July 2025

Stonepeak to invest $1.3 billion in Princeton Digital Group

Princeton Digital Group (PDG), Asia Pacific’s leading data center operator, has announced the signing of a definitive agreement with Stonepeak, a leading alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets. The firm will make a preferred equity investment Read more

Polycab India: Wires & Cables record strong performance in Q1FY26

Strong performance in the Wires & Cables business led to a 26 per cent year-on-year increase in overall revenue of Polycab India Ltd during Q1 (April to June) of FY26. The company’s revenues grew by 26 per cent year-on-year Read more

Control system of HVDC link in Maharashtra to be upgraded

A new scheme for upgrading the existing control and protection system of the Chandrapur-Padghe HVDC link in Maharashtra is in the making. Proposed by state transmission utility Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Ltd (MSETCL) and approved by the Maharashtra Read more

Sumitomo Electric named preferred bidder for 525kV HVDC sea link in UK

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd has been named preferred bidder by National Grid Electricity Transmission PLC (NGET) for the Sea Link HVDC cable project, a proposed 138-km connection between Kent and Suffolk in the United Kingdom.   The Sea Link project, Read more

PNC Infratech emerges L1 in NHPC solar-cum-ESS auction

Agra-headquartered PNC Infratech Ltd has emerged as one of the L1 bidders in a tender floated by NHPC Ltd for setting up an ISTS-connected solar power project coupled with energy storage system (ESS). In a stock exchange filing, PNC Read more

GameChange Solar powers India’s first project with First Solar’s new series modules

First Solar’s next-generation Series 7 thin-film modules have been deployed for the first time in India on GameChange Solar’s Genius Tracker™ tracking system. The project, developed by Cleantech Solar and constructed by Jakson Green, is located in Tamil Nadu Read more

Tuticorin Pooling Station augmentation scheme put on hold

A scheme to augment transformation capacity at the Tuticorin-II GIS Pooling Station in Tamil Nadu has been put on hold. In its recent meeting, the National Committee on Transmission (NCT) recommended that the scheme be put Read more

Transmission line addition in Q1FY26 meets barely a fifth of the target

The quantum of transmission line addition in the first quarter (Q1: April to June) of current year FY26 was less than 20 per cent of the planned addition. According to latest statistics released by Central Electricity Authority ( Read more

Hitachi Energy hands over India’s first 400 kV, synthetic ester fluid-filled transformer to PGCIL

Hitachi Energy, on July 15, 2025, flagged off India's first 400kV class, 315 MVA rating, three-phase synthetic ester fluid-filled power transformer for Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL). This occasion marks a significant milestone in Read more

Bajel Projects to invest Rs.170 crore in enhancing galvanization capacity

Bajel Projects Ltd has announced a significant proposed investment of Rs.170 crore to more than double its galvanization capacity at its Ranjangaon facility in Maharashtra.   In a release, Bajel said that this strategic expansion, set to increase output from Read more