Posts by T&D India

Seven qualify for Velgaon intrastate transmission scheme in Maharashtra

Seven entities have qualified for opening of price bids for an intrastate transmission system (InSTS) scheme in Maharashtra, housed under “Velgaon Power Transmission Ltd.” The scheme is being developed under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) mechanism with REC Power Read more

Tata Power secures its first BESS project, signs BESPA with NHPC

Tata Power, through its subsidiary Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd (TPREL), has signed its first battery energy storage purchase agreement (BESPA). The 12-year agreement was signed with NHPC Ltd for a project secured under NHPC’s BESS Tranche-I tender through Read more

EVERTA announces launch of Made-in-India EV chargers

EV charger manufacturing company, EVERTA, has announced the launch of its high-performance DC chargers. The company aims to accelerate electric vehicle (EV) adoption by delivering faster and more reliable charging infrastructure across the country.   Manufacturing facility EVERTA is establishing a state-of-the-art Read more

Substation capacity addition more than doubles in Q1FY26

The quantum of new substation capacity added during Q1 (April to June) of FY26 was more than twice the comparable level in FY25, official statistics suggest. According to latest statistics released by Central Electricity Authority (CEA), Read more

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