Backed by rising power demand from commercial and industrial consumers, both rooftop solar and open access installations are expanding steadily in Odisha. Greater policy clarity and substantial power-cost savings continue to motivate businesses to...

The Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) has traded a monthly electricity volume of 11.41 billion units (BU) in November 2025, a 17.7% year-over-year (YoY) increase. IEX said the country’s energy consumption during the month reached 123.4 BU, declining...

Terra Clean, a wholly owned subsidiary of Indian Oil Corporation, has issued a request for proposal for land aggregation to develop a 300 MW intrastate transmission system (InSTS)-connected solar project in Gujarat. The project will have a greenshoe...

Lithium-ion batteries dominate today because of their long service life, high energy density, high efficiency, and fast power delivery. However, rising demand raises concerns about the availability and affordability of critical materials. The...

Solar solutions provider Apraava Energy has secured ₹8.01 billion (~₹92 million) from impact investor British International Investment (BII) and Standard Chartered to expand its advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) footprint. Apraava signed...

The Chhattisgarh State Electricity Regulatory Commission (CSERC) has clarified that a solar project operating under the virtual net metering framework can be located at a site different from the premises of the consumer. It held that technical...

SJVN has invited bids to set up 250 MW/500 MWh standalone battery energy storage (BESS) systems at the 1,360 MW Panipat thermal power station in Haryana. The last date to submit bids is January 6, 2026. Bids will be opened on the same day. Bidders...

NTPC has floated an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) tender to set up 2,670 MWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS) at nine of its thermal power stations across six states under Lot-2. The capacity to be installed per thermal...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $650 million policy-based loan to support the Government of India in accelerating the adoption of residential rooftop solar. The financing falls under Subprogram 1 of the Accelerating Affordable and...