SJVN Limited and the Government of Bihar (GoB) signed an MoU on December 31, 2024, to develop the 1,000 MW Hathidah-Durgawati Pumped Storage Project and other similar projects in Bihar.Â
The 1,000 MW (4×250 MW) Hathidah-Durgawati project will be built on the Durgawati River in Kaimur, Bihar, at an estimated cost of Rs 56,630 million.
Schneider Electric Infrastructure Ltd (SEIL) has announced plans to expand its medium power transformer manufacturing capacity. In a regulatory filing on February 11, 2025, SEIL revealed that its board of directors approved an investment of Rs 136 million to enhance the existing capacity by 1,500 MVA per year. The investment will be financed through internal…
Madhya Pradesh has secured further investments in renewable energy (RE) through new Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) signed at the Global Investors Summit 2025. At the summit, five companies formalized their investment plans: KP Group committed to a 1,800 MW RE project, including solar, wind, wind-solar hybrid, biomass, and battery energy storage system (BESS) projects. Four…
Nexif Ratch Energy has announced the financial close of its 145 MWp Bacolod solar power project, its second solar venture in the Philippines. The ground-mounted project, located across Bacolod City and Bago City in Negros Occidental province, will provide clean energy to approximately 52,600 households. The project will connect to the National Grid Corporation of…
The Ministry of Mines has completed the fifth tranche of auctions, successfully awarding 10 blocks containing critical and strategic minerals across six states. The auctioned blocks include graphite, phosphorite, phosphate, rare earth elements (REE), vanadium, potash, and halite. These are located in Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. Coal India Limited (CIL)…
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of $52.72 million to support Cambodia’s Grid Expansion Project. The program aims to strengthen the national transmission network, integrate more renewable energy, and meet growing electricity demand with locally generated clean power. Cambodia’s domestic electricity generation increased from 8.68 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2020 to 17.85…
The Union Government has highlighted multiple steps taken to strengthen disaster-resilient electricity distribution systems in coastal areas, including Maharashtra, through regulatory frameworks and the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS). According to a written reply by Minister of State for Power Shri Shripad Yesso Naik in the Rajya Sabha, works worth Rs 3,088 crore have been…