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Parth Shukla, Copy editor at Mercom India More articles from Parth Shukla.
Melvin MathewParth Shukla is a copy editor at Mercom India. Before joining Mercom, he worked as a Copy Editor and Correspondent at The Times of India, a Senior Image Executive at Perfect Relations, and a Marketing Communications Analyst at Zephyr Peacock. He holds a postgraduate diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication from the Xavier Institute of Communications in Mumbai.  More articles from Parth Shukla.
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TNGECL Invites Bids for 20 MW Rooftop Solar Projects on Government Buildings

The Tamil Nadu Green Energy Corporation (TNGECL) has floated a tender to set up 20 MW of grid-connected rooftop solar projects on government buildings across the state...

December 5, 2025

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Tenders & Auctions
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UPERC Approves Tariffs for 129 MW Projects Under KUSUM

The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) has approved the power purchase agreements (PPAs) and discovered tariffs for 129.2 MW of solar projects under...

December 5, 2025

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Solar
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US Solar Companies Demand End to Permitting Moratorium

The solar energy industry has written to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, urging them to work with the Department of the Interior (DOI) to address the July...

December 5, 2025

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Diamond Power Bags ₹7.47 Billion Transmission Cable Order from Adani Green

Ahmedabad-based integrated power transmission equipment manufacturer, Diamond Power Infrastructure, has received a letter of intent to supply 33 kV, 2,126 km...

December 5, 2025

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Other
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Japan Awards 75 MW of Solar Projects to 16 Companies in 26th Auction

A total of 16 companies won the Organization for Cross-regional Coordination of Transmission Operators (OCCTO), Japan’s 26th solar power auction for projects of at least...

December 4, 2025

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Solar

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Tenders & Auctions
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IEX Sees 17.7% YoY Rise in Electricity Volume in November, Trades 11.4 BU

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...

December 4, 2025

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Other

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Renewable Energy
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Apraava Gets ₹8 Billion from BII, Standard Chartered to Expand Smart Metering

Solar solutions provider Apraava Energy has secured ₹8.01 billion (~₹92 million) from impact investor British International Investment (BII) and Standard Chartered to...

December 3, 2025

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Finance and M&A

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Grid
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NTPC Floats EPC Tender for 2.6 GWh Battery Energy Storage Projects

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...

December 3, 2025

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Energy Storage

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Tenders & Auctions
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IndiGrid to Acquire ISTS Asset from ReNew to Evacuate 2.5 GW Solar Energy

Power transmission and renewable energy company IndiGrid has executed definitive agreements to acquire Gadag Transmission (GLT), an interstate transmission system (ISTS)...

December 3, 2025

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Grid

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Other
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Europe Brings Relief for Solar Module Makers by Revoking Multi-Busbar Patent

The European Patent Office (EPO) has removed a legal barrier that would have affected European solar module manufacturers using multi-busbar (MBB) cell technology. It...

December 2, 2025

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Manufacturing

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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India Added 6.1 GW of Solar Open Access Capacity in 9M 2025

India added 6.1 GW of solar open access capacity in the first nine months (9M) of 2025, increasing over 13% year-over-year (YoY) from 5.4 GW, according to Mercom India’s...

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Uttarakhand Includes BESS in Renewable Energy Tariff Regulations

The Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission (UERC) has issued the second amendment to UERC (Tariff and Other Terms for Supply of Electricity from Renewable Energy...

December 1, 2025

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Energy Storage

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Market & Policy

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Solar
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Mahindra to Procure 150 MW Renewable Energy from Gelos’ Hybrid Project

Mahindra and Mahindra will procure power from a 150 MW hybrid renewable energy project in Maharashtra comprising 100.8 MW of wind and 50 MW of solar capacity, which is...

December 1, 2025

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Solar

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Wind
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NLC India Floats Tender for 579.74 MWp Modules Rajasthan Solar Project

NLC India has invited bids to procure 579.74 MWp solar modules for an 810 MW project at Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam’s solar park at Pugal in Bikaner district....

December 1, 2025

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Modules

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Solar

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Tenders & Auctions
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MNRE Seeks Comments on Draft to Raise Solar Module Efficiency Threshold

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has invited comments on its draft order for expanding the threshold solar module efficiencies for enlistment in the...

November 28, 2025

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Markets & Policy

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Solar

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