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While the Amendment retains core eligibility thresholds for qualifying as a captive generating plant under Rule 3, it provides clarity on several existing interpretational ambiguities to align it with judicial precedents and contemporary corporate structures.

Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Ltd (CMPDI), a subsidiary of Coal India Ltd, has invited bids for setting up a 25 MW AC (35 MW DC) ground-mounted solar power plant on a turnkey basis at the Dugdha-II site of Dugdha Coal Washery, operated by Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL) in Dhanbad, Jharkhand.

Global solar PV continues its rapid growth, reaching around 650 GW in 2025, with record solar irradiation extremes across regions such as East Asia, India, and Latin America. With current production capacity and emerging technologies like perovskite-silicon tandem modules, PV is poised to surpass all other electricity generation technologies combined by the end of the decade.

Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) has commissioned 926 MW of solar and 25 MW of hybrid projects across Gujarat and Rajasthan.

Trust, more than technology or economics, is the real bottleneck in scaling peer-to-peer (P2P) electricity trading. And increasingly, blockchain is being positioned not as a buzzword, but as a structural solution to this problem.

The project will integrate more than 700 MW of solar and wind capacity, supported by over 1,000 MWh of battery energy storage system (BESS), to ensure uninterrupted round-the-clock (RTC) power delivery.

India’s first solar decade was about speed and volume. The next will be about intelligence and performance. High-efficiency modules, bifacial panels, agrivoltaic systems, advanced power electronics, and integrated battery storage are no longer emerging technologies — they are the infrastructure of Solar 2.0.

Designed to support Jindal Stainless’ transition to a cleaner and more resilient energy mix, the 315.6 MW hybrid wind-solar project is being developed by Oyster Renewable with a total investment of over INR 2,000 crore, including a committed investment of INR 132 crore from Jindal Stainless.

Saudi Arabia had a record year for solar deployment last year, taking cumulative capacity past 12.4 GW. GlobalData is forecasting annual deployments to increase in the coming years but notes that they remain behind the pace required to meet the country’s target of 130 GW of renewables by 2030, instead nearing the goal by 2035.

By applying advanced machine learning and data analytics, AI can improve energy efficiency, strengthen grid resilience, and enable more intelligent and effective resource utilisation. Strategies for energy efficiency and innovations in smart grids powered by AI could generate up to $1.3 trillion in economic value by 2030.