Haryana

The transmission line for evacuating power from a 13 GW renewable energy project in Ladakh will pass through Himachal Pradesh and Punjab up to Kaithal in Haryana, where it will be integrated with the national grid.

Indian Oil Corp. Ltd has invited global bids to set up a water electrolysis-based green hydrogen generation unit on a build-own-operate-transfer (BOOT) basis at its Panipat refinery petrochemical complex.

Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) has launched a tender to select developers for 800 MW of firm and dispatchable power from renewable power projects with energy storage systems. Bidding closes on Sept. 29.

Servotech Power Systems has launched Techbec Green Energy to produce EV charger components and lithium-ion batteries. The new unit will have a 40,000 sq.ft. manufacturing facility in Haryana.

The company’s manufacturing plant in Haryana will produce proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzers based on the technology from its Spanish parent firm H2B2 Electrolysis. The plant will start production by October.

Indian Railways plans to run 35 hydrogen trains on various heritage and hill routes in India.

Maruti Suzuki India has started building a new 20 MWp solar plant at its Manesar factory and a 1.85 MWp capacity at R&D Centre, Rohtak. 

Kunwer Sachdev, the founder of Su-kam brand inverters in India, has converted his farmhouse in Gurugram into an R&D and manufacturing facility for new-age solar and lithium battery storage products under his new venture Su-vastika Systems. He speaks to pv magazine about their offerings including mobile energy storage, lithium battery tester, solar inverters, and more.  

Solar power generators have until May 24 to bid for supplying the power from their proposed or under-construction PV projects under a 25-year PPA. 

Jindal Stainless will install 21 MWp and 6 MWp rooftop solar plants at its stainless-steel manufacturing complexes in Odisha and Haryana, respectively.