Power Sector News Roundup for July 11, 2025

Maharashtra notifies RE and storage policy with 65% target by FY36 The Government of Maharashtra has notified the Maharashtra Renewable Energy and Energy Storage Policy 2025-26 to 2035-36 through a resolution dated March 18, 2026. The policy targets renewable energy to meet 65% of the state’s electricity demand by FY 2035-36, with demand projected to…

Coal India to invest Rs 1,900 crore in R&D by FY2030 Coal India Limited (CIL) plans to invest approximately Rs 1,900 crore in research and development (R&D) by the end of FY2030. The company’s R&D expenditure increased four-fold to Rs 245 crore in FY2024-25 from Rs 61 crore in the previous fiscal year following the…

Tidal Sails, CESHS sign MoU for 500 kW tidal energy pilot in Arunachal Pradesh Norway-based Tidal Sails AS and the Centre for Earth Sciences and Himalayan Studies (CESHS) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly develop and demonstrate a 500 kW tidal energy pilot project in Arunachal Pradesh. The project will deploy the…

Foundation stone laid for Rs 25,000 crore coal-to-ammonium nitrate project The foundation stone for Bharat Coal Gasification & Chemicals Limited’s coal-to-ammonium nitrate project was laid remotely by the President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu, and Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on June 20, 2026, at Lakhanpur in Jharsuguda district of Odisha. The project aims to…