, formerly GRE Renew Entertech Private Limited, has secured three solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts with a combined value of approximately Rs 24 crore during the first half of July 2026...

Diamond Power secures Rs 185 crore conductor order from Adani Energy

Diamond Power Infrastructure Limited (DPIL) has received a Letter of Award (LoA) from Adani Energy Solutions Limited (AESL) for the supply of aluminium alloy conductors for two transmission projects. The contract is valued at approximately Rs 185.16...

UPERC adopts tariffs for 110 MW Kanpur solar park projects

The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) has adopted the tariffs discovered through tariff-based competitive bidding for two solar photovoltaic (PV) projects with a combined capacity of 110 MW at the Kanpur Dehat and Kanpur Nagar...

New 400 kV line to connect JSW’s Salboni plant by 2028-29

The West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission (WBERC) has granted in-principle approval to West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Limited (WBSETCL) for a capital expenditure of Rs 332.94 crore for the second phase of a transmission...

Bihar waives net-metering charges for PM Surya Ghar consumers

The Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission (BERC) has approved the waiver of application fees and meter testing charges for domestic consumers applying for net-metering connections under the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana. The decision was issued...

AERC proposes Supply Code amendment for 33 kV power supply

The Assam Electricity Regulatory Commission (AERC) has issued a draft amendment to the Assam Electricity Regulatory Commission (Electricity Supply Code) Regulations, 2017, proposing to allow certain high-load consumers to receive electricity supply...

MHI launches tender for 10 GWh grid-scale ACC manufacturing capacity

The Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) has issued a global Request for Proposal (RFP) to identify beneficiaries for setting up 10 GWh of giga-scale Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) manufacturing capacity in India. The facilities will be developed for...

APTEL says trader can’t be blamed for generator’s short-supply “gaming”

The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has partially set aside an order of the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) that held Tata Power Trading Company Limited liable for “gaming” and imposed liabilities aggregating...

APTEL slams APERC’s “cryptic” order in Green Infra wind dispute

The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has raised concerns over the manner in which the Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) disposed of a petition filed by Green Infra Wind Solutions Limited, observing that the order...

Assam’s 750 MW solar project withdrawal renders transmission scheme infructuous

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has disposed of the transmission licence petition for the North Eastern Region Generation Scheme-I (NERGS-I) after the withdrawal of the associated 750 MW solar project proposed by Assam Power...

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