India

Epcogen will provide multi-discipline engineering activities for Highview Power’s first large-scale liquid-air energy storage project in Manchester, UK.

Ciel & Terre India and Amplus KN One Power have completed a 4.096 MWp floating solar installation for captive consumption by UltraTech Cement’s Awarpur unit in Maharashtra.

If battery energy storage costs fall 15% every year on an average, it would enable India to potentially limit its coal capacity to the 14th National Electricity Plan projection of 260 GW by 2032, says a new report by global think tank Ember and TERI.

Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) has completed detailed project report for the solar power plants to be installed on the vacant land along the Bundelkhand Expressway.   

Real-time data visibility is the most crucial aspect of modern supply chain management. Companies should utilize Internet of Things (IoT) devices, blockchain technology and cloud-based platforms to monitor their global supply chain networks. This gives key details on inventory levels, manufacturing progress, and shipping schedules.

Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn (Hon Hai Technology Group), which is working on lithium ferro phosphate (LFP) and solidstate batteries, is exploring production of electric vehicles and battery energy storage systems in India.

Avaada Group is also setting up 2.19 GW of pumped storage projects in Sonbhadra and Mirzapur districts, along with around 1 GW of solar power projects in Jalaun, Chitrakoot, and Lalitpur districts of Uttar Pradesh, with an investment of around INR 20,000 crore.

ONGC, India’s largest crude oil and natural gas company, is accepting bids to set up 1 GW of co-located wind-solar hybrid power projects (500 MW solar plus 500 MW wind) for its captive consumption. Bidding closes on Oct. 23.

British International Investment and Norfund will invest in IndiGrid’s three inter-state transmission system projects currently under-construction. These projects are expected to support evacuation of 6 GW of renewable energy in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. Techno will co-develop two of these projects.

Gensol Engineering Ltd, in collaboration with Matrix Gas and Renewables, has emerged as a winner bidder for 237 MW of annual electrolyzer manufacturing capacity under the government’s production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme. With this, it has secured a cumulative 300 MW capacity under the PLI tender launched by Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI), including 63 MW awarded in the first round.