MNRE launches second call for proposals to build and upgrade green hydrogen testing infrastructure
India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is seeking proposals from government organizations to create and upgrade testing infrastructure for various components, technologies, and processes used across the green hydrogen value chain. The selected projects will be funded up to 100% of the capital cost for equipment, installation, and commissioning of the equipment.
Australia faces slowdown as investment in solar and wind falls 64% in 2025
Investment in new large-scale solar and wind in Australia fell by 64% year on year in the first half of 2025 as grid bottlenecks, slow planning approvals, higher costs, and social licensing issues took a heavy toll.
Abandoned US nuclear site to host 16,000 MT polysilicon plant
Highland Materials will build a 16,000 metric ton (MT) solar-grade polysilicon plant on a former US nuclear project site, under a long-term lease with Pivotal Manufacturing.
Websol’s new solar cell line to begin production from October
Installation and commissioning of the additional 600 MW solar cell line is nearing completion, with trial production expected in September 2025 and commercial operations anticipated in October 2025.
Sinovoltaics updates financial stability ranking of energy storage manufacturers
The latest financial stability ranking has Tesla, Mustang Battery, and Solid Power holding the top three spots in a report that tracks Altmann-Z scores for 57 manufacturers over the past three years.
The Hydrogen Stream: India’s SECI awards 70,000 MT/year green ammonia at INR 53.05/kg
With this latest award, SECI has allocated a total green ammonia production capacity of 275,000 metric tonnes per annum across four reverse auctions, at prices ranging from INR 51.80 to INR 55.75 per kg.
U-Solar commissions 8.5 MW group captive solar plant for Aster DM Healthcare
U-Solar Clean Energy Solutions has commissioned an 8.5 MW group captive solar power plant for Aster DM Healthcare Ltd.
Insolation Green sets up subsidiary for renewable energy project development
MGVJ Green Infra will provide end-to-end solutions from concept to commissioning for clean energy projects.
NISE launches support program for renewable energy start-ups
Start-ups developing technologies in fields such as solar energy, green hydrogen, energy storage, distributed renewable energy, small hydro, wind, smart grids, and clean mobility will be supported in the development and commercialization of their innovations.
Rajasthan tenders 2 GWh battery storage with viability gap funding support
Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd is accepting bids to set up standalone battery energy storage systems (BESS), connected to the State Transmission Utility (STU), with an aggregate storage capacity of 2,000 MWh (500 MW x 4 hours). The systems will operate on a single-cycle charging/discharging basis.
