Latest Grid resilience News & Updates

New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) India’s installed renewable energy capacity has increased nearly fourfold, from 76.38 GW in 2014 to 288.58 GW as of June 30, 2026, according to information tabled in Parliament by the government on Tuesday. Solar power leads the country’s renewable energy segment with an installed capacity of 162.15 GW, followed by wind power at 57.44 GW and hydropower at 57.24 GW. The remaining 11.75 GW is accounted for by bio power, Minister of State for New & Renewable Energy…

New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Public sector Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has completed drilling its second geothermal well in Ladakh’s Puga Valley, in a significant step toward developing India’s first pilot geothermal power plant.The upstream oil giant’s research and development arm, ONGC Energy Centre, drilled the well to a depth of 1,000 metres at an altitude of more than 14,000 feet in about a month, improving on the timeline and cost of its first geothermal drilling campaign, accord…

Mumbai, April 14 (IANS) Adani Electricity Mumbai Infrastructure Ltd (AEMIL), a subsidiary of Adani Energy Solutions Ltd (AESL), has commissioned a 1,000 megawatt high-voltage direct current transmission link between Kudus and Aarey in a significant step towards strengthening power infrastructure in Mumbai and the wider Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).The project, comprising a 30-kilometre (km) overhead line and a 50-km underground corridor, has been designed to operate within the constraints of…