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Germany Adds 16.4 GW of Solar Capacity in 2025

Germany installed nearly 21 GW of renewable energy capacity in 2025, reaching approximately 210 GW in total, a 11% year-over-year (YoY) increase, according to the...

January 8, 2026

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Rakesh Ranjan

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LEAPTING to Supply Module Cleaning Robots for Waaree’s 1 GW Solar Projects

Robotic solar module cleaning equipment supplier LEAPTING has signed an agreement with Waaree Renewables to deploy over 2,000 water-free, fully automatic solar module...

January 8, 2026

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Parth Shukla

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Daily News Wrap-Up: RERC Denies Rebate for Cement Company’s Solar Project

The Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission rejected a petition filed by Shree Cement seeking the grant of a load factor rebate by Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam (JVVNL)...

January 8, 2026

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RERC Denies Load Factor Rebate for Cement Company’s Captive Solar Project

The Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) has rejected a petition filed by Shree Cement seeking the grant of a load factor rebate by Jaipur Vidyut Vitran...

January 7, 2026

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Arjun Joshi

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Funding and M&A Roundup: Okovate Acquires Assets of Fundusol

From: Mercom Capital Group Okovate Sustainable Energy, an agrivoltaic project developer, has announced the acquisition of assets from Fundusol, a modeling platform born...

January 7, 2026

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Daily News Wrap-Up: High Land Lease Costs Affect Maharashtra KUSUM Projects

The rapid increase in solar installations under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyaan (PM-KUSUM) in Maharashtra is leading to developers facing...

January 7, 2026

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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European Union’s CBAM Puts a Carbon Cost On India’s Exports

The European Union (EU) has begun implementing the definitive phase of its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), a policy that will attach a carbon-linked cost to...

January 7, 2026

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Arjun Joshi

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IEX’s Traded Electricity Volume Up 12% in Q3 FY 2026

The Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) has traded a monthly electricity volume of 34.08 billion units (BU) during the third quarter (Q3) of the financial year (FY) 2026, an 11....

January 7, 2026

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Parth Shukla

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Bondada Engineering Commissions 120 MW of Solar Projects

Bondada Engineering, a Hyderabad-based engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) company, commissioned 120.46 MW of solar projects in December 2025 for Paradigm...

January 6, 2026

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Juniper Green Raises ₹20 Billion Debt Funding for Renewable Energy Projects

Independent power producer Juniper Green Energy has secured ₹20.39 billion (~$245.7 million) in debt financing from a consortium of domestic and global financial...

January 6, 2026

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Meghana Prasad

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Renewable Energy
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Oriana Power to Raise ₹750 Million Through Issue of Debentures

Oriana Power has approved the issue and allotment of non-convertible debentures (NCD) aggregating to ₹750 million (~$9.04 million). The company will issue 7,500 rated,...

January 6, 2026

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Meghana Prasad

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Finance and M&A

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Renewable Energy
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Pace Digitek’s Subsidiary Secures ₹943 Million BESS Order from BSNL

Lineage Power, a material subsidiary of Pace Digitek, has received a purchase order valued at ₹943.51 million (~$10.46 million) to supply battery modules, racks, and...

January 6, 2026

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Parth Shukla

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Energy Storage

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UPERC Adopts Tariff for 1.5 GW Pumped Hydro Storage Project in Uttar Pradesh

The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) has approved the tariff of ₹7.71 million (~$85,634)/MW/annum for procuring power from 1,500 MW of pumped...

January 6, 2026

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Arjun Joshi

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Daily News Wrap-Up: MERC Allows Rooftop Solar Net Metering with Open Access

The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) directed the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (MSEDCL) to permit net metering for Hatsun Agro...

January 6, 2026

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Mercom Staff

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SECI Floats Tender for Five 160 MVA Power Transformers for Solar Park

The Solar Energy Corporation of India has invited bids for the manufacture and commissioning of five 160 MVA, 220/33-33 kV power transformers at the Radhanesda Ultra...

January 5, 2026

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Melvin Mathew

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Grid

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