Global and Indian industry players have created an India hydrogen alliance committed to building a hydrogen economy and supply chain in India. NYSE-listed hydrogen solutions provider Chart Industries and India’s Reliance Industries will act as co-leads of the coalition that aims to help develop hydrogen production and storage, industrial and transport use-cases.

The French developer’s Indian arm has commissioned part of its 675 kW AC rooftop solar PV plant at the Goa Institute of Management (GIM) campus in Goa.

The startup has developed an industrial Internet of Things-enabled sensor and analytics solution that allows manufacturing and power industries to track device-level energy wastage in real time. 

Developers now have until April 15 to bid for setting up the capacity on a ‘build-own-operate’ basis. The capacity shall come up in the Uttar Pradesh Solar Park.

The New Delhi-based developer has agreed to sell its 152 MW of solar rooftop portfolio for INR 536.5 crore (US$ 73.5 million) as it focuses on capital discipline and improving shareholder returns.

Bidders have until April 29 to lodge their interest to install and commission a 20 MW ground-mounted solar project for Central Coalfield Limited (CCL). The plant shall come up at CCL’s coal handling and preparation plant in Piparwar village. Solar cells and modules of any origin are allowed for the project.

The digital communication solutions provider, which provides data center services through its arm Nxtra Data, has inched a step closer to meeting the year 2021-22 target by commissioning a 14 MWp captive solar plant in Uttar Pradesh. The plant will supply power to its core and edge data centers in the State.

Domestic bids are invited to install and commission a 1 MW captive rooftop solar plant at the Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur. Operation and maintenance of the plant for ten years also falls under the bidder’s scope. Bidding closes on April 26.

The state-run power producer, which already has a 140 MW solar project operational at Bilhaur in Uttar Pradesh, has announced part commissioning of a second PV project in the town.

Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited has installed a 150 kW/528 kWh battery energy storage system at Ranibagh Substation in New Delhi. The system will support the utility in managing the peak load, voltage regulation, power factor improvement, frequency regulation, and deviation settlement mechanism at the substation level. Besides, it will provide a power backup of 150 kW for 4 hours duration to preferential consumers in case of a grid outage.