September 2025

JSW JFE Electrical Steel awards major contract to John Cockerill India

JSW JFE Electrical Steel Nashik Pvt Ltd, one of India’s first manufacturers of cold rolled grain-oriented electrical steel (CRGO), has awarded John Cockerill India Ltd a prestigious contract for the engineering, design, manufacture, and supply of state-of-the-art tunnel Read more

Revolutionizing switching and protection through semiconductor technology

For the first time ever, we have replaced electromechanical switching with innovative semiconductor technology that has no moving parts, in a practical and cost-effective manner, notes Andreas Matthé.   Read more

Four qualify for HVDC-based interstate power transmission scheme

Four bidders have qualified for opening of initial price bids for what would be India’s third HVDC-based interstate transmission scheme to be awarded under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) framework. Bid process coordinator PFC Consulting Ltd ( Read more

Gautam Solar to build new solar cell plant in Madhya Pradesh with Rs.4,000-crore capex

Gautam Solar Pvt Ltd has announced a investment of Rs.4,000 crore for establishing a new solar cell manufacturing facility in Madhya Pradesh. In a release, Gautam Solar said that the project will be developed on a 54-acre land parcel Read more

ACME Solar places 2-GWh battery energy storage system order

ACME Solar has placed an order of 2 GWh of battery energy storage system (BESS) with leading global energy system supplier - Chuzhou Lishen New Energy Technology Co. Ltd. In a release, ACME Solar said that the order was Read more

Raychem RPG to showcase advanced electrical safety solutions at “OSH India 2025”

Raychem RPG Pvt Ltd will be showcasing a range of advanced electrical safety solutions at the upcoming “OSH India 2025” At the exhibition, Raychem RPG will showcase its Kamfet range of safety products, designed to protect workers against electrical Read more

Adani Power signs agreement for Wangchhu hydropower project in Bhutan

Adani Power and Druk Green Power Corp. Ltd. (DGPC), Bhutan’s state-owned generation utility, on September 6, 2025, signed the Shareholders Agreement (SHA) for setting up the 570-MW Wangchhu hydroelectric project in the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. An in-principle understanding Read more

PGCIL wins Sonbhadra pumped storage ISTS scheme, under TBCB

Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) has emerged as successful bidder for an interstate transmission system (ISTS) scheme for evacuation of pumped storage projects in Uttar Pradesh, under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) modality. In a brief stock Read more

Interstate system scheme planned for hydropower evacuation from Arunachal Pradesh

A new interstate transmission system (ISTS) scheme to facilitate hydropower evacuation from upcoming projects in Arunachal Pradesh has been proposed for development under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) route. The scheme, termed as “NERGS-III Siang Basin,” is expected to Read more

ANDRITZ receives order from Adani Green Energy for 1,800-MW Gandikota PSP

ANDRITZ has received an order from Adani Green Energy Ltd to equip the new Gandikota pumped storage plant (PSP) in the YSR Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh. ANDRITZ, in a release, said that it will supply reversible pump turbines, Read more