The Ministry of Finance issued a notification amending the customs duty exemption applicable to machinery used in lithium-ion cell manufacturing by replacing the existing list of eligible equipment under the 2002 customs notification. The entries...

Opdenergy, a global independent power producer, has secured $227 million in financing for its 371 MW operational renewable energy portfolio in Chile. The financing was provided by Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, BNP Paribas, and Instituto de...

Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital & Research Center (HBCH & RC) has invited bids to set up a 3 MW captive solar power project at its premises in Visakhapatnam. The successful bidder will also be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the...

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa has approved generation licenses for four solar projects with a combined contracted capacity of 890 MW. The projects were approved under the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement...

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has rejected the petition filed by wind power generators seeking a relaxation from the requirement to submit Connectivity-Bank Guarantee 2 (Conn-BG2) under the General Network Access (GNA)...

The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) has approved power purchase agreements for 22.4 MW of solar projects under the feeder-level solarization program of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM)....

Alternative credit platform BlackSoil has announced it will acquire Credit Fair’s solar financing business, marking its entry into India’s renewable energy financing sector. As part of the transaction, BlackSoil will acquire the solar financing...

Hyderabad-based solar module and cell manufacturer Premier Energies has inaugurated a 5.6 GW zero-busbar solar module manufacturing facility in Seetharampur, Telangana. The company also performed the groundbreaking ceremony for a 6 GWh battery...