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POWERGRID Seeks Bids for 1.07 MW Rooftop Solar at NIT Durgapur

Power Grid Corporation of India (POWERGRID), a public sector enterprise under the Ministry of Power, has announced a tender for a 1.07 MW rooftop solar project at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Durgapur in West Bengal. This initiative forms part of POWERGRID’s corporate social responsibility activities. The deadline for bid submissions is February 13, 2025, with the bids scheduled to be opened on the same day. Participants are required to provide an earnest money deposit of Rs 1.045 million and a performance guarantee amounting to 5 per cent of the contract value, which must rem..

Adani Secures $2.89 Bn Renewable Energy Transmission Project

Adani Energy Solutions (AESL) has secured the Rs 250 billion Bhadla-Fatehpur High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) transmission project from REC Power Development and Consultancy’s (RECPDCL) to evacuate 6 GW of renewable energy. This project is part of a broader initiative aimed at evacuating an additional 20 GW of renewable power from Rajasthan’s renewable energy zones under Phase III Part I. The project was awarded to AESL through the Tariff-Based Competitive Bidding mechanism, marking the first private-sector HVDC project to be granted. RECPDCL acted as the bid process coordinator. The H..

Germany Hits Record with 16.2 GW Solar Capacity Added in 2024

Germany added a remarkable 16,179 MW of new solar capacity in 2024, marking a 7 per cent growth year-over-year, as reported by the Federal Network Agency, Bundesnetzagentur. This addition represented the highest annual solar installations ever recorded in the country. In 2023, Germany had added 14.2 GW of solar capacity, nearly doubling from 7.45 GW in 2022. With this new capacity, Germany's total operational solar capacity reached 99.2 GW, surpassing the target of 88 GW set by the Renewable Energy Sources Act program for the end of 2024. In the fourth quarter of 2024, Germany added 4.2 GW ..