Author: Nagaraj
India’s power transmission gap is widening, with the latest official data flagging schedule slippages in 36 critical interstate transmission system (ISTS) lines. The...
Rooftop solar installations under the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana have crossed the four million milestone, according to data from the Ministry of New and Renewable...
India recently rejected a request from China to set up a dispute panel at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to investigate India’s tariffs on imported high-tech goods...
India is in the grip of a sweltering summer, but the electricity grid has managed to meet daytime power demand, which is setting new records. Thanks to coal-based...
The Grid Controller of India (GRID-India) has flagged a sustained frequency oscillation event in the Bhadla-Bikaner-Fatehgarh renewable energy complex in Rajasthan...
India is meeting new energy peaks during the day this summer, but come sundown, power shortages are becoming more frequent. Consider this: On May 19, 2026, at 3.40 PM,...
India has mandated the use of India-made solar cells in solar projects from June 1, 2026, under the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) to boost domestic...
The decks have been cleared for the merger of REC Limited with the Power Finance Corporation (PFC), with the boards of the two government-owned companies approving the...
The Grid Controller of India (GRID India) has suggested to the Central Transmission Utility (CTUIL) that all new battery energy storage systems (BESS) above 50 MW be...
The Supreme Court has ruled that Indian Railways cannot claim the status of a deemed distribution licensee (DDL) under the Electricity Act, holding that its electricity...
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has proposed shortening the scheduling time in the real time market (RTM) in the power exchanges from 75 minutes to...
Renewable energy developers have shown reluctance to move away from the proposed Bikaner V transmission system to evacuate 6 GW of solar power in Rajasthan, even after...
The National Committee on Transmission recently deliberated on the feasibility of battery energy storage systems (BESS) as a non-wire alternative to conventional power...
India’s average solar irradiance ranges from 3.5–5.5 kWh/m²/day across the country, with nearly every state offering significant potential for solar energy generation....
India’s electric vehicle (EV) push is being stymied by a lack of policy coherence, at a time when the need to decarbonize public and individual transport has never been...
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B.S. Nagaraj, Senior Editor at Mercom India














