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EAC clears only one of nine coal plants seeking FGD exemption

In two consecutive sittings of the Expert Appraisal Committee for thermal power projects, held on February 24 and 25 under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), nine coal-based power plants came up for review under the...

GREW Solar secures Rs 500 crore repeat module order

GREW Solar has received a repeat order worth about Rs 500 crore from an independent power producer (IPP) for the supply of its M10R solar modules for upcoming utility-scale solar projects across multiple locations in India. The order follows the...

PM-KUSUM 2.0 to include 10 GW agrivoltaic component

The government is preparing PM-KUSUM 2.0 with a dedicated 10 GW agrivoltaic (agri-PV) component to support the co-location of solar panels with agricultural crops. Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi announced the proposal at...

Aerem appoints Nilesh Malani as Executive Director

Aerem has appointed Nilesh Malani as Executive Director. In this role, he will lead the company’s consumer business, marketing, and direct-to-consumer (D2C) e-commerce verticals as the platform expands its integrated solar ecosystem for micro, small...

Eastman commissions 800 MW solar module facility in Haryana

Eastman Auto & Power Limited (EAPL) has operationalised an 800 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) panel and module manufacturing facility in Sonipat, Haryana. The company announced the commissioning on March 11, 2026, adding new capacity to India’s...

KEC International secures Rs 1,476 crore T&D orders across regions

KEC International Limited has secured new orders worth Rs 1,476 crore across its Transmission and Distribution (T&D) business in multiple regions, including India, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas. The new orders cover a range of...

Indo-Tech Transformers loses Rs 65 crore ReNew Wind transformer order

Indo-Tech Transformers Limited has disclosed the cancellation of a Rs 64.99 crore order from Renew Wind Energy (JAMB) Private Limited for the supply of six 220 kV / 165 MVA power transformers. The customer cited project delay as the reason for...

ACME Solar commissions third phase of Jaisalmer battery storage project

ACME Solar Holdings Limited (ASHL) has commissioned the third phase of its battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan, through its wholly owned subsidiary ACME Suryodaya Private Limited. The newly commissioned phase...

Dilip Buildcon receives LoI for 400 kV Mekhali substation project in Karnataka

Dilip Buildcon Limited (DBL) has received a Letter of Intent from REC Power Development and Consultancy Limited (RECPDCL) for developing a 400 kV substation at Mekhali along with associated transmission lines in Belagavi District, Karnataka. The...

Hygge Energy partners Atria Renewable for P2P rooftop solar trading in Bengaluru

Hygge Energy has partnered with Atria Renewable to expand peer-to-peer (P2P) rooftop solar trading in Bengaluru. The collaboration aims to scale adoption of decentralised solar trading through Hygge’s blockchain and artificial intelligence...

ABB to invest $75 million in India to expand manufacturing and R&D

Swiss-Swedish electrification and automation company ABB has announced plans to invest about $75 million in India in 2026 to expand manufacturing capacity and research infrastructure across multiple locations. The investment, disclosed in a filing to...

Cricket stars Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma invest in solar firm TRUZON

T20 World Cup-winning captain Suryakumar Yadav and cricketer Tilak Varma have taken strategic stakes in TRUZON Solar, a Hyderabad-based solar solutions provider operating under Suntek Energy Systems Pvt. Ltd. The company said the investment adds to...

India claims second-largest wind market title as global installations hit record

India became the world’s largest wind market outside mainland China in 2025, surpassing the United States and Germany, according to BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) Global Wind Turbine Market Shares report. The report states that global wind capacity additions...

Waaree Renewable wins EPC contract for 300 MW solar project

Waaree Renewable Technologies Limited has secured a contract for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) works for a ground-mounted solar photovoltaic plant with a capacity of 300 MW AC (420 MWp). The company received intimation of the order...

Sunsure Energy signs 8 MW solar PPAs with Daeseung Group companies

Sunsure Energy has signed long-term solar power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Daeseung Autoparts India and Ilgahng Automotive, both part of South Korea’s Daeseung Group, to supply a combined 8 MW of solar power to their manufacturing facilities in...

NTPC Green commissions 270 MW at Khavda-II solar project

NTPC Green Energy Limited (NGEL) has declared commercial operation of 270 MW capacity at the 1,200 MW Khavda-II Solar PV Project in Gujarat, effective March 11, 2026. The commissioned capacity represents the third part of the project being developed...

KPI Green commissions additional 24.2 MW in GUVNL solar project

KPI Green Energy Limited has commissioned an additional 24.2 MW AC (35.01 MW DC) capacity under its 250 MW AC (350 MW DC) grid-connected solar independent power producer project awarded by Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL). With this...

NHPC’s 2,400 MW Savitri pumped storage project gets ToR clearance

NHPC Limited has secured Terms of Reference (ToR) for its proposed 2,400 MW Savitri Open Loop Pumped Storage Project in Maharashtra from the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) for River Valley and Hydroelectric Projects. The approval resolves a delay...

Bajel Projects, NIIF and AnantGrid partner to bid for transmission projects

Bajel Projects Limited has entered into a collaboration agreement with the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) and NIIF’s subsidiary AnantGrid Private Limited to jointly bid for and develop power transmission projects in India. The...

Solex Energy’s 3.78 GW Surat module plant added to MNRE ALMM list

Solex Energy Limited has received approval for its 3.78 GW solar module manufacturing facility in Surat, Gujarat, under the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) framework of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE). The listing...

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