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Mercom Calls for 1,000 GW 10-Year Solar Roadmap to Support India’s Energy Transition

India must set enhanced solar energy targets to provide long-term demand visibility for manufacturers, developers, investors, and financiers, and to support infrastructure development, transmission rollout, and resource planning, ...

July 2, 2026

Manufacturing

Policy Certainty, Quality Norms Key to India’s Solar BoM, BoS Manufacturing

India must strengthen its domestic bill-of-materials (BoM) and balance-of-system (BoS) manufacturing ecosystem to capture more value across the solar supply chain, panelists said at the Mercom India Renewables Summit 2026. At the ...

July 6, 2026

Market & Policy

How Industrial Decarbonization Can Power the Future of Clean Energy Growth

India’s decentralized energy market is emerging as a major driver of clean power demand supported by open-access policies, growing commercial and industrial (C&I) demand, and new business models that make renewable energy adop...

July 3, 2026

Grid

Clean Energy Expansion Spurs Transmission Manufacturing Demand

A panel of experts at the Mercom India Renewables Summit 2026 highlighted the availability of growing opportunities for domestic players to step up manufacturing of power transmission equipment with the rapid buildout of renewable...

July 3, 2026

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Delhi’s Gobind Sadan Gurdwara Installs 100 kW Rooftop Solar System

Advantages such as lower power bills and reduced carbon footprints are prompting religious institutions to explore solar energy solutions and contribute to India’s clean energy transition. The Gobind Sadan Gurdwara in Chhatarpur, Delhi, has...

July 6, 2026

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Night-Time Solar Generation Loss Not Shutdown, Rules APTEL

The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has held that a solar power project cannot be treated as being in ‘shut down’ mode during night hours merely because it cannot generate electricity in the absence of solar radiation. APTEL set aside the...

July 6, 2026

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MNRE Clarifies ALMM Cell Requirement for Government Rooftop Solar Projects

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has clarified that rooftop solar projects on government buildings awarded through bidding after August 31, 2025, or commissioned on or after June 1, 2026, without an approved exemption, must use solar...

July 6, 2026

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India Opens Antidumping Probe into Imports of Chinese Electric Tractors

The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) has initiated an antidumping investigation into imports of electric tractors from China following allegations that the low-priced imports were causing material injury to the domestic industry....

July 6, 2026

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US Considering Ban on Chinese Energy Inverter Imports: Report

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering imposing a ban on the import of energy inverters from China, citing concerns that such equipment could be used to disrupt power supplies. According to undisclosed sources interviewed by...

July 6, 2026

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Andhra Regulator Approves 2,000 MWh Battery Storage Procurement

The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) has approved the tripartite battery energy storage purchase agreements signed between state distribution companies, APTRANSCO, and seven battery energy storage system (BESS) developers to...

July 6, 2026

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Gujarat Hikes Compensation for Land Acquired for Power Transmission Towers

The Gujarat government has announced a new compensation policy under which farmers will be paid twice the prevailing market value of their land acquired for erecting power transmission towers and power lines. The new policy replaces the circle...

July 6, 2026

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Delhi to Allow Only Electric Two-Wheeler Registrations from April 2028

The Delhi government has notified the Electric Vehicles Policy, 2026, introducing phased purchase incentives, scrapping benefits, exemptions from road tax and registration fees, and mandatory electrification timelines for key vehicle segments. The...

July 6, 2026

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Clean energy helped cut fossil fuel costs by $480 billion in 2025: IRENA

Installed renewable energy sources helped curb fossil fuel costs by an estimated $480 billion in 2025 as the cost advantage between clean energy and conventional sources of energy continues to widen, according to the International Renewable Energy...

July 6, 2026

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