Ayana Renewable Power Private Ltd on Tuesday announced the acquisition of a 100 per cent equity stake in two First Solar-developed photovoltaic (PV) solar power plants, with a total capacity of 40 megawatts (MW). Terms of the transaction, which was closed on July 24, 2020, were not disclosed.

The country’s second-largest manufacturer of electric power transmission towers and one of the world’s largest power transmission engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies, KEC International Ltd has secured new orders worth Rs 11.92 billion across its various businesses.

With the demand for steel expected to be on the higher side both domestically and globally, it was imperative for India to build and effective mechanism to facilitate capacity addition as well as reduce import dependency for coal, a member of the government think-tank has said.

Raj Kumar Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) dedicated Sembcorp’s state-of-the-art three projects to the nation through video conference.

Dalmia Bharat Group, a leading Indian conglomerate with a strong presence in cement, sugar and refractories, has won an award for environment sustainability at 18th FICCI Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) award ceremony, organised by the industry chamber the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI).

Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command, Vice Admiral Anil Kumar Chawla commissioned a 3 MW solar power plant at Indian Naval Academy (INA), Ezhimala (Kerala) on Wednesday via virtual conferencing.

Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command, Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar e-inaugurated the first 2 MW capacity solar power plant of the Western Naval Command on Tuesday.

Hyderabad-based tech-enabled solar firm Freyr Energy Pvt Ltd, announced the launch of SunPro+ mobile app to make it easier than ever for homeowners and businesses to transition to solar energy.

In an important development that is likely to have long-term ramifications for the world’s fifth-largest economy and the South Asian region, India and the US have announced new areas of research on transformational power generation based on supercritical CO2 (sCO2) power cycles and advanced coal technologies, including carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS).