India

Energy Investment

Actis to Acquire Green Energy Projects from ReNew Power in India

UK-based private equity firm Actis has reportedly started talks to acquire more than 550MW capacity of green energy projects from Indian company ReNew Power.

Nuclear Power Plant

Narora Joins Select Club of Indian Nuclear Power Plants

The second 220 MW unit at the Narora Atomic Power Station in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday completed 731 days of continuous safe operation.

Energy Investment

KEPCO KPS to Acquire Manikaran’s Stressed Power Assets in India

Korea Electric Power Corporation KPS has reportedly planned to acquire and operate stressed power plants from Manikaran Power in India.

Hydropower Plant

Nine killed as Fire Breaks Out at India’s Srisailam Hydroelectric Plant

Nine people who were trapped inside the Srisailam hydroelectric plant in Telangana, India, were killed when a fire broke out at the facility late last night.

Energy Storage System

BHEL Wins TERI Order for Battery Energy Storage Systems

The state-owned engineering firm will supply and set up a cumulative 410 kWh of battery energy storage systems in Delhi under UI-ASSIST initiative of TERI.

Solar Power Plant

Indian Solar Projects Hit as Chinese Solar Module Prices Rise for the First Time Since 2017

Prices of Chinese solar modules have increased for the first time since 2017, making Indian developers apprehensive about returns on their projects because they…

Oil & Gas Trade

Middle East Share of India's Oil Imports Hits 2-Year High in July

Middle Eastern oil accounted for 71.5% of India's oil imports in July.

Ultra-high voltage grid

Video: India's Ultra High Voltage DC Power Transmission Project

India is building mega HVDC power transmission lines across the country and upgrading its electric.

India

Indian Energy Exchange To Launch Renewable Energy Trading On August 21

Power regulator Central Electricity Regulatory Commission had given the nod on August 17 to commence green term-ahead market in the country.

Crude Oil

India’s July Crude Imports Fall to Decade Low

India's crude imports hit a decade low in July, falling by a record 36pc or 1.67mn b/d on the year because of a nationwide Covid-19 lockdown and sliding refinin…

Solar Power Plant

SJVNL to Commission 100 MW Solar Plant in Gujarat

Gujarat Urja Nigam Ltd had invited bids for 700 MW capacity. The SJVNL got 100 MW capacity at the rate of Rs 2.80 per unit on the build-own-and-operate basis.

Electricity Transmission

Rapid Renewable Growth Boosts India's Transmission Infrastructure

The country’s green energy sector could add 90GW capacity by end-2025.

Mauritius

Oil Spill in Mauritius Causes Ecological Disaster, France and India Assist

An oil spill from the MV Wakashio, a Japanese ship that struck a coral reef in Mauritius on July 25, has imperiled fish and other marine life around the Indian …

Nuclear Power Plant

Seven Parties Including China, the United States, Russia and India Join Forces to Build a Controllable Nuclear Fusion Reactor

Seven Parties Including China, the United States, Russia and India Join Forces to Build a Controllable Nuclear Fusion Reactor.

Wind Turbine

Siemens Gamesa Bags Order to Supply Turbines for Adani Green Energy’s Rajasthan Project

It has received a firm order from Adani Green Energy for the Fatehgarh, Rajasthan project to install 215 SG 2.2-122 wind turbines, totalling 473 megawatt.