T1 Energy, formerly FREYR, has finalized its site selection for a new solar cell manufacturing facility in Milam County, Texas, U.S. The company secured a lease and purchase option for 100 acres in the Advanced Manufacturing and Logistix Campus at...

Sustainable infrastructure investor Actis has acquired a 100% stake in Stride Climate Investments, a solar generation asset portfolio in India, from a Macquarie Asset Management-managed fund. Through this deal, Actis will gain control of...

The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has approved the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company’s (MSEDCL) petition to procure 250 MW/500 MWh battery storage capacity with an additional 500 MW/1,000 MWh greenshoe...

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has approved tariffs of ₹3.98 (~$0.046)/kWh and ₹3.99 (~$0.0464)/kWh for SJVN’s 600 MW interstate transmission system (ISTS)-connected wind power projects. The Commission also approved the...

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has approved tariffs of ₹2.52 (~$0.0293)/kWh and ₹2.53 (~$0.0294)/kWh for SJVN’s 1,200 MW interstate transmission system (ISTS)-connected solar projects. SJVN had also requested adopting a trading...

The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has ruled against the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution (MSEDCL) for wrongly imposing wheeling charges and losses on solar power generators. MERC directed MSEDCL to refund ₹15.4...

The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has dismissed a petition filed by the Siddhayu Ayurvedic Research Foundation (SARFPL) seeking to relax the banking regulations under the Distribution Open Access (DOA) Regulations due to the impact of...

At a time when the government is pushing for greater adoption of solar through the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, which aims to make households energy-independent, free electricity programs have proved to be an impediment to rooftop solar in some...

Solar photovoltaics will no longer qualify under Section 303 of the Defense Production Act (DPA), with President Donald Trump rescinding an order of the previous administration that had designated these technologies as elements of national security....

Western Australia has awarded four battery energy storage projects with a total capacity of 654 MW/2,595 MWh under the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS). The projects are scheduled to be operational by October 2027. The projects will exceed the 500...