On Monday, Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd (TPREL) announced that it has reached a deal with Endurance Technologies Ltd for the construction of a 12.5 MW captive solar facility in Maharashtra. According to a statement from TPREL, it has already signed a Power Delivery Agreement (PDA) in this regard with Endurance Technologies Ltd. The plant…
State-owned Coal India increased its supply of coal to the power sector by 3.4 percent to 294.8 million tonnes in the first six months of the current fiscal, despite record high demand for electricity in the previous two months, the Maharatna business said on Monday. Coal India Ltd (CIL) said in a statement that the…
On Tuesday, Tata Power announced an investment of Rs 13,000 crore for the construction of two pumped hydro storage projects (PSPs) in Maharashtra. The business stated that the two projects will have a combined capacity of 2,800 MW without providing a timetable for the expenditure. A corporate statement defining a PSP stated that during periods…
The National Electricity Plan (NEP) for 2022–2032, with a proposed investment of Rs. 33,60,594 crore, was announced by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) on Wednesday. The plan aims to increase the share of non-fossil fuel capacity to about 70%. “The share of non-fossil based capacity is expected to increase from around 42.5% at present to…
The second round of the production-linked incentive (PLI) plan for the solar industry has awarded contracts to up to 11 businesses, including Reliance, ReNew, Indosol, First Solar, Tata Power Solar, and Avaada, for solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing projects totaling 39,600 MW capacity. The positive tender response is anticipated to support India’s aspirations to establish a…
