The country installed around 1.12 GW of new PV capacity in January, thus raising its cumulative installed solar power over the 100 GW threshold.

India’s Ministry of Heavy Industries has signed a programme agreement with Reliance New Energy Battery Ltd for 10 GWh capacity under the production-linked incentives (PLI) Scheme for advanced chemistry cells.

Reliance Infrastructure Ltd (RInfra) has announced its plans to set up integrated solar equipment and battery manufacturing units. It has appointed Ivan Saha as chief executive officer (CEO) for the renewable manufacturing business, and Mushtaque Hussain as CEO for battery manufacturing.

India’s Enhanced Innovations has developed the Phloton active cooling vaccine carrier with a 14-hour lithium battery backup and solar charging support.

Following the indictment of its chairman, Gautam Adani, in the United States over bribery allegations, questions are being asked about Adani Group’s ability to raise capital. With the charges related to solar, India’s PV industry has wider concerns. Adani Group refutes the allegations and says it is as robust as ever.

Volks Energie has secured a project from Power Grid Corp. of India Ltd (PGCIL) to deploy Nickel-Cadmium (Ni-Cd) batteries for energy storage.

Researchers recommended that transmission system operators consider adopting grid-forming battery energy storage systems system-wide to improve grid stability and to maximize system hosting capacity for solar and wind generation.

Gujarat State Electricity Corp. Ltd (GSECL) is looking to assess the feasibility of 14,210 MW of pumped storage projects across 16 locations in Gujarat. It has also tendered EPC of 110 MW floating solar in the state.

Sineng Electric supplied 184 units of its 3.3 MW central inverter (EP-3300-HB-UD), delivering a cumulative capacity of 606 MW AC.

WRI India projects that industrial emissions could be reduced by 65% in 2050 with policy-driven interventions compared to a reference scenario without additional policies.

Epsilon Group plans to invest INR 9,000 crore to set up a graphite anode manufacturing plant and INR 6,000 crore for a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode manufacturing plant in Karnataka. In addition, it will invest INR 350 crore to build a battery materials and battery testing R&D and training center in the state.

Scientists in China built a four-terminal perovskite-CIGS tandem solar cell based on a top semi-transparent perovskite device with an efficiency of 21.26% and a high bifaciality factor of 92.2%. They used a solvent-annealing strategy to produce a perovskite film with full coverage, larger grains, superior crystallinity and free of detectable lead iodide impurity.

Avaada Group has collaborated with Switzerland-headquartered ammonia technology specialist Casale to develop a 1,500 tons per day (tpd) green ammonia plant in Gopalpur, Odisha.

Researchers at the University of New South Wales have used a 1 µm copper plating layer on the front silver grid of a TOPCon solar cell to create a protective barrier that reportedly reduces corrosion susceptibility. The cell showed significantly lower contaminant-induced degradation that unprotected reference devices.

Bharat Battery Show, part of the Bharat Mobility Global Expo 2025, saw participation of one hundred startups. Many of these startups are seeking funding from major conglomerates and investment firms.

The solar glass manufacturer said all of its major export markets are showing lower demand due to low level of local manufacturing as cheap modules imported from China dominate the installations.

Aluminum is used in solar panel frames and racking and steel is used in solar ground mounts and trackers.

Radovan Kopecek, an expert on back-contacted (BC) solar cell and module technologies, spoke with pv magazine about BC manufacturing costs, efficiency and technical challenges. He believes that global BC solar module manufacturing capacity could reach 1 TW by 2030, potentially making BC products the industry’s mainstream technology. Kopecek added that 2028 will be a crucial year for its development, as most of the critical patents associated with this module tech will expire.

Premier Energies Photovoltaic has received two domestic orders aggregating to INR 1,234 crore for supply of solar modules.

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry.

NHPC Ltd  has launched a tender for selection of developers to set up standalone battery energy storage systems for an aggregate capacity of 1,000 MWh ((500 MW x 2 hours) under the viability gap funding (VGF) scheme in Andhra Pradesh. Bidding closes on March 17.

The country’s Green Energy Auction (GEA-3) attracted a cumulative 7.5 GW of projects, far surpassing the 4.65 GW installation target.

Waaree Renewable Technologies has received a Letter of Award (LoA) from Continuum Green Energy for engineering, procurement and construction of 40 MWh battery storage in Gujarat. The energy storage will be integrated in Continuum Green Energy’s wind-solar hybrid renewable projects for industrial consumers.

Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd and Oil and Natural Gas Corp have signed an agreement to jointly explore and identify commercial opportunities across various segments of the battery energy storage system (BESS) value chain.

KPIT has signed the technology transfer agreement with Trentar Energy Solutions for commercialization of its sodium-ion battery technology.  Under the agreement, Trentar will build a 3 GWh sodium-ion manufacturing facility with KPIT receiving upfront technology transfer fees and additional royalty fees over eight years.

The PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, the world’s largest domestic rooftop solar initiative, is reshaping India’s energy landscape with a bold vision to supply solar power to one crore households by March 2027.

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry.

Many countries require companies to show that they comply with environmental standards before accepting imports. The EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive sets the strictest recycling and waste disposal requirements, making non-compliance an obstacle to entry into the market. Companies that don’t adhere to these standards could struggle to grow internationally.

With climate change and energy security at the forefront of global concerns, the government has unveiled a series of policy measures and incentives designed to accelerate the adoption of solar power.

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry.