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PM Surya Ghar Rooftop Solar Reaches 2.4 Million Homes, Hits 24% of Target

India has installed rooftop solar systems in 2,396,497 residential households under PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana so far, reaching nearly 24% of the 10 million target...

December 8, 2025

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Arjun Joshi

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Rooftop

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Solar
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Daily News Wrap-Up: UP Solar Open Access Gains Pace with Data Centers

Driven by the rapid expansion of data centers in Uttar Pradesh, demand for solar open access in the state is expected to double over the next three years. According to...

December 8, 2025

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Melvin Mathew

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Daily Wrap-up
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MNRE Flags Solar Module Glut, Asks Lenders to Fund Upstream Manufacturing

In a move that could reshape India’s solar manufacturing, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has asked the Department of Financial Services to advise banks,...

December 5, 2025

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Arjun Joshi

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Manufacturing

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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With Sunset Date Looming, PM-KUSUM Meets Only 27% of Target

The government’s ambitious program to solarize the agriculture sector has met only 27.2% of the 34,800 MW target so far, with the deadline less than four months away. As...

December 4, 2025

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Melvin Mathew

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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MNRE Mandates Wind Turbine Prototype Testing in India from 2027

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has amended the standard operating procedure (SOP) for prototype testing under the Approved List of Models and...

December 2, 2025

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Meghana Prasad

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Markets & Policy

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Wind
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MNRE Seeks Comments on Draft to Raise Solar Module Efficiency Threshold

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has invited comments on its draft order for expanding the threshold solar module efficiencies for enlistment in the...

November 28, 2025

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Parth Shukla

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Odisha Updates Rooftop Solar Net-Metering Rules to Allow Hybrid Inverters

The Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) has amended its net metering and bi-directional metering framework for rooftop solar systems, aligning the state...

November 28, 2025

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Arjun Joshi

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Inverters & BOS

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Daily News Wrap-Up: India’s Rooftop Capacity Rose 161% YoY in 9M 2025

India added 4.9 GW of rooftop solar capacity in the first nine months (9M) of the calendar year 2025, compared to 1.9 GW in the previous year, a 161% year-over-year...

November 26, 2025

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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Solar Module Capacity Under ALMM Grows to 121.7 GW

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has expanded the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) by adding 5,255 MW of solar module capacity. The...

November 25, 2025

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Arjun Joshi

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Manufacturing

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Solar
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Pralhad Joshi Launches 240 TPD Biomass Pellet Facility in Haryana

A 240 tons per day (TPD) biomass pellet manufacturing facility in Rewari, Haryana, has been inaugurated by Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi. The...

November 25, 2025

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Meghana Prasad

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Other

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Renewable Energy
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Solar Cell Capacity Under MNRE’s ALMM List-II Rises to 18.5 GW

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued the revised Approved List of Models and Manufacturers List-II for solar cells, raising the cumulative annual...

November 25, 2025

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Melvin Mathew

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Solar Inverters Up to 100 kW Capacity Must Meet BEE’s Efficiency Standards

The Ministry of Power (MoP), in consultation with the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), has mandated that all solar inverters with a rated capacity of up to 100 kW must...

November 14, 2025

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Melvin Mathew

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Inverters & BOS

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Daily News Wrap-Up: RVUNL Announces Winners of Solar Consultancy Auction

WAPCOS and Power and Energy Consultants India won Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam’s (RVUNL) auction for consultancy services for preparing feasibility-cum- detailed...

November 13, 2025

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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MNRE Announces ₹1 Billion for Biomass-to-Green Hydrogen Pilots

Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi announced a ₹1 billion (~$11.3 million) call for proposals for pilot projects to develop technologies for...

November 12, 2025

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Parth Shukla

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Other Energy

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Renewable Energy

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Waste to Energy
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Daily News Wrap-Up: Energy Storage Drew $2.8 Billion in VC Funding in 9M 2025

Corporate funding for energy storage companies came in at $11.2 billion across 85 deals in the first nine months (9M) of 2025, down 36% year-over-year (YoY) from $17.6...

November 5, 2025

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up

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