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India’s government has approved the second round of the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme to incentivise domestic solar PV module manufacturing.

Tech major Amazon has expanded its renewables portfolio globally with 71 new projects with a total capacity of 2.7GW.

Private equity firm KKR and Hero Group have invested US$450 million in Indian independent power producer (IPP) Hero Future Energies (HFE) to support its renewables expansion.

Tata Power Solar Systems has received a “letter of award” of INR5.96 billion (US$75 million) from NHDC to set up a 125MWp floating PV project in India.

India-based Serentica Renewables has launched a renewables platform in India with plans to install 1.5GW of solar and wind power.

Renewables developer Amp Energy India has formed a joint venture (JV) with Websol Energy Systems Ltd. for manufacturing up to 1.2GW of monocrystalline PERC solar cells and modules in the north-western Indian state of West Bengal.

State-owned Solar Energy Corporation of India has launched a third tender seeking 2,250MW “round-the-clock” renewables energy in India.

Five of Asia’s biggest economies will exponentially grow their solar capacity in the coming years, according to new analysis from think tank Ember.

Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries has acquired a 79.4% stake in US PV software developer SenseHawk via a US$32 million investment.

Indian state-owned utility SJVN is planning to develop 5GW of solar, including ground-mount and floating PV systems, in the state of Punjab.