One of India’s largest private sector power generation companies, Tata Power, looks set to undertake the country’s biggest renewable energy acquisition. According to media reports, Tata Power is set to acquire Welspun Renewables, a subsidiary of the Welspun Group, for a record $1.45 billion. If the transaction goes through, Tata … [continued]
Amidst market rumours of possible a stake sale, Welpsun Renewables announced that it has commissioned its largest wind energy project so far, commissioning a 126 MW wind energy project in the Pratapgarh district of the western state of Rajasthan. According to the company, the project is expected to generate 290 million kWh electricity every … [continued]
By Vineet Mittal, Vice Chairman of Welspun Renewables The renewable energy industry is registering an unprecedented, sharp growth in India. The total renewable energy installed capacity in India at the end of FY 2014–15 stood at 35.77 GW. The Indian government plans to increase this capacity to 175 GW by the … [continued]
Haven’t read enough about the Clean Power Plan? There’s a ton more about it below (has its own section this week), as well as solar energy news, other renewable energy news, coal news (there’s a lot of that this week, too), Clean Power Plan Climate Change And President Obama’s Action … [continued]
A 100 MW solar power plant is to be constructed in the state of Chhattisgarh, India by Welspun Renewables Energy Ltd, which is backed by the textiles-to-infrastructure conglomerate Welspun Group. Welspun, the Wall Street Journal reports, will partly fund it with 10 billion rupees, or $183 million USD. This means that … [continued]
