The Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) has directed Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam (HVPNL) to allow a steel manufacturer to draw 100 MW of power from a wind-solar hybrid project, subject to operational safeguards for curtailment and...

Further growth in solar generation without adequate expansion in energy storage will add to grid stress, a working paper released by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) has said. The paper argues that the rapid growth in...

The Mizoram Electricity Regulatory Commission (MZERC) has issued the draft Mizoram Electricity Grid Code, 2026, to govern the planning, connectivity, operation, scheduling, dispatch, protection, and security of the state’s electricity grid....

The Ministry of Finance has issued a notification amending the customs duty exemption applicable to machinery used in lithium-ion cell manufacturing by replacing the existing list of eligible equipment under the 2002 customs notification. The...

Maharashtra’s evolving renewable energy regulations have shifted the commercial and industrial (C&I) solar market from maximizing solar generation to optimizing when and how renewable energy is consumed. Developers say project viability...

The Netherlands has announced the auction winners for the 2025 round of the Stimulering Duurzame Energieproductie (SDE++) program, a government subsidy that offers multi-year financial support to companies working on large-scale energy projects, and...

The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has issued the draft Central Electricity Authority (Technical Standards for Connectivity to the Grid) Regulations, 2026, to strengthen technical requirements for grid connectivity and compliance. The draft...

The State Bank of India (SBI) has proposed that the limit for lending to renewable energy entities under priority sector lending should be increased from ₹350 million (~$3.67 million) to ₹1 billion (~$10.5 million). The public sector lender has also...

The Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation (MKVDC), Pune, has invited expressions of interest (EoIs) for the development of a 59 MW floating solar project with a 29 MW/59 MWh battery storage system at the Ekrukh reservoir in the Solapur...