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Made-to-Order: The Future of Hybrid Power Projects

India’s renewable energy projects have evolved from standalone solar and wind installations to highly customized hybrid power projects, often incorporating energy...

July 19, 2024

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Renewable Energy
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Solar, Wind Support Thermal in Meeting India’s Unprecedented Power Demand

Solar and wind energy generation has complemented thermal power in meeting India’s unprecedented power demand this summer. Renewables accounted for 15% of total...

June 7, 2024

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B.S. Nagaraj

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Renewable Energy
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Peak Power Demand Touches a Record 246 GW as Northern India Sizzles

On May 29, 2024, when the temperature in India’s capital, New Delhi, touched a scorching 52.3 degrees Celsius, the peak day-time power demand saw a new high at 246.06 GW....

May 30, 2024

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B.S. Nagaraj

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Solar
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Government Goes into Overdrive to Ensure Energy Demand is Met in Summer

Anticipating an energy demand higher than in previous years as temperatures rise across the country, the government is taking measures to ensure zero load shedding in...

April 3, 2024

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B.S. Nagaraj

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Grid

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Market & Policy
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Karnataka to Procure 1.5 GW of Power on Short-term Basis to Meet Shortage

Reeling under an acute power shortage of up to 2,000 MW a day, Karnataka has been monitoring power demand and availability on an hourly basis and preparing to buy power...

October 16, 2023

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B.S. Nagaraj

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Renewable Energy
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BluPine and ACME Winners in RUVNL’s 1.2 GW Solar With Storage Auction

Solarcraft Power (BluPine Energy) and ACME Solar have emerged winners in Rajasthan Urja Vikas Nigam’s (RUVNL) auction to set up 1,200 MW of solar power projects anywhere...

August 9, 2023

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Solar

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Tenders & Auctions
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Daily News Wrap-Up: NTPC’s Module Supply Tender for 1.46 GW of Solar Projects

NTPC Renewable Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NTPC, has invited bids for the supply of solar modules for the Shajapur solar project (458.25 MW), Bhuj solar project...

June 5, 2023

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up

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Other
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India Bets on Renewables to Meet Peak Demand, Will Pause Coal Installations

The Central Electricity Authority’s (CEA) National Electricity Plan (NEP) proposes the development of over 8.68 GW of battery energy storage systems in place of...

June 2, 2023

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Arjun Joshi

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Renewable Energy
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CEA Says India’s Solar Generation Capacity to Surpass Thermal by FY 2030

The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has estimated that India’s solar capacity at 292.6 GW will surpass the thermal generation capacity of 276.5 GW (251.7 GW of...

May 5, 2023

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Arjun Joshi

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Power Ministry’s Planning Led to Highest-Ever Budgetary Allocation: Committee

Allocation in the Union Budget 2023 to the Ministry of Power has increased 29% to over ₹160 billion (~$2 billion), the highest ever for the ministry, the parliamentary...

March 23, 2023

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Sumit Jha

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Markets & Policy

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Tenders & Auctions
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India’s Projected Renewable Capacity During 2027-32 to Cost $153 Billion

The estimated funding requirement for renewable capacity addition in line with Draft National Electricity Plan released by Central Electricity Authority (CEA) will be...

January 17, 2023

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Sumit Jha

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Finance and M&A

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Renewable Energy
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Peak Power Demand Touches All-Time High of 201 GW

The all-India peak power demand touched an all-time high of 201.066 GW on April 26, 2022, surpassing the peak power demand of 200.539 GW met on July 7, 2021. According...

April 27, 2022

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B.S. Nagaraj

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Demand Response

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Grid
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India Likely to Have an Energy Surplus of 5.8% in FY 2019-20: CEA

In its latest load generation balance report (LGBR), the Central Energy Authority (CEA) has projected that India’s anticipated power supply position for the year 2019-20...

December 9, 2019

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Nithin Thomas

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Grid

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Market & Policy
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Southern and Western Regions of India Recorded Zero Power Supply Deficit in Q1: CEA

During the first quarter (Q1) of the financial year (FY) 2019-20, India’s power supply increased slightly with the power deficit declining to 0.4% from the 0.6% recorded...

July 18, 2019

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Pratheeksha

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Mercom Research Focus

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Other
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India’s Peak Power Deficit During FY 2018-19 Was 0.6%

India’s power supply deficit stood at 0.6% during the financial year (FY) 2018-19, just 0.1% down from the figures reported during FY 2017-18. During FY 2018-19, 1,267,...

April 17, 2019

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Pratheeksha

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Mercom Research Focus

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