Installations

Axis Energy, Juniper Green Energy, ReNew and Acme have emerged winners in NTPC’s auction for 1.5 GW of interstate transmission grid connected wind-solar hybrid projects. The average price discovered is INR 3.30 ($0.040)/kWh.

JSW Neo Energy had secured 700 MW solar capacity through tariff-based competitive bid in SECI auction for setting up 1.5 GW of ISTS-connected PV projects.

ACEN, an energy company in the Philippines, has agreed to help US-based BrightNight to develop its 1 GW renewable power portfolio in the Philippines.

SJVN Green Energy Ltd (SGEL) has received the Letter of Intent (LoI) to develop a 500 MW solar project, on a build-own-operate basis, at GIPCL Solar Park in the Khavda region of Gujarat.

Hartek Group has appointed Sanjay Kumar as the new chief executive officer (CEO) for the Power and Infra Renewable Business. Sanjeev Gupta, the previous CEO, has been elevated to Executive Director, Technical. He now joins the Board of Directors.

Maharashtra State Power Generation Co. Ltd. (MSPGCL) has tendered the EPC package with land for 600 MW(AC) of grid-connected ground-mounted solar PV projects.

Presently, the combined solar capacity installed by leading coal companies stands at around 1.7 GW, supplemented by an additional 51 MW from wind mills.

The winning developers will set up renewable energy projects backed with energy storage system to supply firm and dispatchable RE power in a demand-following manner.

Tata Power Solar Systems has commissioned a 100 MW solar PV plant coupled with a 120 MWh utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. The BESS for the project was supplied by Tata AutoComp Systems.

Larsen and Toubro Ltd has emerged as the lowest bidder for the 100 MW floating solar plant to be set up at Getalsud Dam in the Ranchi district.