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Daily News Wrap-Up: MoP Issues Pumped Storage Project Bidding Guidelines

The Ministry of Power has issued tariff-based competitive bidding guidelines to procure stored energy from existing, under-construction, or new pumped storage projects....

February 17, 2025

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Daily News Wrap-Up: PM Surya Ghar Completes One Year

The PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana completed one year of significant progress in promoting rooftop solar adoption nationwide. As of January 27, 2025, 846,000...

February 14, 2025

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Daily News Wrap-Up: India Slaps Anti-Dumping Duties on Solar Glass

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry finalized anti-dumping duties on textured tempered solar glass imports from China and Vietnam. A ministry investigation concluded...

February 13, 2025

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Mercom Staff

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Daily News Wrap-Up: Regulator Approves Kerala’s Power Banking Agreements

The Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission approved multiple energy banking agreements entered by the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) to manage surplus...

February 12, 2025

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Daily News Wrap-Up: BHEL-Hitachi Wins 6 GW Transmission Project

A consortium of Bharat Heavy Electricals and Hitachi Energy India received a letter of intent from Rajasthan Part I Power Transmission to set up high-voltage direct...

February 11, 2025

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Daily News Wrap-Up: Vadodara Invites Bids for 3 MW Solar Rooftop Systems

Vadodara Municipal Corporation invited bids to install 3 MW rooftop solar systems on its buildings. Bids must be submitted by February 24, 2025. Selected bidders must...

February 10, 2025

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Daily News Wrap-Up: CERC Grants ₹20 Million Compensation to Solar Developer

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) declared a hike in Goods and Services Tax (GST) from 5% to 12% to 18% as a change in law event. It allowed Beempow...

February 7, 2025

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Daily News Wrap-Up: India’s Solar Power Generation Up 18% in 2024

India’s solar power generation rose nearly 18% year-over-year (YoY) to 133.8 billion units (BU) in 2024 from 113.4 BU, according to data published by the Central...

February 6, 2025

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Daily News Wrap-Up: APTEL Overturns JSERC’s Order Exempting Steel Firm from RPO

The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity overturned an order passed by the Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Commission (JSERC) granting an exemption from Renewable...

February 5, 2025

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Mercom Staff

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Daily News Wrap-Up: DCR Module Costs, Shortages Hit Solar Programs

The PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana and the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan are the government’s key initiatives to help homeowners and...

February 4, 2025

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Daily News Wrap-Up: Budget 2025 Halves Solar Module Duty to 20%

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman reaffirmed the government’s commitment to strengthening domestic value addition and enhancing India’s manufacturing ecosystem for...

February 3, 2025

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Daily News Wrap-Up: Adyant and UPC Win SJVN’s 600 MW Wind Auction

Adyant Enersol (Datta Infra) and UPC Renewables won SJVN’s auction to set up 600 MW inter-state transmission system-connected wind power projects on a build-own-operate...

January 31, 2025

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Daily News Wrap-Up: Solar Power Reaches 21% in India’s Power Mix

Solar photovoltaic projects comprised 21.2% of India’s total installed power capacity and 46.8% of the total installed renewable capacity at the end of December 2024....

January 30, 2025

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Melvin Mathew

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Daily News Wrap-Up: GEDA Issues Guidelines for Off-Grid Renewable Power Projects

The Gujarat Energy Development Agency issued detailed procedures, guidelines, and terms for establishing off-grid solar, wind, and wind-solar hybrid power projects. The...

January 29, 2025

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Daily News Wrap-Up: Utility-Scale Solar Tenders Up by 39% in 2024

Bid invitations for utility-scale solar projects in calendar year 2024 surpassed annual tender announcements of all previous years. Several entities floated tenders...

January 28, 2025

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