POWERGEN India, Indian Utility Week & DISTRIBUTECH India, originally due to stage on 23-25 June 2020 will now be postponed until January 2021.

The Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, Dr Fatih Birol, has urged governments to not lose sight of climate change challenges as they tackle the impact of the coronavirus.

The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has launched a tender seeking Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractors for three solar PV projects.

Indian industrial giant Mahindra, and its group entity MRPL have announced the sale of 100% of its stake in three of its solar power subsidiaries.

GE Renewable Energy has received an order from the EDF-SITAC joint venture to supply and install 112 of its 2.7 MW wind turbines at the 300 MW Sitac Kabini wind farm in Gujarat, India.

Due to circumstances beyond our control, related to the accessibility of our event venue, we would like to announce that our 2020 event will now officially take place on 23-25 June. 

Total is expanding its partnership with Adani Group, India’s largest privately-owned energy and infrastructure conglomerate.

The EQT Infrastructure IV fund and Temasek have announced the establishment of O2 Power, a renewable energy platform in India.

The Indian government has proposed a carbon tax waiver on coal which may pose significant risk to India’s renewable energy sector growth

India is becoming an increasingly influential driver of trends in the global power sector

POWERGEN India spoke with Arun Kumar Mishra, director of India's National Smart Grid Programme Management Unit (NPMU) and his verdict was clear.

The future of the power utility is set to change with number of forces impacting the industry. The sector is transforming to a comprehensive, cheaper and scalable solution.

Renewable integration, e-mobility, and the future of the Indian subcontinent’s energy transition. These were under intense scrutiny of the POWERGEN India and Indian Utility Week Advisory Committee.

In India, state agency Energy Efficiency Services Limited has signed a 10-year Memorandum of Understanding with government-owned telecommunications firm

Energy company ExxonMobil has signed a Memorandum of Understandings with Indian Institutes of Technology in Madras and Bombay on research and development of lower-emissions energy technologies.

Siemens and Chinese engineering company Harbin Electric International have signed a deal with Pakistan utility K-Electric to build a $650m, 900 MW combined cycle power plant in Karachi.

ACWA Power has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) for a LNG-based power plant and terminal in Bangladesh.

Siemens Gamesa has secured its first order in India to supply energy company Alfanar with 206 2.2-122 wind turbines for two wind farms which will boast a combined capacity of 453MW.

Siemens Gamesa strengthens its leadership in India with two new contracts to supply 453 MW to Alfanar

Here are the latest Industry developments taking place in India. 

The Government of India has approved a proposal to declare the use of tidal and wave to generate electricity as renewable power.

India has emerged as the market leader with the lowest renewable energy cost in Asia Pacific, new research from Wood Mackenzie found.

A new partnership has been created to install more than 250 million smart electric meters and increase utility revenue by ₹1,104 billion ($15.4 million) across India.

French multinational energy company EDF has completed pilot projects preceding the full rollout of 5 million smart meter projects in Andhra Pradesh and Bihar.

Trilliant and Larsen & Toubro have reached a milestone of the largest AMI deployment in India scaling to more than 5 million meters across Haryana and Uttar Pradesh

In India, the Ministry of State for Power, New and Renewable Energy has announced the installation of 1 million smart LED streetlights.

Valmet has been selected to deliver a biomass pre-treatment system to PRAJ Industries for their second-generation bio refinery project currently being developed in India.

The AES Corporation has received approval by the Government of Vietnam to develop a 2.2 GW combined cycle gas turbine power plant.

Carbon Tracker in collaboration with the University of Tokyo and the Carbon Disclosure Project have found Japan’s planned and existing coal capacity could become stranded.

The Asian Development Bank has signed a $37m loan agreement with Da Nhim–Ham Thuan–Da Mi Hydro Power Joint Stock Company.

Energy operator Total has selected Saft to supply its Flex’ion battery systems in their new country headquarters in Singapore’s central business district.

Total Solar International, a wholly owned Total subsidiary dedicated to utility-scale solar plantsa large-scale solar plant of 52 MWp located in Osato, Miyagi prefecture, Japan.

Tata Power Solar, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power, has received a Letter of Award from state-owned power generator NTPC to develop a 105 MW floating solar power project worth $49m.