Author: PPD Team Date: 13/11/2024
The Government of Rajasthan signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with RMC Switchgears Limited on November 9, 2024, to set up a 1,000 MW Ultra Mega Solar Park Project (UMSPP) with an integrated Battery Energy Storage System (BESS).
The project is slated for completion by 2026.
Author: PPD Team Date: 10/02/2025 GE Vernova T&D India Ltd has reported a 75 per cent year-on-year increase in order inflows for the first three quarters (9M: April to December) of FY25. The new order inflow during this period reached Rs 77,871 million, up from Rs 44,563 million in FY24. The strong performance in FY25 was driven by a remarkable Q2 (July to September), which saw Rs 46,824 million worth of orders booked, accounting for…
Author: PPD Team Date: 26/11/2024 National Grid Renewables has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency (IMEA) for the 150 MW Bee Hollow solar project in St. Clair County, Illinois. Construction is slated to start in 2025, expanding the company’s solar capacity in Illinois to 350 MW, including the Prairie Wolf solar project in Coles County. The Bee Hollow project is expected to generate $34 million in economic benefits over…
Author: PPD Team Date: 08/11/2024 Paradeep Transmission, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PFC Consulting created to develop the Eastern Region Expansion Scheme-XXXIV (ERES XXXIV), has been transferred to Tata Power Company. The sale and transfer process to Tata Power, the successful bidder, was finalized on 06 November 2024. The sale consideration was determined as per guidelines set by the Ministry of Power, Government of India.
Author: PPD Team Date: 03/12/2024 Australian mining company Pilbara Minerals and its joint venture (JV) partner POSCO Holdings have announced the completion of Train 2 at their Lithium Hydroxide Monohydrate Chemical Facility in Gwangyang, South Korea. The facility is Korea’s first lithium hydroxide plant, with an annual production capacity of up to 43,000 tons of battery-grade lithium hydroxide—sufficient to power batteries for approximately one million electric vehicles. The JV, POSCO Pilbara Lithium Solution (PPLS), established…
Author: PPD Team Date: 07/02/2025 The National Committee on Transmission (NCT) has recommended two interstate transmission system (ISTS) schemes to the Ministry of Power for final approval. These will be implemented under tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) and the regulated tariff mechanism (RTM). One scheme involves the transmission system for evacuating power from renewable energy (RE) projects in Rajgarh (1,500 MW) Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and Neemuch (1,000 MW) SEZ in Madhya Pradesh. Originally separate, these…
Author: PPD Team Date: 15/10/2024 Oriano Clean Energy, a leading solar development and EPC company in India, has been awarded a contract to build 184 MWp of solar PV projects in Agar, Malwa, Madhya Pradesh, by Blueleaf Energy, a prominent pan-Asian renewable energy platform. This contract is part of the solar component of Blueleaf Energy’s Pachora Hybrid Power Project. With this new project, Oriano’s EPC portfolio now stands at over 1.5 GWp, with 1 GWp…