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Power Grid raises FY26 capex to Rs 35,000 crore, exceeds target

Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) has increased its capital expenditure (capex) guidance for FY26 to Rs 35,000 crore and has already surpassed the target, reporting actual capex of Rs 35,540 crore as of March 22, 2026, or about 102% of the...

TDK plans Rs 4,000 crore BESS manufacturing investment in Haryana

Japanese electronics and energy components manufacturer TDK Corporation has expressed intent to invest about Rs 4,000 crore in Haryana to set up a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) manufacturing unit, according to a state government statement...

Adani Green commissions 510 MW renewable capacity in Gujarat

Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) has operationalised 510.1 MW of renewable energy capacity in Khawda, Gujarat, the company informed stock exchanges on March 24, 2026. The commissioned capacity includes solar, wind, and hybrid projects developed...

India’s fly ash utilisation reaches 96.34% in 2024-25

India’s coal-fired power stations utilised 307 million tonnes of fly ash in 2024-25, taking the national utilisation rate to 96.34%, up from under 10% in 1996-97. The data comes from the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) report covering 189...

CEA outlines transmission roadmap for 900 GW non-fossil capacity by 2035-36

The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has released its transmission plan to support the integration of over 900 GW of non-fossil fuel capacity by 2035-36. The plan defines the network buildout required as renewable energy (RE) capacity accelerates...

India launches carbon market portal; trading to begin within four months

India has launched the Indian Carbon Market Portal, marking a formal step toward operationalising its domestic carbon trading framework under the Energy Conservation (Amendment) Act. The platform was unveiled on March 21, 2026 by Union Power Minister...

Tata Power to restart 4 GW Mundra plant after Gujarat PPA approval

Tata Power’s long-idled Mundra thermal power plant is set to resume operations after the Gujarat cabinet approved a Supplementary Power Purchase Agreement for the facility. The company confirmed to stock exchanges on March 20 that the...

Patel Engineering wins Rs 230.7 crore Bhutan hydro project package

Patel Engineering Limited (PEL) has received a letter of award worth Rs 230.70 crore from Dorjilung Hydro Power Limited for a pre-construction package of the 1,125 MW Dorjilung Hydroelectric Power Project in Bhutan’s Mongar Dzongkhag district. The...

Sharika Enterprises wins Rs 9.5 crore FPI order for RDSS Varanasi project

Sharika Enterprises Limited has received a purchase order worth Rs 9.47 crore from Larsen and Toubro Limited (L&T) for the supply of communicable Fault Passage Indicators (FPIs) for the RDSS Varanasi SCADA project under Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran...

Six firms qualify for NERGS-III Siang Basin transmission project

PFC Consulting Limited has declared six firms as qualified bidders for the NERGS-III Siang Basin Independent Transmission Project (ITP), following the opening of Request for Proposal (RFP) bids on March 9, 2026. The bid process coordinator had issued...

ABCI Infrastructures wins West Bengal’s first standalone BESS project

ABCI Infrastructures Private Limited has won the bid for a 40 MW/80 MWh standalone Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at the New Cossipore Generating Station in Kolkata, around seven months after CESC Limited floated the tender in August 2025. The...

CESC awards 600 MW wind-solar hybrid capacity

CESC Limited has issued Letters of Award (LOAs) for 600 MW of wind-solar hybrid power projects across four entities, following a tariff-based competitive bidding process. The projects carry a tenure of 25 years, with discovered tariffs in a narrow...

Vikram Solar appoints Sameer Nagpal as CEO amid expansion push

Vikram Solar Limited has appointed Sameer Nagpal as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective March 20, 2026, as the company advances its capacity expansion plans. Nagpal brings over three decades of experience across multiple industries. He has held...

Waaree reshuffles top leadership, appoints new CEO and CFO

Waaree Energies Limited has made sweeping changes to its senior management, replacing both its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer on the same day while also bringing in two new senior appointments. CEO transition Amit Ashok...

Solarium Green secures Rs 22.51 crore TOPCon module orders

Solarium Green Energy Limited has received two purchase orders totalling about Rs 22.51 crore (excluding GST), for the supply of TOPCon solar panels to projects across Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Puducherry. The larger order, valued at...

Orient Green commissions 6.6 MW wind capacity in Tamil Nadu

Orient Green Power Company Limited said its subsidiary, Gamma Green Power Private Limited, has completed the erection of two 3.3 MW wind turbine generators (WTGs) in Tiruchirappalli district, Tamil Nadu, and received service connection on March 20...

GUVNL awards 625 MWp solar capacity at Rs 2.34 per unit

Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) has awarded 625 MWp of solar capacity at a tariff of Rs 2.34 per unit, with Welspun Renewable Energy and NLC India Limited securing 300 MW each. The bids were finalised around five months after the tender was...

Cliantech secures repeat order from IB Solar for 1.2 GW module line

Cliantech Solutions has received a repeat contract from IB Solar to set up a 1.2 GW solar module manufacturing line, marking its second order from the same client. The company had earlier commissioned a 600 MW line for IB Solar, taking the total...

India may generate 600,000 tonnes of solar panel waste by 2030

India could accumulate approximately 600,000 tonnes of waste from solar photovoltaic panels by 2030, according to estimates by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), prepared with support from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy...

Sunsure Energy to supply solar power to JAKSON’s Noida facilities

Sunsure Energy has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with JAKSON Engineering Limited to supply solar power to the company’s corporate office in Noida and its manufacturing facility in Greater Noida. Under the 4.7 MWp agreement, Sunsure...

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