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Larsen & Toubro has received a contract to build a 75MW floating solar plant on the Panchet Dam in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand.

Indian incentives for rooftop solar in its interim budget will offer 10 million homes the opportunity to obtain free solar electricity every month.

The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has given approval to Green Infra Wind Energy to build a 450MW hybrid solar-plus-wind project.

Solar PV accounted for 55.8% of the total power generation capacity added to the Indian grid in 2023, including fossil fuel additions which rose considerably over the year in response to growing electricity demand.

Solarpack has signed a 25-year PPA to sell power generated at its upcoming 410MW Gorbea solar project to SECI.

RENA Technologies has received orders for what it described as “several gigawatts” of solar production capacity in 2023.

India-based renewables developer Avaada Group has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian government of Gujarat to develop 6GW of hybrid solar-wind capacity.

Indian integrated energy company Tata Power Renewable Energy has signed two memoranda of understanding (MOU) with the state government of Tamil Nadu for renewable energy project development and solar manufacturing.

Europe has to find a balance between a rapid need to scale up PV manufacturing capacity and innovation to remain competitive, according to a report from The European Technology & Innovation Platforms for Photovoltaics (ETIP PV).

India installed 12.9GW of renewable energy capacity in 2023, over 10GW of which was solar PV capacity. This represents a 28% decline in PV additions and an 18% drop in overall renewables capacity additions year-on-year.