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Polaris Wins Contracts to Deploy 5.1 Million Smart Meters in Uttar Pradesh

Polaris Smart Metering, a provider of advanced smart metering solutions, has won two contracts valued at over ₹52 billion (~$625.6 million) for the implementation of...

January 31, 2024

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Renewable Energy
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2024 Likely to be Watershed Year for Smart Metering in Power Sector: Interview

Smart meters are a critical component of the government’s power sector reforms and are expected to contribute significantly to improving the billing and collection...

January 30, 2024

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B.S. Nagaraj

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Grid

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Airtel’s IoT Solutions to Power Adani Energy’s 20 Million Smart Meters

Airtel Business, the B2B arm of Bharti Airtel, announced that it would supply Internet of Things (IoT) solutions to power over 20 million smart meters for Adani Energy...

January 9, 2024

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Satish Shetty

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Grid

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Grid Optimization

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Market & Policy
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GMR Bags Contract for 7.57 Million Smart Meter Installations in Uttar Pradesh

GMR Smart Electricity Distribution (GSEDPL), a subsidiary of GMR Power and Urban Infra, has won the order to install, integrate and maintain 7.57 million smart meters...

July 20, 2023

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Singapore’s GIC to Invest $2 Billion in Genus Power’s Smart Metering Platform

Rajasthan-based smart metering solutions company Genus Power Infrastructures has signed definitive agreements with Gem View Investment, an affiliate of the GIC,...

July 5, 2023

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Gourav Mishra

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Finance and M&A

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Power Ministry’s Planning Led to Highest-Ever Budgetary Allocation: Committee

Allocation in the Union Budget 2023 to the Ministry of Power has increased 29% to over ₹160 billion (~$2 billion), the highest ever for the ministry, the parliamentary...

March 23, 2023

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Sumit Jha

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Tenders & Auctions
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Kerala’s ANERT Invites Bids to Procure 1,000 Smart Energy Meters

The Agency for New & Renewable Energy Research and Technology (ANERT) has invited bids to procure 1,000 smart energy meters as part of the Solar City Project being...

January 13, 2023

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Grid

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Smart Grid
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Daily News Wrap-Up: IREDA Partners with Bank Of India to Fund Renewable Energy Projects

Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) signed a memorandum of...

August 23, 2022

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Satish Shetty

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Renewable Energy
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Rate Contract Tender Issued for Solar and Net Meters in Rajasthan

Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments Limited (REIL), a joint venture between the Government of India and Rajasthan, has issued a notice inviting tender for rate...

March 7, 2022

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Arjun Joshi

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Tenders & Auctions
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Smart Meter Installations Across the Country Grow Steadily

According to the recent data released by the National Smart Grid Mission, Ministry of Power, 3.73 million smart meters have been installed across the country out of the...

February 11, 2022

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Grid

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Smart Grid
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Thirty-Nine DISCOMs Submit Draft Proposals Under Power Reforms Program

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has said that 39 out of 55 electricity distribution companies (DISCOMs) have submitted draft proposals under the ₹3.03 trillion (~$40.82...

December 27, 2022

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Arjun Joshi

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Grid

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Market & Policy
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DISCOM Revamp Plan Could Expedite Payments and Strengthen Transmission Network

The Ministry of Power (MoP) issued detailed guidelines last month for the reform-based result-linked power distribution program over the next five years. The program...

August 25, 2021

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Harsh Shukla

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Mercom Research Focus

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Power Ministry Notifies Timelines to Replace Existing Meters With Smart Meters

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has notified the timelines to replace existing meters with smart meters with a prepayment feature. The notification is effective August 17,...

August 20, 2021

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Rahul Nair

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Grid

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Smart Grid
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Daily News Wrap-Up: ENGIE Commissions a 200 MW Solar Project in Gujarat

Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: Global energy player ENGIE has commissioned a 200 MWac solar project at Raghanesda...

August 19, 2021

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Arjun Joshi

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Renewable Energy
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Daily News Wrap-Up: Over 700,000 Smart Meters to be Installed Across India

Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: The Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy, R.K. Singh, replying to a...

July 30, 2021

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Arjun Joshi

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Renewable Energy

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