The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has greenlighted Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of six pumped hydro storage projects (PSPs) with a total capacity of 7.5 GW. The...

Iraq and the U.S.  have signed agreements for multiple energy projects with a combined capacity of 24,000 MW in the Middle Eastern country. Iraq’s Ministry of...

Mercom India is hosting the ‘C&I Clean Energy Meet’ for the fourth year in Mumbai on April 17, 2025. The one-day event will be held at Ramada by Wyndham Navi Mumbai,...

Government agencies are exploring the possibility of increasing the frequency of Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) trading sessions on power exchanges. Following an...

Kundan Green Energy, a Kundan Group subsidiary, has acquired a waste-to-energy project of Jabalpur MSW, which has an installed capacity of 11.5 MW. Kundan Green Energy...

India currently has around 824,000 telecom towers and 2.98 million base transceiver stations, which collectively consume approximately 70 TWh/70,000 GWh of energy...

The Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) has achieved the highest-ever electricity traded volume of 121 billion units (BU) in the financial year (FY) 2025, a 19% year-over-year...

Government-owned transmission utility Power Grid Corporation of India (POWERGRID) has announced it would raise up to ₹60 billion (~$720 million) through a private...

The Assam government has proposed adding 11,700 MW of renewable energy capacity by the end of the financial year (FY) 2030. In its Assam Integrated Clean Energy (ICE)...

India installed 3.2 GW of rooftop solar capacity in 2024, an 86% increase from 2023, according to Mercom India Research’s newly released Q4 & Annual 2024 India...

In 2024, India witnessed the second-highest growth in energy demand after China in absolute terms – more than the increase in all advanced economies combined, according...

Numaligarh Refinery (NRL) has invited expressions of interest (EoI) to identify power suppliers for its refinery in Golaghat, Assam. The company is seeking about 100 MW...

Government-owned lender Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) has announced a 27% rise in loan approvals for the financial year (FY) 2025, as per...

The Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission (BERC) has proposed including a new category of distributed renewable energy in its Renewable Power Obligation (RPO) for the...

The Energy Ministry of Tunisia granted licenses to four international firms to build solar projects with a cumulative capacity of 500 MW for 1.2 billion dinars ($386...