How AI is optimizing solar plant efficiency
Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the world of solar energy as it allows plants to monitor, learn and adapt in real time. Given enormous data collected from several sensors, smart meters, drones, and even weather stations, AI systems utilize machine machine learning algorithms to optimize performance, predict problems and even detect patterns.
BluPine Energy achieves financial closure of INR 376 crore for 100 MW solar project in Gujarat
BluPine Energy has achieved the financial closure of debt funding worth INR 376 crore for its 100 MW solar power project under development in Gujarat.
BC Jindal Group’s JIRE secures 300 MW solar-BESS order from SJVN
Jindal India Renewable Energy (JIRE) has won a 300 MW solar project coupled with battery energy storage system at a tariff of INR 3.32/kWh.
Acme Solar commissions 52.5 MW of 300 MW Sikar project in Rajasthan
Acme Solar has switched on first-phase 52.5 MW of its 300 MW Sikar PV project in the Bikaner district of Rajasthan.
Reliance Power wins 350 MW solar with 175 MW/700 MWh battery storage in SJVN auction
The latest win positions Reliance Power as India’s largest integrated solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) player with a pipeline of 2.5 GWp solar and more than 2.5 GWh of BESS.
CIL, AM Green enter 4.5 GW renewable power pact
Coal India Ltd (CIL) will develop 2.5–3 GW of solar power capacity and 1.5–2 GW of wind power to supply renewable energy to AM Green’s upcoming green ammonia production facilities.
REC posts highest-ever annual profit of INR 15,713 crore
REC Ltd, a non-banking finance company focused on the power sector, has reported a record net profit of INR 15,713 crore for FY 2024-25, marking a 12% increase from INR 14,019 crore in FY 2023-24. Total income rose by 19% year-on-year to INR 55,980 crore.
GameChange Solar surpasses 3.6 GW of tracker projects across MENA, Central Asia
GameChange Solar has surpassed 3.6 GW of tracker projects—installed and under deployment—across Middle East & North Africa (MENA) and Central Asia.
Scatec starts constructing large-scale solar, battery storage project in Egypt
Work is underway on a 1.1 GW solar project with 100 MW/200 MWh of accompanying battery energy storage in Egypt. The first phase of the project is scheduled for commercial operation during the first half of next year.
India to reach 160 GW of solar module capacity, 120 GW of cells by 2030
A new report by SolarPower Europe, with India-specific projections contributed by the National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI), projects India’s solar module manufacturing capacity to increase significantly from 80 GW in 2025 to 160 GW by 2030. Cell manufacturing capacity is projected to grow from 15 GW to 120 GW.
