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RECPDCL invites bids for SR-WR grid strengthening project

Author: PPD Team Date: 23/06/2025 REC Power Development and Consultancy Limited (RECPDCL) issued a Request for Proposal (RfP) on 20 June 2025 to select a Transmission Service Provider (TSP) for a new inter-state transmission project. This project...

MNRE launches city accelerator program and start-up challenge to boost rooftop solar

Author: PPD Team Date: 23/06/2025 The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has launched the City Accelerator Program during the National Conference on Skill Development for Renewable Energy Workforce at Atal Akshay Urja Bhawan, New Delhi. The...

CTU clears 12 ISTS projects and reviews North East transmission progress

Author: PPD Team Date: 23/06/2025 Twelve Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS) projects have been approved by the Central Transmission Utility of India Limited (CTUIL), according to a recent office memorandum. These projects span the Western...

Siemens Energy India lists on stock exchanges

Author: PPD Team Date: 23/06/2025 Siemens Energy India Ltd (SEIL) was officially listed on BSE Ltd and the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd on June 19, 2025, completing the demerger of Siemens Ltd’s energy business.  With this listing, SEIL...

NEDO and Nissin Electric launch micro substation demo project

Author: PPD Team Date: 23/06/2025 Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) is partnering with Nissin Electric on a demonstration project for micro substations aimed at low-impact power supply in grid-poor regions...

Rajesh Power wins Rs 597.9 mn order for power systems in GIFT City

Author: PPD Team Date: 23/06/2025 Rajesh Power Services Limited has secured a Rs 597.9 million contract from GIFT Power Company Limited to develop distribution and backup power systems in GIFT City, Gandhinagar. The project covers both the Special...

NTPC deploys hydrogen fuel cell buses in Leh

Author: PPD Team Date: 23/06/2025 NTPC Limited has handed over five hydrogen fuel cell buses to the Sindhu Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (SIDCO), under the Ladakh administration. These buses will soon begin commercial operations in...

Hindustan Power to develop 120 MWh battery storage system in Bihar

Author: PPD Team Date: 23/06/2025 Hindustan Power has received a Letter of Intent (LoI) from Bihar State Power Generation Company Limited (BSPGCL) to develop a 120 MWh standalone battery energy storage system (BESS).  The project was awarded through...

L&T secures land in Kandla for green hydrogen project

Author: PPD Team Date: 23/06/2025 Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has secured land in Kandla, Gujarat, for setting up green hydrogen and green ammonia production facilities.  The initiative will be developed through L&T Green Energy Kandla Private...

AHAsolar wins Rs 1.65 million consultancy order for solar projects

Author: PPD Team Date: 23/06/2025 AHAsolar Technologies Limited has received a work order worth Rs 1.65 million from HPCL Renewable & Green Energy Limited (HPRGEL), a subsidiary of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL). The order was...

India calls for energy cooperation and global green transition at G7 summit

Author: PPD Team Date: 23/06/2025 At the G7 Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaffirmed India’s commitment to affordable and sustainable energy. Speaking at the 50th anniversary of the G7, he highlighted energy security as a core...

KPI Green wins 36.87 MW captive solar projects

Author: PPD Team Date: 23/06/2025 Sun Drops Energia Private Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of KPI Green Energy Limited, has secured Letters of Award (LoAs) for developing 36.87 MW of solar power projects under the Captive Power Producer (CPP)...

Suzlon wins 170 MW wind project order in Andhra Pradesh

Author: PPD Team Date: 23/06/2025 Suzlon Energy Limited (SEL) has secured a contract from AmpIn Energy Transition Private Limited for a 170.1 MW wind power project in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. The order was awarded on June 20, 2025. Suzlon will supply...

Power Ministry expands financial options in transmission bidding norms

Author: PPD Team Date: 23/06/2025 The Ministry of Power has revised the Standard Bidding Documents (SBDs) for the procurement of Inter-State Transmission Services under the Tariff-Based Competitive Bidding (TBCB) framework. The amendments, which took...

Tata launches India’s most affordable rooftop solar in Odisha at Rs 2,499

Author: PPD Team Date: 20/06/2025 Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Power, has launched one of India’s most affordable solar rooftop offerings in Odisha under its ‘Ghar Ghar Solar’ campaign. The new...

Juniper Green commissions solar unit in Wardha

Author: PPD Team Date: 20/06/2025 Juniper Green Energy has commissioned the 59 MWp solar component of its 75 MW wind-solar hybrid project in Wardha, Maharashtra.  The project, called Juniper Green Power Five, is being developed under a Power Purchase...

NTPC, Oben Electric and Avaana Capital raise funds

Author: PPD Team Date: 20/06/2025 Three companies—NTPC Limited, Oben Electric, and Avaana Capital—have announced fundraises aligned with infrastructure, clean mobility, and sustainability-linked investments. NTPC raises Rs 40 billion via NCDs NTPC...

Ganesh Green and Delta Electronics win solar equipment orders

Author: PPD Team Date: 20/06/2025 Ganesh Green Bharat Limited has bagged a Rs 6,206.43 million contract from Zetwerk Manufacturing Business Private Limited. The order is for supplying solar photovoltaic (PV) modules for 378.75 MWp capacity at the...

Hyosung wins Rs 7.69 billion STATCOM contract

Author: PPD Team Date: 20/06/2025 Hyosung T&D India Private Limited has secured a contract worth Rs 7,698.98 million for the supply and installation of Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) systems under the “Provision of Dynamic Reactive...

Arunachal Cabinet launches Rs 20 billion state power programme

Author: PPD Team Date: 20/06/2025 The Cabinet of Arunachal Pradesh has approved the Arunachal Pradesh Comprehensive State Power Development Program with a budget outlay of Rs 20 billion to be implemented over four years. The programme focuses on...

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Author: PPD Team Date: 04/07/2025 Adani Power Limited (APL) is among four firms competing for the...

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Author: PPD Team Date: 04/07/2025 The Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) will introduce monthly...

Bangladesh pays $437 million to Adani Power

Author: PPD Team Date: 04/07/2025 Bangladesh paid USD 437 million to Adani Power Limited in June...

CEA and IIT Roorkee sign MoU for joint work on power sector research

Author: PPD Team Date: 04/07/2025 On July 1, 2025, the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) and IIT...

India plans battery electric truck shift to cut freight emissions

Author: PPD Team Date: 04/07/2025 On 1 July 2025, the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser...

Oswal Energies receives first electrolyser for green hydrogen project

Author: PPD Team Date: 04/07/2025 Oswal Energies Limited has kicked off its Rs 3.2 billion green...

KSB secures pump supply contract for thermal projects

Author: PPD Team Date: 04/07/2025 KSB Limited has won a contract from Larsen & Toubro Limited...