Author: Vijayalakshmi Sridhar

About Vijayalakshmi Sridhar

Vijayalakshmi is a staff reporter at MercomIndia.com. She has two decades of experience as an independent journalist and features writer, and her work is featured across various publications and genres such as business, food, and clean energy. More articles from Vijayalakshmi.
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Four-terminal Architecture Push Perovskite Cells’ Performance to Over 30% Efficiency

Recent efforts by TNO, TU Eindhoven, imec, and TU Delft, partners in Solliance, a solar research institute in the Netherlands, claim to have pushed the conversion...

October 3, 2022

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Solar

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Technology
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Brookfield Acquires Scout Clean Energy and Standard Solar for Over $1.5 Billion

Renewable energy investor Brookfield Renewable, together with its institutional partners, has announced the acquisition of two clean energy companies in the United...

September 30, 2022

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Finance and M&A

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Other
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Germany to Adopt Sliding Market Premium Model in Renewable Energy Tenders

The European Commission has approved three additional measures to support electricity production from renewable energy sources in Germany under EU State aid rules. The...

September 29, 2022

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Solar

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Tenders & Auctions
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EV Charging Infrastructure to be Set Up Along 75,000 Miles of Highways in the U.S.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has approved Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Plans for all 50 States covering approximately 75,000 miles of highway...

September 28, 2022

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Electric Vehicles

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Grid
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PXIL to Start Trading Daily, Weekly and Monthly Contracts in Renewable Power

Power Exchange India Ltd (PXIL) has introduced the ‘daily, weekly and monthly contracts’ in its proprietary contract system ‘PRATYAY’ for conventional power transactions....

September 27, 2022

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Other

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Renewable Energy
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Bids Invited for 15 MW of Rooftop Solar Projects in Uttar Pradesh

The Uttar Pradesh New & Renewable Energy Development Agency (UPNEDA) has issued a notice inviting tender for empanelment of vendors to design, manufacture, supply,...

September 26, 2022

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Solar

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Tenders & Auctions
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Glennmont and MN To Invest €700 Million for Renewables Expansion Across Europe

Clean energy fund manager Glennmont Partners from Nuveen, in partnership with Dutch pension fund manager MN announced the launch of the Nuveen European Core Renewable...

September 23, 2022

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Finance and M&A

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Renewable Energy
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In a First, Wind and Solar Projects Met Over 10% of Global Electricity Demand in 2021: BNEF

The world’s wind and solar projects combined met more than a tenth of global electricity demand for the first time in 2021, according to research company...

September 23, 2022

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Electricity Tariff Hike Could Nudge Tamil Nadu C&I Entities to Adopt Solar Open Access

Commercial and industrial (C&I) consumers in Tamil Nadu are considering switching to solar open access projects under captive and group captive mode as opposed to...

September 22, 2022

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Markets & Policy

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Mercom Research Focus

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Solar
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Terra-Gen Secures $959 Million for a 410 MW Solar and 1.8 GWh Battery Storage Project

Leading independent renewable energy provider Terra-Gen has completed project financing of $959 million for the second phase of its Edwards Sanborn Solar Storage...

September 21, 2022

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Finance and M&A

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Solar
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Indian Oil Subsidiary Invites Bids to Set Up Green Hydrogen Unit at its Chennai Refinery

Chennai Petroleum Corporation (CPCL), a group company of Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL), has issued an expression of interest (EoI) for the design, manufacturing, and...

September 20, 2022

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Other

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Renewable Energy
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KKR and Hero Group to Invest $450 Million in Hero Future Energies

Global investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) and the Hero Group signed definitive agreements to invest $450 million in Hero Future Energies (HFE), the renewable...

September 20, 2022

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Finance and M&A

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Other

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Renewable Energy
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Ontario Teachers’ Pension Fund Acquires 30% Stake in Mahindra Susten, Plans InvIT

Global investor Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan will acquire a 30% equity stake in Mahindra Susten, a cleantech arm of Mahindra Group, for an equity value of ₹23.71...

September 19, 2022

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Finance and M&A

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Other

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Renewable Energy
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A Decarbonized Global Energy System by 2050 Could Result in Savings of $12 Trillion

Transitioning to a decarbonized energy system by around 2050 will save the world at least $12 trillion compared to continuing our current levels of fossil fuel use,...

September 19, 2022

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Other

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Renewable Energy
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Linking Wind Tariff to Commodity Price Indices Could Mitigate Market Volatility: GWEC

The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has suggested linking the tariff discovered in reverse auctions to commodity price indices to mitigate any volatility arising from...

September 16, 2022

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Wind

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