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					</table><p><a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/top-module-mounting-firms-2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Goodluck India, Arctech, and GameChange Solar were the top three module mounting structure suppliers to the Indian solar market in the calendar year 2023.</a> Raydean Industries and Strolar Mounting Systems rounded off the top five, according to Mercom’s recently released report, India Solar Market Leaderboard 2024. The top five companies shipped 67% of the mounting structures used in the country’s solar projects during the year.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/sjvn-subsidiary-invites-bids-solar-modules" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SJVN Green Energy (SGEL), a wholly owned subsidiary of SJVN, has invited bids for the manufacture and supply of solar photovoltaic modules with a capacity of 376.60 MW for</a> the GUVNL (Phase-XIV) solar power project. The last date to submit bids is June 11, 2024. Bids will be opened on the same day. The bidding process will have two stages, with the first involving the submission of techno-commercial bids, followed by a price bid in the second stage. A reverse auction will then determine the successful bidder.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/singareni-collieries-issues-consultancy-solar-project" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Singareni Collieries Company (SCCL), a coal mining company owned by the Government of Telangana and the Government of India, has floated a tender to appoint a project management</a> consultant for a 67.5 MW solar power project. The last date for submission of bids is June 5, 2024. Bids will open on the same day. Bidders must furnish an earnest money deposit of ₹700,000 (~$8,383). They must also pay a transaction fee of 0.03% on their quoted value (on a landed cost basis) plus 18% GST on the transaction fee.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/rajasthan-regulator-approves-mw-solar-project" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) has adopted a tariff of ₹2.64 (~$0.03)/kWh for NLC India’s (NLCIL) 810 MW intrastate-connected solar photovoltaic power</a> project in Rajasthan. The tariff was discovered through tariff-based competitive bidding under the program for flexibility in generating and scheduling thermal / hydropower stations through bundling with renewable energy.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/iex-q4-profits" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) has reported a total income of ₹1.49 billion (~$17.85 million), an increase of 15% year-on-year (YoY) in the fourth quarter of the financial year 2024.</a> The profit after tax (PAT) for the quarter stood at ₹966.86 million (~$11.58 million), a 9% increase YoY. IEX achieved a total trading volume of 30.1 billion units (BU) across all market segments, marking a 15.5% increase from the previous year. The trading volume includes 25.9 BU from the conventional power market, 1 BU from the green market, and 3.25 million Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), equivalent to 3.2 BU. The REC traded volume surged by nearly 98% YoY.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/cerc-draft-deviation-settlement-regulations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has released a draft Deviation Settlement Mechanism (DSM) Regulations 2024 to provide a framework of charges and</a> penalties to treat and settle deviations from scheduled generation or drawal of electricity to ensure grid stability. The charges get progressively steep as the percentage deviation increases from the safe range of 49.90 Hz to 50.05 Hz. They also factor in grid frequency – from paying back at normal rates for moderate deviations to heavy penalties of up to 200% of normal rates for large deviations.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/nextracker-q4-net-income-soars" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Solar tracker firm Nextracker‘s fourth-quarter revenue jumped 42% to $737 million in financial year 2024 from $518 million last year, reflecting robust demand for its products.</a> The demand was driven by 27% growth in the U.S. and 89% growth in the rest of the world. Meanwhile, lower cost of sales and robust sales growth, along with optimized supply chains, helped the California-based company’s net income surge 710% to $223 million from $27.5 million in the prior year quarter.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/enfinity-solar-wind-projects-india" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Enfinity Global, a renewable energy project developer, has announced financing worth $135 million from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to fund the development and</a> construction of 1.2 GW of solar and wind power projects across five states in India. The projects, located in Maharashtra, Delhi, Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh, are in advanced development stages and are projected to be commissioned and connected to the grid between 2025 and 2026.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/coal-india-solar-projects-odisha" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CIL Navikarniya Urja, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Coal India Limited (CIL), has invited bids to commission 20 MW (10 MW x 2) of solar power projects along with the associated transmission</a> system in Jagannath and Lakhanpur, Odisha. Only empanelled engineering, procurement, and construction contractors can participate in this tender. The project should be commissioned within 12 months of receiving the work order. The successful bidder must also provide operation and maintenance services for the project for ten years.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/eos-energy-narrows-cuts-direct-material-cost" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Energy storage solutions provider Eos Energy Enterprises narrowed its first quarter, 2024 net loss by 34.7% to $46.71 from $71.6 million in the same quarter of 2023.</a> Eos’ revenue from its their “Z3” semi-automated manufacturing line amounted to $6.6 million, a 25% YoY decrease, primarily due to the timing of customer revenue recognition. The cost of goods sold reached $28.2 million, up 5% YoY, due to a 28% rise in manufacturing volume. Operating expenses totaled $19.5 million, indicating a 3%YoY decrease compared to the prior year.</p>


