India

With the new line becoming operational, the company’s total solar module manufacturing capacity has increased to 10.3 GW.

Bondada Engineering Ltd has received a Letter of Award (LoA) from NLC India Renewables Ltd (NIRL) for the balance-of-system (BoS) package for 810 MW of solar power projects in Rajasthan.

The 350 MW solar power project, comprising multiple PV plants of varying capacities across several districts of Rajasthan, will be executed in a staggered manner starting in the first quarter of 2026.

China’s Ministry of Commerce has raised a complaint at the World Trade Organization (WTO) regarding India’s solar subsidies, claiming they give the country’s domestic industry an unfair advantage and harm Chinese interests.

Solar Energy Corp. of India Ltd (SECI), on behalf of GRIDCO, has invited proposals for setting up six grid-connected standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) projects with a cumulative storage capacity of 500 MWh (125 MW x 4 hours) in Odisha.

Coal India Ltd (CIL) has invited bids for setting up a 20 MW (AC) grid-connected floating solar PV power plant at Chilwa Taal in the Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh.

Pahal Solar has signed an agreement with RenewSys for the supply of 500 MW of EPE (EVA–POE–EVA co-extruded film) encapsulants to be used in its solar module manufacturing operations. The deliveries are scheduled to take place between Nov. 2025 and March 2026.

Waaree Solar Americas has entered into a binding term sheet with United Solar Holding Inc. (USH), a Cayman Islands-based company, to invest around $30 million through the subscription of Series B preferred shares. The investment is a strategic move by Waaree to secure a long-term, fully traceable polysilicon supply chain to support its rapidly expanding manufacturing footprint in the U.S. and globally.

Trincomalee Power Co. Ltd (TPCL), a 50:50 joint venture between Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Electricity Board and India’s NTPC Ltd, has invited bids for the EPC package of a 50 MW (AC), Phase I ground-mounted solar project at Sampoor, Sri Lanka, while NTPC Green Energy Ltd. (NGEL) has floated a separate tender for an EPC package with land to develop cumulative 100 MW agri-PV projects across four Indian states.

Solar PV capacity addition is led by Rajasthan, which accounts for 27% (36 GW) of the cumulative installed capacity. Gujarat ranks second with 24.8 GW, followed by Maharashtra with 17.2 GW. Together, these three states account for over 58% of India’s total installed solar capacity.