Power

India is keen to increase its ‘hydro power’ investments in Nepal and Bhutan as it looks to increase cross-border electricity trade and energy security with the neighbouring countries.

India is supporting the use of nuclear energy to meet the rising demand and has called for the use of advanced fission reactors, including fast reactors, that reduces radioactive waste.

Power supply-demand project     India and Japan signs a Loan Agreement worth Rs.1,817 crore for the ‘Construction of Turga Pumped Storage (I)’ contributing to the Industrial Development and Living Standard Improvement in the State of West Bengal. The Japanese...

Azure Power has signed a letter of award (LoA) for a 300 MW Interstate Transmission System (ISTS) grid connected solar PV project won in an auction conducted by NTPC Limited.

India-designed Unit 1 of Kaiga nuclear power plant has won appreciation from the World Nuclear Association (WNA) for its continuous operation over three years.

International financiers have boosted Azure Power’s fund raising to US$400 million since 30 June 2018, the largest funding by the solar power group in India.

The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design is awarding its fourth annual Carnot Prize to Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways & Coal and former Minister of Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and...

India’s renewables target of 175-GW capacity (100-GW of solar and 75-GW of wind) by 2022 is an ambitious endeavour. Even with significant cost declines, Wood Mackenzie expects about 76% of the target to be met by 2022 and this would...

ThomasLloyd has acquired a significant stake in the Delhi-based SolarArise India Projects Pvt Ltd. SolarArise currently owns and operates 130 MW of grid-connected solar power projects in India.

Singapore’s Sembcorp Industries has completed the 250-MW SECI 1 wind power project in Tamil Nadu.