India
India's Powergrid banks on asset monetisation to weather order drought
India's Powergrid banks on asset monetisation to weather order drought
The utility is eyeing to execute its $1.39b plan by March 2020.
Land procurement hiccups stall India's renewables projects
Around 60%-70% of the time goes to approvals and procurement.
India's Gujarat to boost renewables capacity to 30GW by 2022
6.9GW will be allotted to wind power.
New tenders to boost India's solar capacity by 28% in 2019
It is expected to add 4.5GW in Q4.
MNRE allows solar developers to install higher capacity than contracted
It aims to cut down occurrences of unregulated installations.
India's coal consumption plunges by 12,500GW in end-October
Its slowing economy is limiting its coal use.
SECI awards 960 MW of solar power projects in India
Renew, Avaada, and UPC Renewables won 300MW each.
India's largest nuclear power plant suffers cyberattack
The malware was identified in NPCIL’s system.
India to build renewable projects along western border
They have identified projects worth 30GW in Gujarat and 25GW in Rajasthan.
Asia Pacific leads solar and hydro tender activity in Q3
The region made up 77.4% of solar power tenders issued during the quarter.
First floating solar project installed at India's Cochin Airport
The project has 450kW capacity.
NTPC launches tender for 1GW of solar capacity in India
Participants must bid for at least 50MW.
BHEL commissions 800MW coal project in Gujarat
Development of the unit required a $506m investment.
India seeks 20GW of nuclear capacity over the next decade
It is cutting down on construction costs and time.
India eyes development of 1GW floating solar plant
The floating solar array would be the world’s largest.
Adani Power commissions 50MW of wind power in Gujarat
It is implementing 725MW of wind projects in the area.
Indian utilities join list of global solar giants
ACME Group and Adani have solar capacities of 2.3GW and 1.94GW respectively.
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