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The Indian power system is evolving faster than most global peers. Electricity demand is rising. Rooftop solar, electric mobility, and distributed generation are accelerating. The grid, once designed for predictable one-direction flows, is becoming a dynamic, decentralised organism. To manage it, India requires data that is just as distributed as the energy sources feeding the system. This is where decentralised RF mesh networks have begun to play an important role.

Google is set to acquire solar and storage developer Intersect Power, arming itself with the tools to bypass grid bottlenecks and build the projects that will power its AI data centers.

Inox Clean Energy Ltd has raised around INR 3,100 crore through an equity round involving the company and its subsidiary, Inox Solar Ltd. The company said the equity infusion will support its plans to achieve 10 GW of installed IPP capacity and 11 GW of integrated solar module manufacturing capacity by FY28.

L&T Construction has commissioned 185 MW of grid-connected solar capacity coupled with a 254 MWh battery energy storage system at Kajra in Bihar’s Lakhisarai district, marking India’s largest commissioned solar-plus-BESS project to date.

Chinese authorities are planning to implement a series of policy measures to introduce stronger intellectual property protection to the country’s photovoltaic sector. Chinese enterprises are being encouraged to accelerate technological advancements and reserve basic patents for developing technologies.

TP Solar Ltd, the solar manufacturing arm of Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd (TPREL), produced 2.8 GW of solar cells and 2.9 GW of modules during the nine-month period ended Dec. 2025 (9M FY26).

China’s Longi says it will begin mass production of base-metal PV modules in the second quarter of 2026 as rising silver prices intensify pressure to reduce metallization costs.

While 2025 was marked by an unprecedented 102 GWh of energy storage tenders, 2026 will see projects awarded since mid-2023 finally materialize into commissioned assets, in line with typical project timelines of 18–24 months.

Australian researchers have developed a new separation technique that employs the same crushing and flotation principles used in mineral processing to recover more than 97% of silver from end-of-life solar panels.

Delta Electronics India will supply 100 units of its made-in-India 1.1 MW bi-directional power conditioning systems to Prostarm’s battery energy storage projects for power utilities, including Bihar State Power Generation Company Ltd and Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd.