The Ministry of Power has authorized POWERGRID to lay an overhead transmission line for the integration of additional renewable energy potential at Davanagere and Bellary in Karnataka. The line is being laid under the ‘Transmission system...

Branch Energy, a distributed energy company that provides battery storage systems to commercial buildings, has raised $33 million in a Series B funding round led by Piva Capital and Clean Energy Ventures. Active Impact Investments and Whitecap...

Lithium Argentina, a producer of lithium carbonate for lithium-ion batteries, has closed a $180 million strategic investment from Ganfeng Lithium Group through the issuance of a six-year unsecured convertible note. The note carries an annual coupon...

Jupiter Power, a utility-scale energy storage project developer and operator, has closed $1.4 billion in financing across four transactions to support ten storage projects in Texas and Michigan. The utility-scale battery projects have a combined...

The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has set aside a Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) order granting a solar power developer a tariff of ₹6.44 (~$0.0671)/kWh, holding that the issue had already been finally decided in...

The Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission (BERC) has proposed introducing an energy storage obligation as part of the renewable purchase obligations (RPOs) applicable to obligated entities in the state. Under the draft BERC (Renewable Purchase...

The Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) has rejected a petition seeking an extension to complete the evacuation infrastructure for a 9 MW captive solar project in Gujarat. The Commission held that the company, Rolex Rings, failed to...

Textile manufacturing and export company BSL has announced agreements with Bhadla Minigrid Solar 5 to source power from its  4.4 MW/4.92 MWh solar-plus-storage project in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Bhadla Minigrid Solar 5’s is a special purpose vehicle...