Renewable Energy

Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds and state-backed companies are unlikely to scale back renewable energy investments in Africa despite disruptions from the Iran war, analysts say, given the strong long-term economic and strategic reasons driving such funding. Investors made wealthy by the Gulf region's abundant oil and gas increasingly are turning to Africa's clean energy sector, attracted by rising electricity demand, rapid urbanization and the continent's growing role in global supply chains tied to critical minerals and manufacturing. A report released last month by the Clean Air Task Force found that more than $101.9 billion had flowed into Africa's renewable energy sector from Gulf countries by end of 2024, led by the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain. Much of the investment has been concentrated in North Africa, Southern Africa and parts of East Africa, while West Africa has attracted relatively limited funding. "Africa remains one of the few ..

Rajasthan has stepped up preparations for peak summer power demand, focusing on supply security, solar capacity and battery energy storage systems

Cricketers Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma announce investment in Hyderabad-based TRUZON Solar, signalling growing interest in India's renewable energy sector

Weak demand and higher renewable generation dragged February spot power prices lower, even as electricity trade volumes jumped to a five-year high, reflecting strong market liquidity

Accelerating power demand, revival of long-term PPAs, stronger plant load factors and attractive valuations are triggering a fresh wave of M&A activity across thermal and renewable assets

Indian Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla said sustainable practices adopted in space offer lessons for North Eastern states like Meghalaya, expanding renewable energy in remote areas. Speaking at the 23rd National Space Science Symposium hosted by North East Space Application Centre (NESAC) at Umiam near here on Thursday, Shukla, the second Indian astronaut, stressed that life aboard the International Space Station depends almost entirely on solar power. "Astronauts reuse critical resources in an extremely limited environment. That discipline shows sustainable practices are attainable and practical for us as well," Shukla, the first Indian to visit the International Space Station in 2025, told students and researchers during an interaction session on Thursday. He commended Meghalaya's efforts to promote clean energy in rural and remote regions where conventional electricity supply remains a challenge. At the symposium, Meghalaya New and Renewable Energy Development Agency .

US plans steep countervailing duties on solar imports from India, prompting module makers to explore alternative markets and new supply chain strategies to mitigate the impact

The minister said the country's module manufacturing capacity stands at 140 GW

At BS Manthan, Pralhad Joshi says India's 500 GW non-fossil target hinges on scaling storage, strengthening domestic manufacturing and ensuring cheaper renewable power

Suzlon appoints Ajay Kapur as Group CEO and elevates J P Chalasani to its new Group Executive Council as the firm pursues its Suzlon 2.0 strategy to become a full-stack renewable energy provider

Cabinet raises Powergrid's equity investment limit to Rs 7,500 crore per subsidiary, enabling greater participation in capital-intensive transmission projects and aiding renewable energy evacuation

GPU-led AI workloads are increasing data centre power use up to tenfold, forcing companies to rethink energy sourcing, efficiency, and long-term renewable power strategies

India's rooftop solar installations have crossed 30 lakh households, with MNRE officials stressing the need for digitised DRE data, real-time monitoring

NTPC says flexible and two-shift operations for renewable integration are causing wear and failures in thermal units, prompting the power ministry to review plant stress and grid needs

Clean Max Enviro IPO will be offered at a price band of ₹1,000 to ₹1,053 per share, with a lot size of 14 shares

Energy minister Pralhad Joshi said AI-based tools will help tackle grid congestion, curtailment and renewable integration as India expands solar, wind and storage capacity

Likely to create $250 bn AI infra ecosystem over a decade

Capacity utilisation at the country's module-assembly plants has shrunk to around 40 per cent from more than 70 per cent in the year through March 2023

Clean Max Enviro aims to raise ₹3,100 crore through a combination of fresh issue of 11.4 million shares worth up to ₹1,200 crore and an OFS of 18 million shares worth up to ₹1,900 crore

The success of artificial intelligence and renewable energy convergence will be when the overall power cost comes down, and industrial competitiveness goes up, a government official said on Monday. India has been significantly adding renewable energy capacity, and the country's total capacity is around 520 GW. Also, there is around 35 GW of distributed renewable energy capacity. JVN Subramanyam, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), said Artificial Intelligence (AI) is going to be a game changer, especially for distributed renewable energy. He was participating in a session on 'Global Mission on AI for Energy Scaling through citizen-centric India Energy Stack' at the AI Impact Summit in the national capital. "I think in the next two to three years' time, success in AI and the renewable energy convergence would be where the overall cost of power to the consumers goes down, our industrial competitiveness goes up, and consumer empowerment becomes prosume