2026

PGCIL to upgrade Udumalpet-Madurai transmission line in Tamil Nadu

Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) has planned to upgrade the Udumalpet-Madurai transmission line in Tamil Nadu. The 400kV Udumalpet-Madurai line is currently a single-circuit one and the plan will involve converting the same to a 400kV double-circuit Read more

Power T&D offers significant business opportunity, both in India and abroad: Transrail Lighting

Transrail Lighting Ltd is a fully-integrated engineering-led EPC company capable of delivering end-to-end solutions across the power transmission value chain. Fiscal year FY26 was the best-ever year in the company’s history and it also marked a year of Read more

Offgrid Energy Labs launches UK facility for India-origin ZincGel® storage batteries

Offgrid Energy Labs, an IP-led battery innovation company founded in India, has announced the launch of its first ZincGel® pilot manufacturing facility — an initial 10 MWh demonstration line — in Hook, Hampshire, United Kingdom. The facility will serve Read more

Breakdown-free performance by two EHV lines in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh

Two extra high voltage (EHV) lines supplying electricity to Jabalpur city in Madhya Pradesh have created a record of a continuous breakdown-free performance of 1,500 days, which is over four years. In a release, state transco Madhya Pradesh Power Read more

Diamond Power receives Rs.435-crore cable supply order for data centres

Diamond Power Infrastructure Ltd (DPIL) has announced the winning of an order worth over Rs.435 crore to supply cables for upcoming data centre projects in Hyderabad. In a regulatory filing, said that the order, valued at Rs.435.71 crore (exclusive Read more

ISTS-TBCB market in Q1FY27: Six schemes transferred, PGCIL leads

The first quarter (Q1: April to June) of FY27 saw six ISTS-TBCB schemes formally transferred to their winning developers. PGCIL led the market in terms of both number of schemes and tariff-based market share. According to an exclusive study Read more

Exemption from procurement guidelines granted to four Chinese electrical equipment manufacturers

The Union finance ministry, through its Department of Expenditure, has granted exemptions to four Indian subsidiaries of Chinese electrical equipment manufacturers, with respect to public procurement policies. This exemption was granted in response to a request from the Union Read more

Apraava Energy, DRAIPL eyeing intrastate transmission space

Established players in the interstate transmission system (ISTS) development space – Apraava Energy and Dineshchandra R. Agrawal Infracon Pvt Ltd (DRAIPL) — are now seen expressing interest in the intrastate counterpart. These two entities feature among the shortlisted bidders Read more

Pace Digitek targets 10 GWh BESS manufacturing capacity by Q3FY27

Pace Digitek Ltd, through its subsidiary Lineage Power Pvt Ltd, has announced progress in its Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) manufacturing expansion program, whilst announcing its plans of expanding capacity to 10 GWh by end of Q3FY27.   2.5 GWh Read more

Our objective is to deliver reliable, efficient and sustainable energy solutions: Caparo Power

Established in 2012, Caparo Power Ltd, part of the Caparo Group, has been supplying reliable and affordable electricity from its gas-based group captive power plant in Haryana to marquee industrial consumers. Raman Chopra, CEO & Whole-Time Director, Caparo Read more