Clean-tech startups are quietly turning India’s air pollution crisis into a renewables opportunity
Startups are rewriting the narrative of India’s environmental challenge by building a bridge between air quality restoration and renewable energy expansion—a synergy that promises to fundamentally reshape how India confronts both crises simultaneously.
SECI tenders balance-of-system package for 700 MW AC solar project in Gujarat
The Solar Energy Corp. of India Ltd. (SECI) has invited bids for the Balance of System (BoS) package for a large-scale solar PV project with a capacity of 700 MW (AC) at Radhanesda in Banaskantha district of Gujarat. The scope covers the execution of the project on a turnkey basis, excluding the supply of PV modules and transformers.
Saudi Arabia reveals qualified bidders for 3.1 GW solar auction
Saudi Power Procurement Co. (SPPC) has announced the qualified developers for the seventh round of Saudi Arabia’s renewable energy tender program, featuring four solar projects with a combined capacity of 3.1 GW.
LEAPTING to deploy 2,000 G1 cleaning robots across Waaree Renewables’ 1.2 GWp solar projects
LEAPTING (Huzhou LEAPTING Technology Co., Ltd.) has secured a major contract with Waaree Renewables to deploy more than 2,000 PV module cleaning robots across three large solar plants in Rajasthan. The projects have a combined installed capacity of around 1.2 GWp and are built on 2P fixed-tilt structures.
TOYO secures US polysilicon to navigate solar trade barriers
TOYO Co. Ltd. has signed a one-year supply contract with a US-based polysilicon producer to source domestically made material for its solar manufacturing plants in Ethiopia and Texas.
Hartek secures INR 353.77 crore solar and battery storage EPC project in Karnataka
Hartek Power has secured an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract worth approximately INR 353.77 crore for a 280 MW AC (410 MWp DC) solar PV power plant integrated with an 80 MW/320 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Karnataka.
The role of domestic manufacturing in India’s power security
India’s power landscape is undergoing a structural inflection point where domestic manufacturing has shifted from a supporting function to a central pillar of national energy security.
India surpasses 144 GW of solar module capacity under ALMM
India’s solar module manufacturing capacity under the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) has crossed 144 GW per annum. Around 81 GW of new capacity was added during calendar year 2025 alone, representing a sharp 99% year-on-year increase compared to around 41 GW added in 2024.
Axis Energy proposes INR 31,750 crore renewable energy investment in Odisha
Axis Energy plans to develop a diversified portfolio of nearly 5 GW of clean energy capacity across wind, solar, agri-photovoltaic (agri-PV), hybrid projects, and battery energy storage systems (BESS) with an investment of INR 31,750 crore.
China connects world’s largest vanadium flow battery project
The GWh-scale long-duration energy storage project is expected to reduce curtailment in Xinjiang, a region of China with high solar and wind generation, and transmission bottlenecks. The flow battery installation is co-located with a PV plant.
