Redefining Smart Cities: The transformative role of solar energy in urban grid evolution
The economics of solar have evolved significantly. With declining panel costs and robust government support—through schemes like the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana and PM-KUSUM—solar is now a financially viable solution for municipalities and citizens alike.
InSolare Energy-SCC Infrastructure consortium wins 70,000 MT green ammonia project under SECI’s SIGHT Scheme
With this project addition, InSolare has become the only company in India to secure production-linked incentive (PLI) allocations under the SIGHT Scheme for indigenous electrolyser manufacturing, green hydrogen, and green ammonia production.
MNRE launches second call for proposals to build and upgrade green hydrogen testing infrastructure
India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is seeking proposals from government organizations to create and upgrade testing infrastructure for various components, technologies, and processes used across the green hydrogen value chain. The selected projects will be funded up to 100% of the capital cost for equipment, installation, and commissioning of the equipment.
Sinovoltaics updates financial stability ranking of energy storage manufacturers
The latest financial stability ranking has Tesla, Mustang Battery, and Solid Power holding the top three spots in a report that tracks Altmann-Z scores for 57 manufacturers over the past three years.
The Hydrogen Stream: India’s SECI awards 70,000 MT/year green ammonia at INR 53.05/kg
With this latest award, SECI has allocated a total green ammonia production capacity of 275,000 metric tonnes per annum across four reverse auctions, at prices ranging from INR 51.80 to INR 55.75 per kg.
NISE launches support program for renewable energy start-ups
Start-ups developing technologies in fields such as solar energy, green hydrogen, energy storage, distributed renewable energy, small hydro, wind, smart grids, and clean mobility will be supported in the development and commercialization of their innovations.
“Thermal batteries are a highly viable alternative to lithium-ion-based energy storage”
Jaicky Kumar, co-founder and CEO of Voltanova—a deep-tech firm incubated by the Foundation for Science, Innovation and Development (FSID) at IISc—speaks to pv magazine about Voltanova’s thermal battery system and how it compares to lithium-based energy storage.
NTPC REL wins SECI auction for 70,000 MT/year green ammonia supply
NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd has emerged as the successful bidder in the e-reverse auction conducted by the Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) for the full green ammonia capacity of 70,000 metric tonnes per annum. It secured this capacity at a price of INR 51.80 per kg.
Battery storage operations in India’s power exchanges became profitable for the first time in 2024: Ember
New battery projects commissioned in 2025 could deliver internal rates of return (IRR) of 17% by operating in power exchanges, owing to falling upfront costs and rising revenue potential, says the Ember report.
Is India’s energy storage market headed for oversupply?
A recent report by SBICAPS projects that India will add 30 GW of energy storage capacity (battery storage, pumped storage, etc) through standalone and firm and dispatchable renewable energy (FDRE) projects by June 2027. This would bring the country’s total storage capacity to 36 GW—far exceeding the projected demand of around 24 GW, and possibly leading to oversupply.
