The Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) and German development bank KfW have signed a loan agreement of Rs 16 billion. The funds, which are to be leveraged by the private sector, will be used by REC […]
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (Powergrid) has asked for the approval of its shareholders to raise Rs 200 billion through bonds or debentures on a private placement basis in 2019-20. The announcement was made […]
CLP India Private Limited has signed a JV agreement with Suzlon Energy Limited for development of a 70 MW solar PV power project in Maharasthra. As per the agreement, CLP India has agreed to acquire […]
The Greenko Group has dropped its plan of acquiring Orange Renewables Power Private Limited’s renewable energy projects. Earlier, in June 2018, the Greenko Group had agreed to buy Orange Renewables at an enterprise value Rs […]
India has reached a milestone of 25 GW of installed solar PV capacity, according to a report by Mercom India Research. Over the past seven months, more than 5 GW of solar capacity has been […]
The government has approved an amount of Rs 55 billion to be disbursed as subsidies under the second phase of the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid and) Electric Vehicles (FAME) programme, over a five-year […]
A flight running on biojet fuel has successfully completed its test journey from Dehradun to Delhi. The flight was operated by India-based operator SpiceJet and the fuel was prepared by the CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, […]
The NTPC Energy Technology Research Alliance and the Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology have signed an MoU for the development of technological framework for production of floaters for floating solar power plants. The […]
Leap Green Energy Private Limited is planning to increase its wind power capacity from existing 751 MW to 2,000 MW by 2020. Currently, the company has 751 MW of operational wind power projects and 400 […]
ENGIE, a global independent power producer and STOA, a French infrastructure and power equity investor, will partner to set up a wind energy platform in India. The platform has a goal of developing over 2,000 MW […]
N.L. Sharma, CMD of SJVN Limited, is disappointed that growth has been worse than sluggish, with only 44 GW coming onstream so far. He is dismayed that hydropower currently contributes to just 14 per cent […]
The latest addition to TerraSmart’s racking portfolio is the TF3L. Like its predecessors, the TF3 Landscape Racking System maximises the construction efficiency on large utility-scale solar plants. It reduces the overall site cost and optimises […]
ISOVOLTAIC SOLINEX, a leader in the solar backsheet domain, joined forces with Borealis, a leading provider of polyolefin solutions for the global energy industry to launch a new backsheet product one year back. This revolutionary […]
Panasonic Eco Solutions of North America and SolarEdge Technologies have introduced the premium smart HIT S Series Module for the residential market. This module comes with a SolarEdge power optimiser, and can generate greater solar […]
The Nordic power system is facing the twin challenges of integrating intermittent renewable power generation and decommissioning thermal plants. At the political level, there is a strong will to form a close-knit European energy union. […]
In stark contrast to the developed nations where reliable power supply is available to all, access to electricity is still a challenge faced by the rural communities in most developing nations. The case is no […]
The National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi recorded an energy demand of 31,825 million units in 2017-18, the eleventh highest in the country, despite its small size. The power supply situation in the UT is […]
The Indian power sector is undergoing a major transition owing to significant renewable energy integration. In 2017-18, the sector saw renewable energy capacity additions exceeding conventional power capacity additions for the first time. Transmission and […]
CLP India is a wholly owned subsidiary of China Light and Power (CLP) Holdings Limited, one of the largest investor-owned power businesses in Asia. CLP entered the Indian power market in 2002 and has since […]
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