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Pace Digitek secures 115 MWh utility-scale BESS project from BSES Rajdhani Power

Pace Digitek has secured its fifth utility-scale BOO/BOOT energy storage project, expanding its portfolio of long-term contracted assets. The BSES project takes its utility-scale BOO/BOOT portfolio to 3.32 GWh.
Uma Gupta
5 hours ago
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TP Solar produced 1 GW of PV modules and 900 MW cells in Q2 FY27

The solar modules are domestic content requirement (DCR)-compliant and listed under the government’s Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM).
Uma Gupta
11 hours ago
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PM Surya Ghar crosses 60-lakh mark, 2.5 lakh workers trained as rooftop solar drive accelerates

India’s rooftop solar drive has crossed a major milestone, with the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana crossing the 60 lakh household mark recently, taking the flagship residential solar programme to 60 per cent of the Union government’s target of powering one crore homes.
MNRE
12 hours ago
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AuroraCell launches 9.7 kWh sodium-ion chromium oxide residential battery

The 48 V residential energy storage system uses sodium-ion NCO chemistry and offers 9.7 kWh of rated energy. AuroraCell claims a cycle life of 20,000 cycles at 100% depth of discharge and backs the battery with a 20-year warranty.
Emiliano Bellini
12 hours ago
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India’s energy security challenge is no longer about supply, it’s about resilience

As renewable energy capacity grows, variability becomes more important. Storage, flexible generation, stronger transmission networks and responsive grid controls will increasingly determine how reliably power can be delivered while grid stability is maintained.
Yuki Furuya-san, Deputy head of Energy & Sustainability Business at Yokogawa India
13 hours ago
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PM Surya Ghar crosses 60-lakh mark, 2.5 lakh workers trained as rooftop solar drive accelerates

India’s rooftop solar drive has crossed a major milestone, with the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana crossing the 60 lakh household mark recently, taking the flagship residential solar programme to 60 per cent of the Union government’s target of powering one crore homes.
MNRE
12 hours ago
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India’s energy security challenge is no longer about supply, it’s about resilience

As renewable energy capacity grows, variability becomes more important. Storage, flexible generation, stronger transmission networks and responsive grid controls will increasingly determine how reliably power can be delivered while grid stability is maintained.
Yuki Furuya-san, Deputy head of Energy & Sustainability Business at Yokogawa India
13 hours ago
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Sodium-ion batteries: the next frontier or the next risk?

While sodium-ion offers a compelling long-term solution to flattening LFP cost curves and tight supply chains, its lack of field-validated performance data transfers significant technology and bankability risks directly onto developer balance sheets.
Raafe Khan
Oct 05, 2026
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Global polysilicon prices hold steady as China price gains meet buyer resistance

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry.
OPIS
Oct 05, 2026

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TP Solar produced 1 GW of PV modules and 900 MW cells in Q2 FY27

The solar modules are domestic content requirement (DCR)-compliant and listed under the government’s Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM).
Uma Gupta
11 hours ago
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AuroraCell launches 9.7 kWh sodium-ion chromium oxide residential battery

The 48 V residential energy storage system uses sodium-ion NCO chemistry and offers 9.7 kWh of rated energy. AuroraCell claims a cycle life of 20,000 cycles at 100% depth of discharge and backs the battery with a 20-year warranty.
Emiliano Bellini
12 hours ago
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The U.S. market is writing its own sodium-ion spec

Sodium-ion batteries are rapidly transitioning from promising alternative to commercial reality in the U.S. energy storage market, but navigating federal domestic content policies, complex FEOC sourcing rules, and stringent UL 9540A safety testing remains crucial for developers seeking to deploy scalable, bankable projects.
Randy Selesky
Oct 07, 2026
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Smartgrid Analytics reaches 107 GW renewables milestone with Solvyn platform

Smartgrid Analytics develops AI-driven, utility-grade software to manage, optimize and control complex renewable energy assets. Its Solvyn platform combines real-time asset visibility, grid-compliant dispatch and AI-driven intelligence for renewable energy and grid operations.
Uma Gupta
Oct 06, 2026
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Solex secures INR 194.14 crore orders for TOPCon solar modules

The orders cover the supply of TOPCon bifacial glass-to-glass solar PV modules to domestic power-sector companies.
Uma Gupta
Oct 06, 2026
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First Solar sues JA Solar and American Panel Solutions over TOPCon patents

The largest U.S. solar manufacturer has escalated its legal push against imported TOPCon cell technology, filing a patent infringement suit in federal court against China’s JA Solar and Corning subsidiary American Panel Solutions.
Ryan Kennedy
Oct 06, 2026
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Solex Energy secures INR 75.96 crore order for n-type TOPCon solar modules

Solex Energy has secured a work order worth INR 75.96 crore for the supply of n-type TOPCon G12R glass-to-glass solar PV modules rated at 620 Wp.
Uma Gupta
Oct 05, 2026

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PM Surya Ghar crosses 60-lakh mark, 2.5 lakh workers trained as rooftop solar drive accelerates

India’s rooftop solar drive has crossed a major milestone, with the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana crossing the 60 lakh household mark recently, taking the flagship residential solar programme to 60 per cent of the Union government’s target of powering one crore homes.
MNRE
12 hours ago
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India’s energy security challenge is no longer about supply, it’s about resilience

As renewable energy capacity grows, variability becomes more important. Storage, flexible generation, stronger transmission networks and responsive grid controls will increasingly determine how reliably power can be delivered while grid stability is maintained.
Yuki Furuya-san, Deputy head of Energy & Sustainability Business at Yokogawa India
13 hours ago
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Solar and storage accounted for nearly 1 million EU jobs in 2025

Solar and battery storage supported 982,000 jobs in the EU in 2025, with PV accounting for 874,000 positions. Solar employment is expected to decline by 2030 as deployment slows, despite growth in operations, maintenance, manufacturing and recycling jobs.
Pilar Sánchez Molina
14 hours ago
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Collection is the weakest link in India’s battery recycling ecosystem: MiniMines CEO

Anupam Kumar, co-founder and CEO of MiniMines, says battery recycling can help reduce India’s dependence on imports of critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt and nickel. However, he identifies the collection of end-of-life batteries as the biggest bottleneck in India’s battery recycling ecosystem.
Uma Gupta
Oct 07, 2026
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India’s battery energy storage system requirement to rise nearly seven-fold to 236 GWh by FY2031-32: Rubix Data Sciences

BESS project pipeline reaches 176.66 GWh, while Gujarat and Rajasthan account for nearly 88% of installed utility-scale capacity.
Rubix Data Sciences
Oct 07, 2026
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