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					</table><p>Energy storage solutions provider <a href="https://www.eose.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eos Energy Enterprises</a> recorded a revenue of $684,000 in the third quarter (Q3) of 2023, an 89% year-over-year (YoY) drop from $6.07 million, primarily due to lower sales during the period.</p>
<p>The company’s net income, however, was boosted to $14.93 million profit, a 121% improvement from the $70.72 million of losses reported in Q3 2022. The profits were mainly due to the one-time non-cash accounting adjustments for project commissioning and inventory reserves, which helped reduce $61.80 million from the overall operating expenses and net taxes.</p>
<p>The total operating expenses dropped by 45% YoY from $69.63 million to $38.52 million, driven by a reduction in services.</p>
<p>The cost of goods sold decreased by 57% YoY to $21.3 million on lower sales volume.</p>
<p>In August 2023, Eos Energy also announced the issuance of conditional commitment from the U.S. Department of Energy Loans Program Office for a Title XVII loan of $399 million to support the company’s plans to scale annual production to 8 GWh of storage by 2026.</p>
<p>The company also began commercial production and shipped its first EoS Z3 energy storage systems.</p>
<p>Eos Chief Executive Officer Joe Mastrangelo said, “In just 12 months, we completed the design and developed, manufactured, and shipped our first Eos Z3 cube, incorporating our time-tested 15-year chemistry in a simpler manufacturing process, along with a streamlined energy system configuration. The team is focused on providing stationary storage solutions that are fully manufactured in the United States and provide both the flexibility and safety the market requires.”</p>
<p><strong>First Nine Months </strong></p>
<p>For the first nine months (9M) of 2023, Eos Energy’s revenues dropped to $9.77 million, a 36% YoY drop from $15.26 million.</p>
<p>The net loss for the period also went up 8.7% YoY from $173.2 million to $188.3 million.</p>
<p>The total operating expenses for the period decreased to $120.47 million, a 36% drop from $187.91 million.</p>
<p>The company booked orders of $92.7 million during 9M 2023, increasing the order backlog by 19% YoY to $539 million.</p>
<p>Dominion Energy Virginia also selected Eos Energy to provide longer-duration energy storage for a regional pilot project.</p>
<p>The company has proposed a manufacturing capacity expansion program for the upcoming quarters.</p>
<p>Eos Chief Financial Officer Nathan Kroeker said, “The capacity expansion consists of four state-of-the-art manufacturing lines that would be added over time as supported by customer demand, financial and production forecasts, as well as construction costs. We are currently building out the first line, which we expect to come online in the second quarter of 2024, with additional lines to follow thereafter. Each of the lines are capable and expected to produce over 2 gigawatt hours of storage annually when run at capacity, but we plan to run the first line at 1.25 gigawatt hours annually, which is less than the anticipated nameplate capacity until we implement subassembly automation in the future.”</p>
<p>Eos Energy’s net loss <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/interest-expense-dents-eos-earnings-q2-23" target="_blank" rel="noopener">widened</a> to $131.6 million for Q2 2023 from $56.7 million YoY, mainly due to higher interest and other expenses, even though the cost of goods came down.</p>
<p>According to Mercom Capital Group’s <a href="https://mercomcapital.com/product/9m-q3-2023-funding-ma-report-storage-grid/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">9M and Q3 2023 Funding and M&amp;A Report for Storage and Grid</a>, the global corporate funding in the energy storage sector witnessed a 31% YoY decrease during the 9M 2023, with a total of $15.2 billion raised across 94 deals.</p>


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<p><a href="https://eosenergystorage.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eos Energy Enterprises</a>, a U.S.-based zinc-powered energy storage systems provider, announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary HI-POWER had signed a $25 million equity financing agreement with <a href="https://trincapinvestment.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trinity Capital</a>.</p>
<p>The funding will be utilized to acquire equipment that will expand the production of its proprietary aqueous Znyth® batteries.</p>
<p>The company produces long-duration (3-12 hours) energy storage solutions that provide reliable power to applications across the energy supply chain, including utilities, industrial and commercial sites.</p>
<p>Sagar C. Kundra, Chief Financial Officer of Eos Energy Enterprises, said, &#8220;Securing this equipment financing is a key milestone in our ability to expand our manufacturing capacity and effectively balance our capital allocation strategy. As we continue to ramp up our manufacturing operations, we expect to have even greater visibility into managing our consumers&#8217; commitment and orders backlog and improve our delivery lead times.&#8221;</p>
<p>Ryan Little, Managing Director of Trinity Capital, said, &#8220;We are proud to partner with the team at Eos, whose mission to build a greener planet for future generations is being driven by their breakthrough Znyth® batteries. We see a massive opportunity ahead for Eos, and their innovative and sustainable design is poised to transform multiple verticals.&#8221;</p>
<p>In November 2020, Eos Energy Enterprises <a href="https://mercomindia.com/zinc-battery-eos-lists-nasdaq/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">completed</a> the business combination with a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC), B.Riley Principal Merger Corporation II (BMRG), with a pro forma market capitalization of $500 million. The company went public on the Nasdaq capital market in a rare battery energy storage listing.</p>
<p>According to Mercom&#8217;s <a href="https://mercomcapital.com/product/1h-q2-2021-funding-ma-report-storage-grid-efficiency/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1H and Q2 2021 Funding and M&amp;A Report for Storage, Grid, and Efficiency</a>, in the first half of 2021, battery storage companies raised $9.6 billion in corporate funding from 41 deals compared to $716 million raised in 19 deals in the same period last year. The report said that funding levels had improved every quarter since Q1 2020. Funding activity, however, slumped in Q1 2020 due to the Covid-19 impact.</p>


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