India’s electric mobility sector is on a steady road to recovery, post a lockdown-induced dip in sales. The sector registered nearly 1.35 lakh EVs in FY21, according to CEEW Centre for Energy Finance’s (CEEW-CEF) electric mobility dashboard. The updated dashboard released on Wednesday highlighted that electric vehicle (EV) registrations formed 0.88 % of all vehicle […]
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NHPC to form joint venture with JKSPDCL to set up 850-MW Ratle hydropower project in J&K
State-owned hydropower giant NHPC will form a joint venture with JKSPDCL, ‘Ratle Hydroelectric Power Corporation Ltd’, to implement a 850-megawatt (MW) hydroelectric project in Chenab river basin. “A promoters agreement has been signed on April 13, 2021, between NHPC Ltd, Jammu & Kashmir State Power Development Corporation Ltd (JKSPDCL) and the Government of Union Territory […]
EDF completes installation of 1 lakh smart meters in India
EDF India announced it has completed the installation of 1 lakh (100,000) smart meters in India under a contract with Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) a joint venture of PSUs under the power ministry. The company marked this as the completion of the first stage of the contract and the beginning of the commercial roll-out […]
L&T starts constructing 300 MW solar plant in Saudi Arabia
The renewables arm of Larsen & Toubro’s power transmission & distribution business has secured the go-ahead to begin constructing the 300MW Jeddah Solar PV Power Plant. The turnkey EPC order has been received from the consortium of Masdar, EDF Renewables and Nesma Company. The project was awarded by Saudi Arabia’s Renewable Energy Project Development Office […]
Amplus solar acquires rooftop projects from Sterling and Wilson
Amplus Solar, a leading distributed solar energy firm, on Tuesday said it has acquired 17 on-site operational rooftop solar projects from Sterling and Wilson with a total capacity of 7.2 megawatt (MW). According to the press release, the projects are spread over Haryana, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Telangana and Karnataka. “The addition of these […]
Rajasthan: Banks’ refusal to fund hits solar scheme for farmers
Centre’s Kusum scheme aimed at helping farmers with extra income from their barren and semi-fertile land through solar projects is facing hurdles from banks who are reluctant to finance the units. Out of the 170 farmers who have signed agreements with discoms to set up solar plants, only around 15 have started working on the […]
Power tariffs rise for consumers in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar
Torrent Power Limited (TPL)’s consumers having electricity consumption of more than 50 units in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar will have to pay more for the electricity they consume during 2021-22. There will, however, be no increase in tariff for consumers of the state-run Uttar Gujarat Vij Company Limited (UGVCL). Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) has approved […]
Niti Aayog launches India Energy Dashboards Version 2.0 focused on data
With an aim to provide single-window access to the energy data for the country, government think tank Niti Aayog on Monday launched India Energy Dashboards (IED) Version 2.0, according to an official statement. While launching the IED, Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar said that it is an endeavour to establish a central energy database […]
Adani Green Energy commissions 50 MW solar power plant at Chitrakoot, U.P.
Adani Solar Energy Chitrakoot One (ASECOL), a subsidiary of Adani Green Energy, commissioned 50 MW solar power plant in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh. The plant has a 25 Years Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation (UPPCL) at Rs. 3.07/kwh. This commissioning takes AGEL’s total operational renewable capacity to 3,520 MW, a step […]
EPC company JMC Projects bags new orders worth Rs 1,262 cr
Kalpataru Power Transmission arm JMC Projects has won new orders worth Rs 1,262 crore. “Kalpataru Power Transmission Projects arm JMC Projects, a civil engineering and EPC company has secured new orders of Rs 1,262 crore (received orders of Rs 431 crore in March 2021 and Rs 831 crore in month of April 2021 till date),” […]
Siemens ties up with Hinduja Group for EV charging infrastructure
Siemens Limited and the Hinduja group’s Switch Mobility Automotive Limited have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to play in the electric commercial vehicles segment. Siemens also said Siemens Financial Services (SFS), the financing arm of Siemens AG, would consider a minority investment in OHM Global Mobility Private Limited, another Hinduja group company. While Switch […]
Saudi Arabia signs agreements for seven new solar projects -SPA
Saudi Arabia has signed power purchase agreements with seven new solar projects that will provide electricity more than 600,000 households, state news agency SPA quoted Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as saying on Thursday. The new projects, in addition to the new Sakaka solar and the Dumat al-Jandal wind projects, will have a more than […]