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Inox Clean Energy on Tuesday said it has completed the acquisition of BlackRock-owned GIP's Vena Energy India Holdings Pte Ltd, Vena Group's India renewable energy platform, for a total transaction value of about Rs 6,000 crore. The transaction represents one of the fastest signing-to-execution deals in the renewable energy sector, having been completed within two months, despite involving multiple stakeholders and financing partners, according to a company statement. The entire transaction value has been secured through internal equity and refinancing, highlighting Inox Clean's strong financing capabilities and ability to execute complex transactions at speed. Vena Energy India's renewable portfolio comprises about 1 GW of operational capacity, 1.7 GW of solar and wind and 1.2 GWh of BESS assets at advanced stages, along with an additional 2.7 GW of solar and wind and 1.3 GWh of BESS development pipeline. Following completion, Inox Clean's operating and near-operational portfolio
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
The renewable energy industry has sought incentives for research and development as well as for the manufacturing of ingots and wafers in the FY27 Union budget, as the sector looks to transition from capacity additions to execution certainty. The industry has also asked for measures to ramp up transmission infrastructure and long-term green finance. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to table the Union Budget for the financial year 2026-27 in Parliament on February 1. Industry stakeholders said sustained growth in renewables would depend on policy clarity, financially sound utilities and bankable power purchase agreements, along with targeted interventions to support distributed solar, storage-linked solutions and hybrid systems. Jakson Group Chairman Sameer Gupta said the FY27 budget offers an opportunity to shift the focus from headline capacity announcements to ensuring execution across the renewable energy ecosystem. A clear policy push towards distributed energy