Waaree Renewable Technologies Ltd (WRTL) has secured an order to establish a 41.6 MW solar project in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu.
The project, valued at approximately Rs 1.47 billion, is scheduled for completion in the fiscal year 2025-26.
This initiative involves setting up an independent regional power production (IPP) unit.
TP Solar, a subsidiary of Tata Power Renewable Energy (TPREL), has commenced commercial production at its 2 GW solar cell manufacturing facility in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, marking it as the largest single-location solar cell and module plant in India. The plant currently has a 2 GW production capacity, which will expand by another 2 GW in the coming weeks. The Tirunelveli plant, with a total cell and module manufacturing capacity of 4.3 GW, has produced…
At the Independence Day function in Dehra, Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra District, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu announced plans to transform 10 gram panchayats into green panchayats by setting up solar power projects with up to 500 KW capacity each.
Clean energy company Sunkind Energy has announced that it has secured new solar power projects totalling around 27 MW. These contracts have been awarded by Nahar Group and Jindal Group, according to a company statement. For Nahar Group, Sunkind Energy will set up a 7.3 MW capacity in Ludhiana, Punjab, for captive purposes, and a 19.6 MW captive solar project for Jindal Group in Nashik, Maharashtra. Both projects will be executed in engineering, procurement, and…
India’s energy storage capacity is projected to increase 12-fold to 60 GW by FY 2032, as outlined in a new SBICAPS report. This expansion is anticipated to outpace the growth in renewable energy (RE) sources, as RE tenders increasingly include storage, rising from 5% of projects in FY 2020 to 23% by FY 2024. Battery energy storage systems (BESS) are expected to make up the majority of this growth, with projected expansion to 42 GW…
Tata Power has signed an MoU with the Rajasthan government, committing Rs 1.2 trillion to the state’s power sector, including Rs 750 billion in green energy. The agreement, formalized at the ‘Rising Rajasthan’ Investor Meet on 30 September 2024, outlines a 10-year plan to transform Rajasthan into a power surplus state with 24/7 clean and reliable energy. The investment will focus on renewable energy, transmission, distribution, nuclear power, EV charging, and rooftop installations. Key allocations…
Professor Ganapati Myneni, a Board Member of the International Symposium on Hydrogen in Matter (ISOHIM) and Director of the India Nuclear Energy Partnership has called on the Indian government to intensify efforts and provide policy support to enhance research and development (R&D), invest in hydrogen production infrastructure, and advance the development of thorium-based molten salt reactors (MSRs) to achieve the Viksit Bharat 2047 vision. He highlighted the need for significant investment in green hydrogen production…
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