Siemens Gamesa has received an EPC contract for setting up a wind-solar hybrid energy project in Karnataka. The project involves the hybridisation of an existing 50 MW wind farm with a 28.8 MW solar power […]
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has won a contract to supply 2.5 million smart meters to Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) after emerging as the lowest bidder for an international tender for procuring 5 million smart […]
Essel Infra Projects, which is a subsidiary of the Essel Group, has commissioned solar power projects aggregating 55 MW. This includes a 50 MW solar plant in Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh, and a 5 MW solar […]
The lowest tariff discovered under the 500 MW solar power capacity auction in Gujarat is Rs 2.65 per kWh for a 90 MW project by Chennai-based GRT Jewellers India. Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited and […]
Solar developers which won projects under a 1,200 MW auction conducted by the Jharkhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (JREDA) have agreed to set up plants at a renegotiated tariff of Rs 4.95 per kWh for […]
TANGEDCO has cancelled a 500 MW solar tender issued in January 2017, due to non-consensus on tariff negotiations between project developers and the discom. TANGEDO has refused the proposed tariff of Rs 4 per kWh […]
TANGEDCO has signed PPAs with project developers to develop 1,500 MW of solar capacity in Tamil Nadu. The 1,500 MW solar tender was oversubscribed by nearly 2.5 times for which the quoted tariffs ranged from […]
The Madhya Pradesh government has approved the third tranche of the payment guarantee mechanism for project developers of the Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Park. Under this, the state government will compensate for the unpaid amount […]
Indian Railways (IR) has awarded a contract for a 30 MW rooftop solar project to Azure Power and Fourth Partner Energy. Of the 30 MW, Azure Power will develop 20 MW to provide electricity to […]
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has tendered 6 MW (AC) of solar for captive power consumption under the DCR category. The EPC projects of 1 MW, 2 MW and 3 MW capacity will be developed at […]
NTPC Limited and SECI have announced tenders for 230 MW of grid-connected solar projects under the DCR category. NTPC has tendered 225 MW of solar capacity to be developed on a turnkey basis in a […]
SECI has released a 200 MW solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) tender under the domestic content requirement (DCR) category on behalf of Coal India Limited (CIL). The project will be developed at the Neemuch-Mandsaur […]
The wind power tariff fell to a record low of Rs 2.64 per kWh in an auction conducted by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) for 1 GW of wind power projects. The winners […]
The Supreme Court has extended the validity of solar and non-solar renewable energy certificates (RECs) that were due to expire between April 1, 2017 and March 31, 2018, up to March 31, 2018. The move […]
The Karnataka government has suggested to the central government to modify the renewable purchase obligation (RPO) targets for the states as the minimum requirement. If implemented, the move would remove the cap on maximum renewable […]
The Uttarakhand government along with a charitable funding agency, Swan Cultural Center, has launched the Solar Briefcase scheme in Kedarnath. The scheme falls under the state’s initiative of providing electricity to remote areas and aims […]
The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has set the average pooled purchase cost (APPC) for Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO) at Rs 3.70 per kWh for 2017-18 for all purchases made […]
The MNRE has asked the Tamil Nadu government to prevent arbitrary curtailment or backdown of solar power, especially from plants that have “must-run” status. The move came after the MNRE received multiple complaints regarding the […]
The government of India has launched the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya) to electrify all rural and urban households by December 31, 2018 using solar power. The Rural Electrification Corporation is the […]
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued the draft Technology Development and Innovation Policy. The draft policy focuses on indigenous technology development, manufacturing and quality improvement for new and renewable energy. Besides, […]
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