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Coal India Invites Bids to Select EPC Contractor for 35 MW Solar Project

Coal India Navikarniya Urja Limited (CNUL), a subsidiary of Coal India (CIL), has invited bids to select a contractor for the design, engineering, procurement, and...

February 1, 2023

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Gourav Mishra

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Solar

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Tenders & Auctions
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Power Ministry Proposes Expansion of Economical Power Dispatch Program

The Ministry of Power has proposed to expand the security-constrained economic dispatch (SCED) program by including more state-owned thermal projects, which would run on...

January 31, 2023

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Arjun Joshi

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Grid

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Market & Policy
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Energy Storage Sector Upbeat for 2023 Despite Cost, Supply Chain Challenges

India’s renewable energy growth plans are closely tied to energy storage to mitigate the intermittency of renewable sources as the country strives to meet the rising...

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Hexicon Inches Closer to Developing 7.1 GW Offshore Wind Projects in Italy

Italy’s transmission system operator (TSO) Terna SpA has approved six of Sweden-based Hexicon’s seven proposed floating wind power projects for connection to...

January 23, 2023

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Gourav Mishra

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Finance and M&A

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Wind
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Explainer: Why the New Regulations Have Made the Grid Unstable

Less than three weeks after the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (CERC) new regulation de-linked deviation charges and frequency, grid frequency swung...

December 27, 2022

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Arjun Joshi

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Grid

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Market & Policy

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Mercom Research Focus
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Power Producer Encavis AG’s Fund Closes Investment Phase with €1.13 Billion

Europe-based independent power producer Encavis AG’s fund Encavis Asset Management completed the investment phase of the Encavis Infrastructure Fund II (EIF II) with a...

December 12, 2022

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Gourav Mishra

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Other

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Renewable Energy
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Storage Startup Gravitricity Secures £194,000 for Tech Demonstration in India

Edinburgh-based storage startup Gravitricity has secured £194,000 ($233,174) from the United Kingdom government to find demonstration sites in India suitable for their...

November 29, 2022

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Other

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Renewable Energy
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UK’s Energy Storage Sector Gets £32 Million to Develop Innovative Technologies

The UK government has announced £32.9 million (~$39.4 million) funding for projects in the country that are developing innovative energy-storage system (ESS)...

November 30, 2022

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Gourav Mishra

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Other

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Renewable Energy
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India to Invest ₹2.8 Trillion in Transmission Network to Evacuate Renewable Energy

India plans to invest ₹2.8 trillion ($34.2 billion) by 2030 in setting up an interstate transmission network (ISTS) to evacuate renewable energy, said K Sreekant,...

November 22, 2022

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Other

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Renewable Energy
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Project Finance Brief: Pivot Energy Raises $100 Million from Fundamental Renewables

From: Mercom Capital Group Pivot Energy, a solar provider that develops, finances, builds, owns, and manages solar and energy storage projects, secured $100 million in...

October 26, 2022

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Staff

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Finance and M&A

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Other
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Australia’s Queensland to Spend $40 Billion to Develop Renewable Supply Chain

Queensland plans to spend A$62 billion (~$40.11 billion) over the next 15 years to build a robust renewable supply chain in the Australian state. The Queensland Energy...

October 4, 2022

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Other

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Renewable Energy
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US Needs to Deploy 90 GW Solar, 150 GW Wind Capacity Annually to Decarbonize Electric Grid

The United States needs to deploy 40–90 GW of solar and 70–150 GW of wind energy every year until 2030 to decarbonize the country’s power sector by 2035, a report by the...

September 5, 2022

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Gourav Mishra

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Other

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Renewable Energy
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Daily News Wrap-Up: Ashok Leyland Launches Electric Double-Decker Bus in Mumbai

Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari launched Ashok Leyland...

August 22, 2022

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Arjun Joshi

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Other

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Renewable Energy
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US to Invest $23 Billion for Clean Energy Deployment, Launches Two New Programs

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched two new program offices – the Grid Deployment Office and the Office of State and Community Energy Programs – which...

August 12, 2022

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Gourav Mishra

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Other

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Renewable Energy
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$26 Million for Projects Demonstrating Grid Reliability With Clean Energy Integration

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $26 million to fund projects demonstrating that America’s electricity grid can reliably run with a mix of solar,...

August 4, 2022

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Vijayalakshmi Sridhar

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Grid

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Grid Optimization

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