The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has withdrawn from defending the executive order that paused certain tariffs on imported solar components, leaving private industry groups and companies to continue the appeal. The withdrawal increases legal uncertainty over potential retroactive duties tied to imports from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Pace Digitek Ltd has received a Letter of Award (LoA) from Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd (KREDL) to set up a 250 MW solar PV project integrated with a 250 MW/1,100 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at Ryapte in the Pavagada Solar Park, Karnataka.

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.

Advait Greenergy has partnered with electrolyser technology providers Switzerland-based CENMAT and US-based Power to Hydrogen Inc. (P2H2), India-based EPC firm JESCO Projects, and hydrogen storage specialist VJ Industries to support the development of green hydrogen projects in India.

IRENA’s latest report finds that energy use and material intensity across the solar PV manufacturing supply chain will decline through 2030. The analysis also shows Vietnam remains more cost-competitive than India due to lower electricity prices, while high energy and labour costs keep Australia and Germany less competitive.

Bondada Engineering Ltd has commissioned 69.51 MWp of solar power projects for Paradigm IT, Maharashtra State Power Generation Co. Ltd (MAHAGENCO), and NLC India Ltd in January 2026.

Solar solutions provider KLK Ventures has secured a contract to supply more than 2,000 solar water pumps under the Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited (KREDL) program.

Wood Mackenzie ranked NextPower as the world’s top PV tracker manufacturer in the first half of 2025, with companies headquartered in the United States, China and Spain occupying all top 10 positions.

Serentica Renewables has secured 600 MW in the Solar Energy Corp. of India’s (SECI) FDRE VII assured peak power tender, the largest allocation awarded to a single bidder in the auction. 

With the latest addition, ACME Solar’s overall contracted renewable energy portfolio has crossed 8 GW across solar, wind, firm and dispatchable renewable energy (FDRE), round-the-clock (RTC), and hybrid projects.

We are preparing for a future where transformers are dynamic energy hubs, stabilizing a grid that is constantly fluctuating between charging EVs and absorbing solar export.

The role of carbon steel pipes in India’s energy and infrastructure grid will continue to evolve alongside the country’s development priorities. As networks expand and operating conditions become more demanding, value will be defined not by capacity alone, but by lifecycle performance, reliability, and sustainability.

The system operator regularly had to curtail solar generation as an emergency measure to maintain grid security, as other resources were already flexing to their maximum capabilities. Lost solar generation highlights the need for flexibility to grow at pace with solar capacity.

Ahead of the presentation of the Union Budget 2026–27, stakeholders across India’s solar and energy storage ecosystem have urged the government to focus on tax reforms, expansion of production-linked incentive (PLI) schemes with targeted allocations, faster viability gap funding (VGF) disbursements, additional funding for residential rooftop solar, improved access to long-term and affordable green finance, and a stronger push for circular economy initiatives and grid modernisation.

India’s steel sector stands at a decisive moment. As the country pursues industrial growth, it must also demonstrate that development and decarbonisation can move together. The carbon budget framework offers not a constraint, but a compass, guiding industry toward innovation, resilience and global competitiveness.

Jupiter International Ltd has commissioned a 1 GW mono PERC solar cell manufacturing facility at its Baddi site in Himachal Pradesh, increasing its total installed capacity to nearly 2 GW from 959 MW.

The Chinese manufacturer said it developed a new circuit-model–based method to accurately detect hot-spot risks in TOPCon back-contact modules, overcoming limitations of the IEC 61215 approach caused by low shunt resistance. Validated through indoor and outdoor tests, the method predicts temperature rise under shading and reportedly enables faster, more accurate hot-spot risk assessment.

In a perspective paper in Joule, a group of U.S. researchers described technology and supply chain efforts required to reach worldwide annual cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar PV capacity of 100 GW by 2030.

GREW Solar has received Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) approval from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) for 3 GW of G12R solar module manufacturing capacity at its Dudu facility in Rajasthan. The approved capacity comprises bifacial n-type TOPCon modules with efficiencies of up to 23.14%.

Pahal Solar has expanded its solar module manufacturing capacity to 3 GW. The company said the expanded capacity has been included in the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM), and is certified in accordance with BIS 2023 standards.

The multi-project cluster includes the world’s largest single-site electrochemical energy storage facility: the 4 GWh Envision Jingyi Chagan Hada Energy Storage Power Station.

The Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) has concluded its tender for the development of 1.2 GW of renewable energy projects coupled with energy storage systems (ESS), designed to provide 4.8 GWh of assured peak power supply daily (1,200 MW for four hours). The lowest discovered tariff under the auction was INR 6.27/kWh.

The IP66-rated Aura 5000 system features bidirectional inverter functionality and an AC output of up to 2.5 kW.

Indian solar manufacturer Loom Solar has launched a 125 kW/261 kWh CAML battery energy storage system (BESS) for commercial and industrial (C&I) applications. The BESS is scalable up to 1 MWh.

NLC India Ltd has secured a 600 MW solar project coupled with a 300 MW/1,800 MWh energy storage system (ESS) from the Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI). The company said its wholly owned subsidiary, NLC India Renewables Ltd (NIRL), has received a letter of award for the project.

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.

As the country accelerates towards a greener future, the focus is rapidly shifting to financing the entire electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem, spanning charging infrastructure, batteries, fleet operations, and clean energy integration. This transition marks the emergence of EV Financing 2.0: a more holistic approach that goes beyond point-of-sale lending to enable sustainable, scalable, and economically viable green mobility.

Green hydrogen will scale not through isolated technology breakthroughs, but through disciplined engineering execution. Projects that embed electrolysers within robust, flexible, and future-ready Balance-of-Plant architectures will define the next phase of industrial decarbonisation and renewable energy integration worldwide.

The upcoming budget must prioritize in-house technology and equipment development, provide clarity on delayed power purchase agreements (PPAs) and power sale agreements (PSAs), increase budgetary allocation and policy support for Green Energy Corridors, introduce production-linked incentives for battery energy storage system (BESS) manufacturing, establish an Approved List of BESS Integrators (ALBI), lower the cost of capital through priority sector lending, extend ALMM for solar cells, and continue the ISTS waiver, among other measures.

The India–EU free trade agreement is emerging as a platform for climate-trade convergence. The climate dimension is not incidental—it’s already embedded in ongoing India–EU frameworks.