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Base Power Raises $1 Billion in Series D Funding Round

Base Power, a distributed energy storage solutions provider, has raised $1 billion in Series D financing at a post-money valuation of $13 billion and started producing...

August 4, 2026

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Dibin DB

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Energy Storage

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Finance and M&A
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TotalEnergies Acquires Shell’s 4 GW European Renewables Portfolio

TotalEnergies, a diversified multinational energy company, has signed agreements to acquire a 4 GW onshore renewables portfolio from Shell and sell a 50% stake in a...

August 4, 2026

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Renu

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Finance and M&A

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Solar
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CERC Rescinds Revocation of Renewable Projects’ Grid Connectivity

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has set aside the revocation of two interstate transmission connectivity grants aggregating 105.84 MW and directed...

August 4, 2026

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Arjun Joshi

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Market & Policy

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Wind
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Month in a Minute: Top Headlines from the Indian Renewable Sector in July 2026

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) extended the exemption from the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) List II requirement for solar cells for...

August 4, 2026

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Parth Shukla

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Markets & Policy

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Renewable Energy
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Solar Module Capacity Under ALMM Grows to 215.5 GW

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has expanded the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) by adding 11,964 MW of solar module capacity The...

August 4, 2026

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Arjun Joshi

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Manufacturing

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Solar
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PFC Awards Project to Evacuate 3 GW of Renewables in Andhra Pradesh

Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has announced the winner of the auction to establish the inter-state transmission system (ISTS) for integrating the Ananthapuram-III PS...

August 4, 2026

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Grid

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Tenders and Auctions
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Storage, Engineering, and Service Become Distributed Solar’s Growth Drivers

India’s distributed solar and energy storage markets are expanding, driven by time-of-day (ToD) tariffs, evolving rooftop regulations, backup power requirements,...

August 4, 2026

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Parth Shukla

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Energy Storage

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Daily News Wrap-Up: MNRE Proposes Uniform Solar Cell Nomenclature

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) invited stakeholder comments on a draft proposal to introduce a standardized nomenclature for solar photovoltaic cell...

August 4, 2026

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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MENA Weekly Round-Up: Egypt Signs PPA with Alcazar for 407 MW Wind Project

The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC), the state-owned power grid operator, signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Alcazar Energy to construct a...

August 4, 2026

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Melvin Mathew

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Electric Vehicles

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Wind
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Solar Tender and Auction Activity Declines in Q2 2026

Government agencies issued tenders for approximately 5.4 GW of solar capacity in the second quarter (Q2) of 2026, down 5.7% from 5.7 GW in the previous quarter and 21.5%...

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MNRE Proposes Standardized Nomenclature for Solar Cells Under ALMM List II

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has invited stakeholder comments on a draft proposal to introduce a standardized nomenclature for solar photovoltaic cell...

August 3, 2026

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Arjun Joshi

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Manufacturing

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Solar
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India Can Build a Complete Solar Manufacturing Ecosystem Within Five Years: Interview

India’s solar manufacturing sector is expanding rapidly as the government pushes for greater domestic value addition through frameworks like the Approved List of...

August 3, 2026

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Manufacturing

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Solar
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Green Hydrogen and Storage Key to Curbing Renewables Curtailment: Interview

As India rapidly expands renewable energy capacity, grid constraints are increasing the need for energy storage to support further deployment. Industry executives...

August 3, 2026

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Melvin Mathew

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Renewable Energy

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Solar

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Wind
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Juniper Green Energy’s IPO Oversubscribed 6.12 Times

Independent renewable energy producer Juniper Green Energy’s ₹18 billion (~$188.66 million) initial public offering (IPO) was subscribed 6.12 times at the end of the...

August 3, 2026

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Melvin Mathew

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Finance and M&A

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Solar

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Wind
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Central Electronics Tenders 30 MW Solar Project in Madhya Pradesh

Central Electronics (CEL) has floated a tender to set up a 30 MW ground-mounted solar project at the Sanjay Gandhi Thermal Power Plant in Birsinghpur, Madhya Pradesh....

August 3, 2026

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Parth Shukla

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Solar

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Tenders & Auctions

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