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Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has invested INR 3.6 crore in Hyderabad-based solar EPC company Suntek Energy Systems, acquiring a 2% stake in the firm.

ArcelorMittal has announced three new renewable energy projects in India totaling 1 GW of nominal solar and wind capacity. Upon completion, the projects will double the company’s renewable energy capacity in India to 2 GW and increase its global total to 3.3 GW.

Market pressure in the solar and storage sectors often favors low-cost solutions, but long-term success depends on balancing price, quality, and reliability for assets designed to operate for decades. Numerous examples, from low-grade silicon modules to residential hydrogen and redox flow storage, show how technically ambitious products can fail when costs, complexity, or durability are misjudged.

Bondada Engineering Ltd has received a Letter of Award (LoA) from NLC India Renewables Ltd (NIRL) for the balance-of-system (BoS) package for 810 MW of solar power projects in Rajasthan.

The 350 MW solar power project, comprising multiple PV plants of varying capacities across several districts of Rajasthan, will be executed in a staggered manner starting in the first quarter of 2026.

Coal India Ltd (CIL) has invited bids for setting up a 20 MW (AC) grid-connected floating solar PV power plant at Chilwa Taal in the Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh.

Trincomalee Power Co. Ltd (TPCL), a 50:50 joint venture between Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Electricity Board and India’s NTPC Ltd, has invited bids for the EPC package of a 50 MW (AC), Phase I ground-mounted solar project at Sampoor, Sri Lanka, while NTPC Green Energy Ltd. (NGEL) has floated a separate tender for an EPC package with land to develop cumulative 100 MW agri-PV projects across four Indian states.

Solar PV capacity addition is led by Rajasthan, which accounts for 27% (36 GW) of the cumulative installed capacity. Gujarat ranks second with 24.8 GW, followed by Maharashtra with 17.2 GW. Together, these three states account for over 58% of India’s total installed solar capacity.

The EPC organisations that choose to lead across both the energy transition and digital infrastructure will not simply respond to the coming decades of change, they will shape them.

GEON, part of the 60-year-old Kabra Extrusion Technik Group, has launched GELITHIUM, an all-in-one power backup system that integrates a pure sinewave inverter with an inbuilt lithium-ion battery. GELITHIUM is available in 1,250 VA and 2,500 VA variants, with 12.8V/100Ah and 25.6V/100Ah lithium batteries, respectively.