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Jakson Group has placed the order for a 600 MW PV production line with Jinchen. The fully automated line will be equipped to produce the latest p-type, n-type, and G-12 solar modules in both mono-facial and bi-facial variants.

India’s solar module manufacturing capacity could reach 110 GW by 2026. It will also have a notable presence in all upstream components of PV manufacturing, such as cells (59 GW), ingots/wafers (56 GW), and polysilicon (38 GW).

Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd (MSEDCL) is accepting bids to develop grid-connected solar power plants in sizes of 0.5 MW to 2 MW on uncultivable land in Maharashtra. It will sign a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the successful bidders.  

NTPC has tendered the bifacial PV module package for the Nokh solar project in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Only domestic manufacturers are eligible to bid. Bidding closes on April 25.   

Waaree Renewable Technologies has secured a 1 MW green hydrogen project on a build-own-operate basis in Maharashtra.

JMK Research analysts expect India to add 14 GW of new utility-scale solar capacity and 2.8 GW of rooftop (onsite) PV in the twelve months ending December 31, 2023.

Chandigarh-based Hartek Solar has secured the EPC and operation and maintenance contract for a 22 MW DC (15 MW AC) floating solar PV power project in Himachal Pradesh.

Developers have until May 10 to submit bids for setting up 2 GW of solar power generation capacity, connected to the interstate transmission system, anywhere in India. The projects are to be developed on a build-own-operate basis.

The Indian multinational EPC solutions provider has secured substation packages for renewable energy parks at Khavda and Kurnool.

SJVN has secured around INR 915 crore ($111.3 million) loan to partly finance its 90 MW Omkareshwar floating solar project in Madhya Pradesh and 100 MW Raghanesda solar project in Gujarat.