Power Sector News Roundup for September 1, 2025
Author: PPD Team Date: September 2, 2025
Author: PPD Team Date: September 2, 2025
India:
SBI signs €100 million line of credit with AFD for green financing
SCC Infrastructure and InSolare secure SECI auction to supply green ammonia
PFC and JBIC sign loan agreement for bamboo-based bio ethanol project in Assam
Reliance to build world’s largest energy ecosystem at Jamnagar
Serentica to build one of India’s biggest battery storage projects in Rajasthan
Hitachi Energy to expand Mysuru facility with Rs 300 crore investment
Premier Energies subsidiaries win Rs 2,703 crore solar supply orders
NLC India commissions 53 MW of Barsingsar solar project, reports FY25 profit growth
Vedanta’s Meenakshi Energy operationalises 1,000 MW thermal plant
Adani Power wins LoA for 800 MW thermal project in Madhya Pradesh
Torrent Power secures LoA for 1,600 MW thermal project in Madhya Pradesh
PIGL wins Rs 9.5 crore order for 5 MW solar project in Gujarat
Author: PPD Team Date: June 23, 2025 Global: EU launches Citizen Energy Advisory Hub India: Power Ministry expands financial options in transmission bidding norms Suzlon wins 170 MW wind project order in Andhra Pradesh KPI Green wins 36.87 MW captive solar projects India calls for energy cooperation and global green transition at G7 summit AHAsolar wins Rs 1.65 million consultancy order for solar projects L&T secures land in Kandla for green hydrogen project Hindustan Power…
Author: PPD Team Date: July 1, 2025 Global: South Korea to dismantle Kori-1, its first nuclear decommissioning India: NTPC REL begins full commercial operation of 325 MW solar project in MP MCL to invest Rs 649 billion in clean and thermal energy NHPC and IOCL sign MoU to develop renewable energy projects NTPC commissions 142 MW solar and 146 MW hybrid capacity in Gujarat’s Khavda NLC India secures 450 MW hybrid project under NTPC tender…
Author: PPD Team Date: September 8, 2025 Global: Neoen and Alight start operations at Sweden’s largest solar farm India: NTPC Green signs MoU with VOC Port for green hydrogen projects IEX electricity trade rises 18.9% in August 2025 Adani Group outlines $60 billion investment plan for India’s power sector Adani Green adds 87.5 MW capacity at Khavda Power Grid wins Sonbhadra pumped storage transmission project bid
Author: PPD Team Date: December 1, 2025 India: MNRE proposes higher efficiency norms for ALMM solar modules The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has issued a draft plan to raise minimum efficiency levels for solar PV modules listed under the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers. The proposal introduces phased standards from January 1, 2027 and tighter levels from January 1, 2028. Category I utility scale c Si modules would need 21.0 percent in…
Author: PPD Team Date: October 31, 2025 India India and Nepal advance cross-border power transmission projects India and Nepal have signed agreements to develop two high-capacity cross-border transmission corridors to strengthen electricity trade and regional energy cooperation. Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) and Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) will form two joint venture entities, one in each country, to implement the projects. The transmission lines include the 400 kV Inaruwa–New Purnea and 400 kV…
Author: PPD Team Date: December 23, 2025 India CTU notifies indicative capital costs for dedicated transmission systems The Central Transmission Utility has notified indicative capital costs for various dedicated transmission system configurations. The benchmarks cover 220 kV and 400 kV transmission lines across different circuit types, conductor configurations, and wind zones, and also include costs for reactive power equipment such as bus reactors and line reactors. The CTU clarified that these figures are indicative, exclude…