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Led by Solar, Renewables Overtake Thermal in India’s Power Mix

Solar power accounted for 26.5% of India’s total installed power capacity and 52.7% of the total installed renewable energy capacity as of December 2025. Solar...

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CEA Flags Non-Standard Transformer Ratings in State Utility Tenders

The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has directed all state power utilities to strictly follow the ratings prescribed by it while floating tenders for transformers...

January 30, 2026

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B.S. Nagaraj

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CEA Highlights Pumped Storage as Base Load to Address Peak Power Demand

India’s total installed pumped storage project (PSP) capacity is expected to reach approximately 87 GW by 2033-34, according to the Central Electricity Authority’s (CEA)...

January 29, 2026

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Parth Shukla

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Energy Storage

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Top Policies that Shaped the Indian BESS Market in 2025

Battery energy storage system (BESS) adoption is gaining momentum in India as renewable energy deployments accelerate. Storage is increasingly being viewed as a critical...

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Government Pitches Nuclear as 24×7 Clean Power Through SHANTI Act

As India’s economy becomes more digital and electricity demand becomes round-the-clock, policymakers are seeking clean power sources that deliver reliability, not just...

December 22, 2025

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Arjun Joshi

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Other Energy
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CEA Pushes for Localization of Power Transmission and Distribution Components

The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has identified 73 items used in the power transmission and distribution sector to formulate a comprehensive localization strategy...

December 15, 2025

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B.S. Nagaraj

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Market & Policy
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CEA Steps in as Distribution Transformer Failures Hit 1.3 Million a Year

Transmission sector stakeholders have decided to adopt new measures to lower the high failure rate of electricity distribution transformers, achieve uniformity in...

November 28, 2025

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B.S. Nagaraj

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Market & Policy
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Prolonged Monsoons Dampen Solar Power Generation by 11% QoQ in Q3 2025

India generated over 38.3 billion units (BU) of solar power in the third quarter (Q3) of 2025, representing a 20.4% year-over-year (YoY) increase. Solar generation...

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Government Issues Draft Revisions to Captive Power Project Rules

The Ministry of Power has proposed to revise Rule 3 of the Electricity Rules, 2005, setting out the requirements for qualifying a power project as a captive project. The...

October 23, 2025

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Arjun Joshi

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Renewable Energy
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Seventeen Power Transformers Fail in 1H 2025, Many Early in Operation

Transmission utilities have reported 17 cases of failure of power transformers of 220 kV and above voltage between January and June 2025, according to a report by the...

October 10, 2025

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B.S. Nagaraj

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Market & Policy
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Daily News Wrap-Up: Power Ministry Ends URET Mechanism

The Ministry of Power ended the uniform renewable energy tariff (URET) mechanism in response to concerns of renewable energy implementing agencies and developers over...

August 7, 2025

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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Government Exempts Off-Stream Pumped Storage Projects from CEA Concurrence

The Ministry of Power has exempted off-stream closed-loop pumped storage projects (PSP), irrespective of the quantum of capital expenditure, from the requirement of...

August 6, 2025

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B.S. Nagaraj

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Renewable Energy
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CEA Guidelines Propose Weather Stations in Renewable Energy Projects

The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has proposed the installation of one automatic weather station (AWS) for each renewable energy project with a capacity of 50 MW....

July 8, 2025

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Melvin Mathew

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Markets & Policy

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Solar

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Wind
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CEA Issues Draft Safety Guidelines for Battery Energy Storage Systems

The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has issued draft guidelines relating to the safety and electric supply of battery energy storage systems (BESS). Stakeholders can...

June 23, 2025

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Arjun Joshi

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Energy Storage

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Market & Policy
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Utilities Blame High-Intensity Winds for Transmission Tower Failures

Power transmission service providers have identified high wind speeds caused by climate change events as one of the main reasons for recurring transmission tower...

June 17, 2025

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B.S. Nagaraj

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Grid

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