Power Sector News Roundup for July 17, 2025

Author: PPD Team Date: July 23, 2025 Global UK clears final investment for Sizewell C nuclear project India Torrent Power outlines Rs 500 bn investment in renewables and grid infrastructure Adani promoters raise stake in AGEL to 62.5% through warrant conversion India’s first indigenous geothermal power plant to be built in Arunachal Chandigarh races ahead in solar push with new 4 MWp floating plant Centre explores battery storage for thermal power to offset renewable volatility…

Author: PPD Team Date: July 9, 2025 Global: US faces 100-fold rise in blackout risk by 2030: DOE report India: THDC commissions Unit II of Tehri pumped storage project ACME Solar orders 3.1 GWh of battery storage H&H Aluminium opens 24,000 TPA solar frame plant in Rajkot IET launches centres for green hydrogen and EV innovation Delhi to build floating solar panels over Munak Canal Andaman and Nicobar to float tender for 21 MW solar…

Author: PPD Team Date: August 11, 2025 Global: First stage of Waratah Super Battery begins operation in NSW India: End of ISTS charge waiver may impact 26 GW of renewable projects: Crisil Supreme Court affirms state regulators’ role in setting power tariffs NTPC plans Rs 80,000 crore investment in RE projects in Telangana ACWA Power to develop 800 MW solar + battery storage project in Morocco Core Energy raises Rs 2 billion to expand nuclear…

Author: PPD Team Date: February 26, 2026 MoP extends deadline for comments on draft National Electricity Policy 2026 The Ministry of Power (MoP) has extended the deadline for submission of comments and suggestions on the draft National Electricity Policy, 2026 by one month to March 19, 2026. The draft policy was circulated on January 20, 2026 with an initial thirty day deadline ending February 19, 2026. In an office memorandum dated February 25, 2026, MoP…