SAEL Industries Limited has commissioned its first solar power project in Rajasthan with a capacity of 200 MW AC (298 MW DC). The project was completed on 17 August 2025, ahead of its scheduled commercial operation date. The plant is located in Jalore district and covers over 1,000 acres. It is supported by a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Rajasthan Urja Vikas and IT Services Limited (RUVITL) at a tariff of INR 2.61 per…
NHPC Limited has revised the timeline for completing its 300 MW Karnisar solar power project in Rajasthan. The remaining capacity is now expected to be commissioned by September 30, 2025, instead of the earlier target of August 31. As of now, 214.28 MW of the project has been commissioned. In July, NHPC also began commercial operations of a 53.57 MW solar unit under Phase IV of its 1,000 MW grid-connected solar PV project in Bikaner….
NTPC Ltd will enter the nuclear energy sector next month with the foundation stone for a 2,800 MW nuclear power project at Banswara, Rajasthan, Chairman and Managing Director Gurdeep Singh said on Sunday. The project will include four pressurised heavy water reactors of 700 MW each. Singh said NTPC plans to expand its nuclear capacity to 30 GW by 2047. The Mahi Banswara project is being developed as a joint venture with Nuclear Power Corporation…
Oriana Power has entered into an agreement to develop a 75 MW solar power plant with an integrated 111.57 MWh battery energy storage system in Rajasthan. The project, valued at Rs 4.76 billion, will be implemented on an engineering, procurement and construction basis. Scope of work includes design, engineering, supply, construction, installation and commissioning. Completion is targeted within eight months. In August 2025, Oriana Power secured capacity in Solar Energy Corporation of India’s third green…
Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Pralhad Joshi, on 19 July, inaugurated the 435 MW Gorbea Solar Power Project in Rajasthan. Developed by Zelestra India, the project was completed in under eight months. Spread across 1,250 acres, the Gorbea facility is backed by a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). It is expected to generate 755 GWh of electricity annually and help avoid approximately 705,000 tonnes of…
Truere Knight, a wholly owned subsidiary of Oriana Power, has signed a battery energy storage purchase agreement with Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (RVUNL). The agreement covers the development of a 50 MW/100 MWh standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) at the Heerapura substation in Jaipur, Rajasthan. The system will help the state utility balance supply and demand more effectively. The project will be developed under the build-own-operate model. The total estimated cost is…
SJVN Green Energy Limited (SGEL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SJVN Limited, has started commercial operations for 80.77 MW capacity under Phase-II of its 1,000 MW solar project in Bikaner, Rajasthan. With this, a total of 400.77 MW has now been commissioned. The project falls under the Central Public Sector Undertaking (CPSU) scheme Phase-II, which targets 12,000 MW of grid-connected solar capacity. It is being developed on a build, own and operate (BOO) basis with viability…
ACME Solar Holdings Private Limited has fully commissioned two renewable energy projects in Rajasthan and Gujarat through its subsidiaries. On June 24, 2025, ACME Sikar Solar Private Limited commissioned 60 MW of solar capacity in Bikaner, Rajasthan. This marked the completion of the 300 MW solar project awarded under Tranche-XVIII of Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). A day earlier, on June 23, 2025, ACME Pokhran Solar Private Limited commissioned 3.3 MW of wind capacity…
ACME Solar Holdings Private Limited has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with NHPC Limited for a 250 MW firm and dispatchable renewable energy (FDRE) project in Rajasthan. The agreement was signed on June 20, 2025. The agreement has been signed at a tariff of Rs 4.56 per kWh. The project is required to maintain a minimum annual capacity utilization factor (CUF) of 40 percent and meet 90 percent of peak power demand for…
NTPC Limited has commissioned the final 52 MW of capacity under the 245 MW solar project (Plot-3) of its 735 MW Nokh Ultra Mega Solar Park in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The milestone was achieved on June 22, 2025. With this, the full 245 MW capacity under Plot-3 is now operational. NTPC has cumulatively commissioned 490 MW at the site. The 735 MW project, being developed in three equal plots of 245 MW each, is implemented by…