Highlights

Sterling and Wilson Renewable Energy has reported EPC order inflows exceeding INR 10,062 crore in FY26, following the award of an 875 MW (AC) solar project in Bikaner, Rajasthan, from Coal India, and a 50 MW (AC) project in Maharashtra from an independent power producer.

Welspun New Energy has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) for a 200 MW solar project paired with a 400 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS).

A new metric for assessing total system costs puts a least-cost mix of offshore wind and solar at about €46 ($54.20)/MWh in a future climate-neutral energy system for Denmark. Researchers tell pv magazine that figure is less than half the equivalent cost of nuclear under the same conditions.

Fraunhofer ISE-led researchers demonstrated zinc-doped tin oxide (ZTO) as an indium-free alternative to indium tin oxide (ITO) for recombination layers in fully textured perovskite–silicon tandem solar cells. ZTO delivers comparable device efficiencies of 27–28% under current-matching conditions, offering a scalable, indium-free pathway for high-performance tandem photovoltaics without efficiency loss.

Emergency Restoration Systems, often referred to as ERS, are gaining importance as a critical part of grid management. These systems are designed to restore transmission lines rapidly after failures caused by natural disasters, technical faults, or external damage. While traditional restoration methods can take days or even weeks, ERS offers a faster and more flexible alternative, helping utilities bring power back online in a much shorter time.

The Competition Commission of India has closed the matter involving Adani Enterprises Ltd, Adani Green Energy Ltd, Azure Power India, and the Solar Energy Corp. of India, finding no prima facie case of anti-competitive conduct in the award of capacity under a manufacturing-linked solar tender floated by SECI in 2019.

Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals has secured a contract worth around INR 71.75 crore from Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd (MSEDCL) for the deployment of 3,540 off-grid solar PV water pumping systems across Maharashtra.

Intertek Group plc (Intertek), a total quality assurance provider to industries worldwide, has acquired the assets of a state-of-the-art solar PV laboratory in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, from Mitsui Chemicals India.

A year-long study in the UK finds vertical bifacial PV systems achieve an up to 26.91% higher output during morning hours compared to traditional tilted PV systems. The vertical bifacial system bettered the tilted system across all four seasons, with average power gains as high as 24.52% during winter.

Ganesh Green Bharat Ltd, an Ahmedabad-based solar PV manufacturer and EPC player, has secured a domestic order valued at over INR 430 crore for the supply of advanced 630 Wp TOPCon n-type bifacial solar PV modules.