Utility Scale PV

President Droupadi Murmu will today virtually lay the the foundation stone of SJVN’s 1 GW grid-connected solar power project in the Bikaner district.

The energy system in Delhi can transform from being heavily based on coal, biomass for cooking, and fossil gas in 2020 towards completely based on solar PV and renewable energy imports from neighboring states by 2050, as solar PV emerges as the least-cost energy source, according to researchers from LUT University.

The state-owned power producer has commissioned 10 MW of 23 MW Solapur solar project in Maharashtra and 50 MW of 300 MW Nokhra PV park in Rajasthan.

Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd has secured the letter of award to build a 255 MW hybrid (170 MW wind and 85 MW solar) power project in Karnataka. The project will supply power to Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd,

The Indian multinational EPC contractor has secured the power grid and power generation works for the 600 tpd green hydrogen plant being built by NEOM Green Hydrogen Co. in Saudi Arabia.

SJVN Green Energy has tendered the balance-of-system (BoS) package for a 125 MW (AC) solar plant in Bihar. Bidding closes on January 17.

EPC contractor Amara Raja Power Systems has selected Nextracker’s bifacial-optimized solar trackers for NTPC’s Nokh solar project in Rajasthan.

The state-owned power producer has switched on 100 MW out of its 300 MW Nokhra solar PV project in the Bikaner district.

The company’s electricals & electronics division aims to grow its solar EPC business at 30% annually for the next three years. With this growth, it expects the EPC business to touch a size of INR 500-700 crore by the end of FY 2025-26.

NTPC’s 4.75 GW project is part of 30 GW hybrid renewable energy park at Khavda village in the Indian state of Gujarat.