Renewables’ share in Indian textile industry’s total power consumption rises
The average share of renewable energy in the Indian textile industry’s total energy consumption increased from about 14% in FY2023 to nearly 18% in FY2025, according to a new report from ICRA ESG Ratings Ltd.
Solar surge in Northern India as Cyclone Ditwah cuts irradiance in the south and Sri Lanka
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that November brought above-average solar conditions in northern India and Pakistan, while southeastern India and Sri Lanka faced reduced solar output due to Cyclone Ditwah’s storms and heavy cloud cover. Despite southern disruptions, India’s renewable energy share rose, driven by strong solar generation in the north and overall growth in renewable capacity.
Naxion Energy launches India’s first sodium-ion energy storage systems
Naxion Energy (formerly Sodion Energy) has introduced its sodium-ion–based energy storage systems for the residential and commercial & industrial sectors. The storage systems are available in 3.5 kW, 5 kW, and 10 kW models, and the batteries can be expanded to double the system’s storage capacity.
Brazil to add 11.4 GW of solar in 2025 despite regulatory hurdles
Brazilian photovoltaic association ABSolar says solar capacity additions may fall 24% to 10.6 GW in 2026 from 15 GW in 2024, with regulatory barriers, high capital costs, and restricted self‑generation access slowing investment and reducing jobs.
Smart Joules raises $10 million in Series B funding from Neev II Fund, Waaree Renewable Technologies, and Spectrum Impact
Smart Joules will use the proceeds to expand its energy-efficiency and cooling operations into newer sectors and larger-scale projects, including manufacturing, building automation, and district cooling, while further strengthening the company’s technology, analytics, and on-ground execution capabilities.
The skills gap, not capital, is India’s real green energy bottleneck
The renewable energy sector creates significant employment density—approximately 10 times more workers per MW in solar and 3–4 times more in wind than in conventional power plants. This employment multiplication should be our competitive advantage. However, the skills gap is creating economic inefficiencies that compound across the sector.
Vingroup commits $3 billion for its multi-sector ecosystem in Telangana
Vietnam’s Vingroup has committed an investment of $3 billion to develop a multi-sector ecosystem in the Indian state of Telangana, with a strong focus on electric mobility, renewable energy, and sustainable urban development.
What Delhi’s pollution crisis means for renewable adoption.
India’s renewable capacity target represents necessary but sufficient progress toward climate stabilization. Delhi’s pollution demonstrates that energy supply-side transformation alone cannot deliver intended outcomes. Transport emissions, industrial activity, and residential heating must undergo equal transformation.
India’s green hydrogen future needs demand to keep pace with ambition
If India solves demand creation intelligently, it can become a global price-setter, not just another participant in the hydrogen economy.
Orient Green enters solar power segment with completion of 7 MW PV project
Orient Green Power’s arm Delta Renewable Energy has developed a 7 MW AC solar power project in Tamil Nadu, expanding the company’s renewable energy footprint beyond wind power into the solar energy domain.
