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ACWA Power to develop 800 MW solar + battery storage project in Morocco
By August 11, 2025August 11, 2025

ACWA Power has won contracts to build and operate two solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in Morocco, Noor Midelt II and Noor Midelt III, each with a capacity of 400 MW. Both projects will include battery energy storage systems, providing a combined storage capacity of 602 megawatt-hours (MWh). The storage systems can deliver 230 MW for two hours. These projects will be executed under a build-own-operate model and backed by a 30-year power purchase agreement with…

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Ministry of Power scraps Uniform Renewable Energy Tariff
By August 4, 2025August 4, 2025

The Ministry of Power has withdrawn the Uniform Renewable Energy Tariff (URET) mechanism, including the Solar Power Central Pool and Solar-Wind Hybrid Central Pool, due to delays in project approvals and power sale agreements. The URET framework, introduced in February 2024, was designed to stabilise tariffs for solar and hybrid projects till 2027. However, many state distribution companies and utilities did not sign power sale agreements due to uncertainty over pooled tariff rates. These stalled…

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NPCIL commissions 1.7 MWp solar plant at Gorakhpur
By August 1, 2025August 1, 2025

Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Pariyojana (GHAVP), a project under Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL), has commissioned a 1.7 MWp grid-connected solar photovoltaic plant at its facility in Haryana. This is the second solar project installed at the site. The ground-mounted solar plant covers 22,000 square metres and uses domestically manufactured mono PERC modules rated at 545W. It was developed at INR 8.07 crore, including a five-year operations and maintenance contract. The system is…

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Telangana to launch new DISCOM for free power schemes
By July 31, 2025July 31, 2025

The Telangana government will set up a new power distribution company (DISCOM) to manage free electricity schemes and ease the financial burden on existing utilities. The new entity will operate alongside the current Telangana Northern Power Distribution Company Ltd (TGNPDCL) and Telangana Southern Power Distribution Company Ltd (TGSPDCL). The proposed DISCOM will have State-wide jurisdiction and will exclusively handle free electricity programmes, including supply to agricultural consumers, the 200 free units for households, and power…

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Odisha clears 178 MW of new renewable energy projects
By July 31, 2025July 31, 2025

Odisha’s single window committee has approved fresh renewable energy proposals totalling 178 MW, with investments estimated at Rs 870 crore. In its twelfth meeting, the committee cleared multiple solar and wind projects submitted by the state’s renewable energy nodal agency. Prozeal Green Energy’s 69.5 MW solar facility in Subarnapur district and a 49.5 MW project by INOX Solar in Keonjhar were among the key approvals. Mahanadi Coalfields Limited received the go-ahead for a 10 MW…

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Ladakh generated zero solar power in five years
By July 29, 2025July 29, 2025

Despite being labelled the “solar capital” of India, the Union Territory of Ladakh has not produced any solar power over the past five years, according to data tabled in the Rajya Sabha. In response to a question by MP Sana Satish Babu, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Shripad Yesso Naik confirmed that Ladakh has not generated even one unit of solar electricity between 2020 and 2025. This is despite the region’s estimated 13…

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Tata Power commissions 431 MWp solar project in Madhya Pradesh
By July 28, 2025July 28, 2025

Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd (TPREL), a subsidiary of Tata Power, has completed a 431 megawatt peak (MWp) direct current solar power project in Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh. Built over 2,000 acres, the project uses 765,408 bifacial glass-to-glass modules mounted on single-axis solar trackers. The system’s DC capacity is 431 MWp with an alternating current output of 330 MW. The project was delivered under TPREL’s “Solutions for Power Producer” model and completed in 17 months. It…

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Pakistan’s consumer-led solar boom creates new pressures on national grid
By July 21, 2025July 21, 2025

Pakistan has emerged as the world’s largest importer of solar panels, driven by a grassroots energy shift rather than top-down policy. As reported by The Print, the growth has been largely powered by retail consumers and low-cost Chinese imports, even as the country struggles with an IMF-led economic recovery and mounting power sector debt. In 2024 alone, Pakistan imported 17 GW of solar panels, more than double the volume in 2023. Chinese firms such as…

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Gorbea Solar Project inaugurated in Rajasthan
By July 21, 2025July 21, 2025

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…

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Hindustan Powerprojects begins work on 300 MW solar project for UPPCL
By July 10, 2025July 16, 2025

Hindustan Powerprojects Private Limited (HPPPL) has started construction of a 300 MW (435 MWp) Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS)-connected solar power project in Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh. The project is part of the larger 2,000 MW ISTS-connected solar programme being implemented for Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL). It was announced during the Clean Energy Summit 2025 held in Lucknow. Under the scope of work, HPPPL will identify land, develop the project, and own and operate it…

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