India

Increased solar deployment and stricter enforcement of renewable purchase obligations across states and industries can help Indian manufacturers get over a volatile period and position themselves to compete better in a global market, according to Bengaluru-based think tank Climate Risk Horizons.

Deep-tech startup Hbaromega has found exceptional compatibility of its advanced light beam induced current (LBIC) characterization technology for back contact (BC) solar cells with encouraging initial results. It said LBIC enables high-resolution analysis of carrier transport and defect localization in BC architectures.

CleanMax, a renewable energy provider for the commercial and industrial (C&I) sector, has reported EBITDA of INR 945 crore for the nine months ending December 2025, up 33% year on year from INR 709 crore in the same period of the previous fiscal. 

Godrej Enterprises Group has reported a project pipeline of INR 2,600 crore for its Energy Solutions business at the close of FY26, spanning transmission infrastructure, railway electrification and renewable energy projects. Supported by rising investments in power infrastructure and clean energy, the business expects to grow by around 15% by FY27.

Union Minister for Steel and Heavy Industries H. D. Kumaraswamy visited AMPIN Energy Transition’s 5 MW ground-mounted solar power plant at the Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) facility in Haridwar.

A rapid increase in capacity addition of renewable energy, especially solar, has heightened the risk of evacuation for surplus power, especially during daytime. This is driving curtailment for projects especially with temporary general network access (TGNA), which faced 80% of the total curtailment in India between April and December 2025.

Advait Greenergy, an arm of Advait Energy Transitions Ltd, has signed multiple Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with industry and academic partners across the hydrogen and renewable energy ecosystem in India.

Sunsure Energy has secured INR 606.22 crore in debt financing from Aseem Infrastructure Finance Ltd and RBL Bank to support over 242 MWp of solar projects across Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.

RenewSys India has started production at its 3 GW AI-powered, fully automated solar module manufacturing facility at IndoSpace Industrial Park in Khopoli industrial city of Maharashtra. The facility will produce TOPCon G12R modules.

The AI revolution has given us the ability to create predictive analyses, autonomy, and resilience in our energy systems. This will allow for the transformation of decentralized and disconnected energy systems into a single integrated network providing flexible, adaptive solutions.