The Telangana Electricity Regulatory Commission (TGERC) amended the Terms and Conditions of Open Access Regulation, 2024, to clarify the regulatory treatment of energy injected prior to the execution of wheeling agreements and enable renewable energy generators to receive Renewable Energy Certificates for unutilized banked energy. The principal TGERC Terms and Conditions of Open Access Regulation, 2024, were notified on March 18, 2024.

Power Grid Corporation of India (POWERGRID) invited bids to set up a 125 MW/500 MWh state transmission unit-connected standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) for the Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company. The BESS project will receive viability gap funding support through the Power System Development Fund. Bids must be submitted by January 30, 2026. Bids will be opened on the same day.

Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments (REIL) invited bids for the installation of grid-connected rooftop solar systems with a cumulative capacity of 17.5 MW on government buildings across different states and union territories under the Renewable Energy Service Company model. REIL has set a ceiling tariff of ₹4.64 (~$0.051)/kWh for general-category sites and ₹5.15 (~$0.056)/kWh for special-category sites.

Madhya Pradesh Power Management Company invited bids to set up 750 MW/1.5 GWh (two units of 250 MW/500 MWh and two units of 125 MW/250 MWh) of standalone BESS under a build, own, and operate model. The projects will be developed with support from viability gap funding (VGF). The VGF amount eligible for the developer would be limited to ₹1.8 million (~$19,639)/MWh.

Solar module manufacturer ADM Solar Power Infrastructure signed a long-term power purchase agreement with Avener Green to procure 10 MW of solar power in captive mode. The procured solar power will be used to meet the power demand of ADM Solar Power’s module manufacturing facilities in Uttar Pradesh. ADM Solar Power has an 850 MW solar module manufacturing facility in Faridabad and is planning to set up a 1,200 MW integrated solar module and cell manufacturing facility in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.

Independent power producer Juniper Green Energy fully commissioned a merchant BESS with a total capacity of 100 MWh at Bikaner in Rajasthan. The project has been developed through Juniper Green Cosmic, its wholly owned subsidiary. Of the total capacity, 60 MWh was commissioned in December 2025, while the remaining 40 MWh was commissioned on January 23, 2026. The entire project has completed trial operations and has received approval from the Northern Regional Load Dispatch Centre.

Wind turbine manufacturer Suzlon Group secured a 248.85 MW wind turbine generator order from Luxembourg-based steel and mining company ArcelorMittal Group through its Indian renewable energy entity, to decarbonize steel production. The order is part of a 550 MW hybrid energy project in Gujarat. Suzlon will supply 79 of its S144 turbines to ArcelorMittal Nippon’s steel facilities, with each rated at 3.15 MW.

The U.S. Department of Commerce imposed countervailable duties on select crystalline silicon cells, whether or not assembled into modules, imported from China during the review period between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2022. The investigation named three Chinese companies – Yingli Energy (China) Company, Jiangsu Highhope International, and Yangzhou Jinghua New Energy Technology, for which countervailable duties of 117.41% will apply.

NTPC Green Energy, NLC India, and Adani Green Energy cumulatively commissioned 321.6 MW of solar projects in Gujarat and Rajasthan. NTPC Green Energy commissioned 130.47 MW out of the 1,255 MW Khavda-I Solar project in Gujarat under the central public sector undertaking program’s Phase-II of Tranche-III. After the latest commissioning, NTPC Green Energy’s commercial capacity stands at 8478.25 W.

Energy storage solutions provider Meine Electric raised $750,000 (~₹67 million) in a pre-seed funding round from Antler, Rebalance, Venture Catalysts, gradCapital, and AIC-AU Incubation Foundation, as well as angel investors. This funding will be utilized to accelerate Meine’s transition from laboratory-scale prototypes to pilot-ready iron-air battery systems.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy announced $30 million in funding across three programs intended to help the country’s energy consumers reduce electricity costs, develop ultra-high-density energy storage systems for national security technologies, and support energy innovators.