NTPC Green, Paradip Port sign MoU on green hydrogen
Author: PPD Team Date: October 28, 2025
Author: PPD Team Date: October 28, 2025
NTPC Green Energy Limited, a subsidiary of NTPC Limited, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Paradip Port Authority to explore green hydrogen-based projects. The agreement was signed on October 27, 2025, during India Maritime Week in Mumbai, in the presence of Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi.
The partnership will focus on developing green hydrogen-based mobility projects in the Paradip Port area and exploring opportunities for producing and using green hydrogen and its derivatives.
NTPC Green Energy is developing India’s first large-scale green hydrogen hub at Pudimadaka in Andhra Pradesh, along with a seawater-to-green hydrogen plant at Simhadri. It has also deployed hydrogen fuel cell buses in Leh under its green mobility initiative.
Author: PPD Team Date: June 19, 2025 The Delhi government plans to develop a 30 MW canal top solar power project on the 51 km Najafgarh Drain using the public-private partnership (PPP) model. In Phase I, solar panels will be installed over six pockets along a 6 km stretch between Dhansa border and Ghummanhera to generate 5 MW of power. The electricity will be sold to Delhi’s distribution companies (DISCOMs). The initiative is part of…
Author: PPD Team Date: September 29, 2025 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the 2,800 MW Mahi Banswara Rajasthan Atomic Power Project (MBRAPP), being developed through a joint venture between NTPC Limited and Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL). The joint venture company, Anushakti Vidhyut Nigam Limited, is implementing the project. The plant, with an investment of Rs 420 billion, will be among India’s largest nuclear facilities and is intended to provide reliable base…
Author: PPD Team Date: March 12, 2025 JSW Energy Limited has completed the acquisition of KSK Mahanadi Power Company Limited (KMPCL) for the 3,600 MW Akaltara (Nariyara) Thermal Power Project at a cost of Rs 160.84 billion. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved JSW Energy’s acquisition of a 100% stake in KMPCL through its wholly owned subsidiary, JSW Thermal Energy One Limited, last week. The thermal power project, located in Nariyara, Akaltara, Janjgir-Champa district…
Author: PPD Team Date: November 29, 2024 Dineshchandra R Agrawal Infracon Private Limited (DRAPL) has been awarded the contract to act as the Transmission Service Provider (TSP) for the Transmission System for evacuation of power from Rajasthan Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) Phase IV (Part 4: 3.5 GW): Part B. The project will be developed under the Tariff-Based Competitive Bidding (TBCB) process on a Build, Own, Operate, and Transfer (BOOT) basis. REC Power Distribution Company Limited…
Author: PPD Team Date: June 16, 2025 Torrent Green Energy Private Limited (TGEPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Torrent Power Limited (TPL), has secured two Letters of Award (LoAs) from Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) for developing a total of 300 MW Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS) connected wind power projects. The awards were issued on June 11, 2025, following a tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) process under Tranche-XVIII. TGEPL quoted a tariff of Rs 3.97 per…
Author: PPD Team Date: November 21, 2024 Viviana Power Tech Limited has won two contracts: Rs 323.43 million from Madhya Gujarat Vij Company Limited (MGVCL) and Rs 741.29 million from Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Limited (PGVCL) and Dakshin Gujarat Vij Company Limited (DGVCL) under the System Improvement (SI) Scheme. The awards are part of SI schemes estimated at Rs 1.09 billion for MGVCL, Rs 2.61 billion for PGVCL, and Rs 1.18 billion for DGVCL. The…