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1 week ago | 
mercomindia.com | Tina Freese
With a growing push for renewable energy adoption in India, it is not only commercial and industrial (C&I) units that are turning to solar energy, but also businesses in the agricultural sector. One...
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1 month ago | 
mercomindia.com | Tina Freese
Adopting solar energy can offer critical electricity bill savings for commercial and industrial (C&I) stakeholders. At a recent C&I Clean Energy Meet hosted by Mercom India in Mumbai, industry...
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
mercomindia.com | Tina Freese
The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has stayed the imposition of grid support charges on captive power projects, including rooftop solar projects, that comply with Section 9 of the Electricity Act, 2003, and the Electricity Rules, 2005.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
mercomindia.com | Tina Freese
The Varanasi division (electrical) of the Northeastern Railway has floated four tenders for a cumulative 10.4 MW on-grid rooftop solar systems at multiple buildings in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The tender details are as follows: Tender 1 (2.71 MW) Bids must be submitted by February 3, 2025. Bids will be opened on the same day. Bidders must furnish an earnest money deposit (EMD) of ₹983,500 (~$11,361.47). The project’s expected cost is ₹166.8 million (~$1.93 million).
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
mercomindia.com | Tina Freese
UPERC approves ceiling tariff of ₹2.99 (~$0.034)/kWh for 3.2 GW solar projectFollow Mercom India on WhatsApp for exclusive updates on clean energy news and insights The Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission released draft resource adequacy regulations for the state of Goa and the union territories of Andaman and Nicobar, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Lakshadweep, and Puducherry.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
mercomindia.com | Tina Freese
NTPC has invited bids for procuring 219,000 tons of non-torrefied biomass pellets at its coal-fired thermal power plant in Dadri, Uttar Pradesh. Bids must be submitted by January 28, 2025. Bids will be opened on the same day. Bidders must furnish an Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) of ₹1 million (~$11,536). Micro and small enterprise (MSE) manufacturers having Udyam registration are exempted from paying the EMD.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
mercomindia.com | Tina Freese
Odisha Renewable Energy Development Agency (OREDA) has issued a request for empanelment for the design, engineering, supply, installation, testing, and commissioning of grid-connected rooftop solar systems of up to 10 MW cumulative capacity. Bids must be submitted by January 27, 2025. Bids will be opened on February 1. Bidders must furnish a bid security of ₹300,000 (~$3,468.8) and a processing fee of ₹1,000 (~$11.5). They must also submit a 10% performance bank guarantee.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
mercomindia.com | Tina Freese
The Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission has released draft resource adequacy regulations for the state of Goa and the union territories (UTs) of Andaman and Nicobar, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Lakshadweep, and Puducherry. The regulations aim to enable the implementation of the resource adequacy framework by outlining a mechanism for planning generation and transmission resources to reliably meet the projected demand in compliance with specified reliability standards.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
mercomindia.com | Tina Freese
Government-owned lender Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) has reported a profit after tax of ₹4.25 billion (~$49.52 million) during the third quarter (Q3) of the financial year (FY) 2024-25, reflecting a year-over-year (YoY) growth of 27%. It recorded ₹16.99 billion (~$197.8 million) in revenue from operations, an over 35.5% increase from ₹12.53 billion (~$145.9 million) in the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
mercomindia.com | Tina Freese
The company plans to invest in constructing a GW-level production line by 2030 Japan-based plastics manufacturer Sekisui Chemicals plans to build a manufacturing facility for lightweight and flexible perovskite solar cells utilizing the country’s green innovation fund. The company aims to commercialize the technology in 2025 and invest capital to begin operating a 100 MW manufacturing line in 2027. It also plans to construct a GW-level production line by 2030.
