The Chattisgarh-headquartered integrated steel manufacturer will set up a solar power plant of 250 MW capacity in the Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh at a cost of about Rs. 750 crore. The plant is expected to be commissioned by December 2022 and generate 370 million units of electricity per annum.

The central government has approved intra-state transmission works at a revised cost of Rs. 1,309.71 crore to link far-flung villages of Ladakh to the grid. REC Transmission Projects Company Ltd is the implementing agency for executing the transmission works in the Union Territory, while Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd is the project management agency.

The PGCIL board has approved investments totalling Rs. 2,202 crore for various power transmission projects, including transmission system strengthening scheme for evacuation of power from solar energy zones in Rajasthan (8.1 GW) under Phase-II, Part-B1, at an estimated cost of Rs. 1,184.88 crore.

HPL Electric & Power Ltd has bagged two orders worth over Rs. 372 crore for its switchgear, wires and related accessories for housing projects in Andhra Pradesh.

PGCIL has placed new orders worth Rs. 238.65 crore for construction of a power transmission line network and substations in Arunachal Pradesh.

SJVN has bagged a 75 MW grid-connected solar project in Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh. The power generated from the project will be procured by Uttar Pradesh New and Renewal Development Agency (UPNEDA) for 25 years at a quoted tariff of Rs. 2.68/KWh

The company has been awarded a contract for developing 64 MW of rooftop solar power for domestic consumers across all districts of Kerala. The company will implement the projects through KSEBL of 80 MW for individual households with solar capacity ranging from 3kW-10kW and for 20 MW of residential/housing society with projects with solar capacity ranging from 11kW-100kW).

PGCIL has commissioned a transformer at Referral Hospital substation, Nagaland for reliable power supply to the oxygen plant and nearby areas. To reduce instances of power interruptions, the government of Nagaland had urged PGCIL to commission the 10 mega volt amperes (MVA) transformer.

The wholly-owned subsidiary of Ferro Alloys will invest Rs. 135 crore to add one more furnace at its existing facility near Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. The expansion entails adding one more furnace of 36 MVA (with capacity addition of 50,000 MT pa) at its existing facility .