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PGCIL awards Rs 3.6 bn 765 kV transformer contract to BHEL

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) has awarded Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) a major contract worth Rs 3,618 million for supplying high-capacity transformers. The contract forms part of a bulk procurement package aimed at...

Alpex Solar bags Rs 65 crore MSEDCL order for solar pumps

Alpex Solar Limited has announced an order worth Rs 65 crore (excluding GST) from Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) for supplying off-grid direct current (DC) solar photovoltaic (PV) water pumping systems. The...

Ambala Cantonment gets major power distribution upgrade under RDSS

Haryana’s Energy Minister Anil Vij has inaugurated a major electricity distribution upgrade project in Ambala Cantonment, stating that it will significantly strengthen the city’s network. The initiative is funded under the Revamped Distribution...

Waa Solar bags Rs 225 crore solar contract in Madhya Pradesh

Waa Solar Limited has announced that it has received a major Letter of Award (LOA) from M.P. Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (MPUVNL) for developing grid-connected solar power plants. The information was disclosed through a regulatory filing, stating that...

Coal ministry amends rules to let company boards approve new mine openings

The Ministry of Coal has notified the Colliery Control (Amendment) Rules, 2025, allowing coal company boards to approve the opening of new mines, seams or sections of seams. The change removes the need for prior permission from the Coal Controller’s...

NTPC Green commissions 13.98 MW from Khavda solar project

NTPC Green Energy Limited (NGEL) has announced the commercial commissioning of 13.98 MW from its Khavda solar project in Gujarat, further expanding operational renewable capacity under its large-scale development programme. In a regulatory filing...

Waaree Energies announces CEO succession, subsidiary starts solar plant

Waaree Energies Limited announced two important corporate developments, including a major expansion in manufacturing and a planned change in leadership. The company said its subsidiary has begun operations at a new 3.05 GW solar inverter...

Solarworld Energy secures Rs 725 crore EPC order from NTPC

Solarworld Energy Solutions Limited announced that it has received a Letter of Award for the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction package of a 250 MWac grid-connected solar power project. The order, issued by NTPC Renewable Energy Limited, is...

MoEFCC recommends EC for Kalai II, Dulhasti Stage-II and Pane PSP projects

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) held the 45th meeting of its Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) for River Valley and Hydroelectric Projects on 19 December 2025 to review key hydropower and pumped storage proposals...

DAE seeks tax relief and green status for nuclear power at par with renewables

The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) has requested that the Ministry of Finance extend tax incentives and green policy benefits to the nuclear power sector, aiming to align it with renewable energy support frameworks. The proposal has been submitted...

CEL invites bids to set up 1.2 GWp solar PV module manufacturing line

Central Electronics Limited (CEL), a Mini Ratna Public Sector Enterprise under the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for selecting a bidder to establish a 1.2 GWp solar photovoltaic (PV)...

Gujarat launches renewable, storage and green hydrogen policies

The Government of Gujarat has launched three major clean energy policies with a combined investment potential exceeding Rs 5.8 lakh crore. The Integrated Renewable Energy Policy 2025, the Pumped Storage Project Policy 2025, and the Gujarat Green...

Dilip Buildcon emerges lowest bidder for Karnataka transmission project

Dilip Buildcon Limited (DBL) has been declared the lowest, L-1, bidder by REC Power Development and Consultancy Limited (RECPDCL) for the “Establishing 400kV Sub-station at Mekhali along with associated transmission lines (Belagavi District)”. The...

Bhilwara Energy to acquire Statkraft’s 76 MW Phata Byung hydro project

Bhilwara Energy Limited, the power arm of LNJ Bhilwara Group, has agreed to acquire full ownership of Mandakini Jal Urja Private Limited from Statkraft IH Holding AS. The transaction covers the under-construction 76 MW Phata Byung Hydroelectric...

Powercon wins O&M contract for REMCL’s 26 MW wind project in Rajasthan

Rail Energy Management Company Limited (REMCL) has awarded a long term Operations and Maintenance (O&M) contract to POWERCON for its 26 MW wind power project in Rajasthan, marking the transition of the project into its next operational phase. The...

Vikran Engineering secures Rs 20.35 billion solar contract in Maharashtra

Vikran Engineering Limited has secured a turnkey Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract worth Rs 20.35 billion from Onix Renewables Limited for developing 600 MW (Alternating Current or AC) solar power projects across multiple...

Juniper Green commissions 60 MWh of merchant storage project in Bikaner

Juniper Green Energy Limited has started operations of 60 MWh of its 100 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project in Bikaner, Rajasthan, marking the company’s entry into merchant energy storage operations. The BESS project has been developed...

SJVN Green achieves COD for 1,000 MW Bikaner solar project

SJVN Limited has informed the exchanges that its wholly owned subsidiary, SJVN Green Energy Limited (SGEL), has achieved the Commercial Operation Date (COD) for the 1,000 MW Bikaner Solar Power Project in Rajasthan. The project is located on 5,000...

REC announces incorporation of Apta Power Transmission

REC Limited stated that Apta Power Transmission Limited was incorporated on December 24, 2025. The entity is a wholly owned subsidiary of REC Power Development and Consultancy Limited (RECPDCL), which is itself a wholly owned subsidiary of REC...

NTPC brings 82.04 MW solar capacity online with Solapur and Khavda additions

NTPC Limited informed that it has declared 13 MW from its Solapur Solar PV Project on commercial operation with effect from December 25, 2025, as per the filing dated December 24, 2025. With this addition, NTPC Limited’s total installed and...

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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

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RECPDCL transfers Jalna transmission SPV to MSETCL

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

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ACME Solar commissions additional BESS capacity in Rajasthan

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Prozeal wins Rs 2,000 crore ONGC wind power contract

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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...