Clarion Energy & iTEN Media announce the launch of POWERGEN India 2020 co-located with Indian Utility Week & DISTRIBUTECH India to support Energy Transition in India.

Clarion Events has announced the acquisition of PennWell Corporation, a privately-held events and business-to-business media and marketing services company based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.

Siemens Gamesa strengthens its leadership in India with two new contracts to supply 453 MW to Alfanar

India has emerged as the market leader with the lowest renewable energy cost in Asia Pacific, new research from Wood Mackenzie found.

Narsingh Chaudhary is the new Executive Vice-President of the Asia Power business of Black & Veatch.

The global market for  virtual power plants is expected to be worth $4.5bn by 2024 according to new research.

The global steam turbine market registered a market value of $9.25bn in 2018, primarily driven by growth in China.

In a digital energy space that is getting more crowded by the week, Uniper Technologies likes to think that it has big advantage.

Ansaldo Energia will build and supply the power generation equipment for a 300 MW German  gas-fired facility.

ABB and Hitachi have announced a collaboration to advance Japan’s electricity balancing market system, allowing for market transactions in an increasingly  digital environment.

The government of Islamabad has announced that its $2bn, 1320 MW coal-fired power plant has successfully commenced commercial operations.

The Government of India has approved a proposal to declare the use of tidal and wave to generate electricity as renewable power.

Siemens Gamesa has secured its first order in India to supply energy company Alfanar with 206 2.2-122 wind turbines for two wind farms which will boast a combined capacity of 453MW.

Here are the latest Industry developments taking place in India. 

Total Solar International, a wholly owned Total subsidiary dedicated to utility-scale solar plants, a large-scale solar plant of 52 MWp located in Osato, Miyagi prefecture, Japan.

Energy operator Total has selected Saft to supply its Flex’ion battery systems in their new country headquarters in Singapore’s central business district.

The Asian Development Bank has signed a $37m loan agreement with Da Nhim–Ham Thuan–Da Mi Hydro Power Joint Stock Company for the installation of a 47.5 MW peak floating photovoltaic solar facility.

Carbon Tracker in collaboration with the University of Tokyo and the Carbon Disclosure Project have found Japan’s planned and existing coal capacity could become stranded.

The AES Corporation has received approval by the Government of Vietnam to develop a 2.2 GW combined cycle gas turbine power plant.

Tata Power Solar, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power, has received a Letter of Award from state-owned power generator NTPC to develop a 105 MW floating solar power project worth $49m.

Valmet has been selected to deliver a biomass pre-treatment system to PRAJ Industries for their second-generation bio refinery project currently being developed in India.

A new partnership has been created to install more than 250 million smart electric meters and increase utility revenue by ₹1,104 billion ($15.4 million) across India.

French multinational energy company EDF has completed pilot projects preceding the full rollout of 5 million smart meter projects in Andhra Pradesh and Bihar.

Trilliant and Larsen & Toubro have reached a milestone of the largest AMI deployment in India scaling to more than 5 million meters across Haryana and Uttar Pradesh

In India, the Ministry of State for Power, New and Renewable Energy has announced the installation of 1 million smart LED streetlights

In India, state agency Energy Efficiency Services Limited has signed a 10-year Memorandum of Understanding with government-owned telecommunications firm

Energy company ExxonMobil has signed a Memorandum of Understandings with Indian Institutes of Technology in Madras and Bombay on research and development of lower-emissions energy technologies.

Siemens and Chinese engineering company Harbin Electric International have signed a deal with Pakistan utility K-Electric to build a $650m, 900 MW combined cycle power plant in Karachi.

ACWA Power has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) for a LNG-based power plant and terminal in Bangladesh.

Navigating India's Energy Transition with POWERGEN India, Indian Utility Week and DISTRIBUTECH India.

Renewable integration, e-mobility, and the future of the Indian subcontinent’s energy transition. These were under intense scrutiny of the POWERGEN India and Indian Utility Week Advisory Committee.

The future of the power utility is set to change with number of forces impacting the industry. The sector is transforming to a comprehensive, cheaper and scalable solution.

POWERGEN India spoke with Arun Kumar Mishra, director of India's National Smart Grid Programme Management Unit (NPMU) and his verdict was clear.

India is becoming an increasingly influential driver of trends in the global power sector.

The Indian government has proposed a carbon tax waiver on coal which may pose significant risk to India’s renewable energy sector growth, says GlobalData.

The EQT Infrastructure IV fund and Temasek have announced the establishment of O2 Power, a renewable energy platform in India.

Total is expanding its partnership with Adani Group, India’s largest privately-owned energy and infrastructure conglomerate.

Due to circumstances beyond our control, related to the accessibility of our event venue, we would like to announce that our 2020 event will now officially take place on 23-25 June. 

Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has received a total of 3.5 GW in bids from major firms for the country’s 1.2 GW solar power tender.

The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has launched a tender seeking Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractors for three solar PV projects.

Indian industrial giant Mahindra, and its group entity MRPL have announced the sale of 100% of its stake in three of its solar power subsidiaries.

The Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, Dr Fatih Birol, has urged governments to not lose sight of climate change challenges as they tackle the impact of the coronavirus.

POWERGEN India, Indian Utility Week & DISTRIBUTECH India, originally due to stage on 23-25 June 2020 will now be postponed until January 2021.