Govt to auction 23 critical mineral blocks in sixth tranche on Tuesday
 

Silver climbs Rs 300 to hit fresh peak of Rs 1,32,300 per kg; gold retreats from record highs
Silver prices rose by Rs 300 to hit an all-time high of Rs 1,32,300 per kg while gold prices retreated from record levels, dropping by Rs 500, in the national capital on Monday amid firm global trends.

Delhi govt to start clearing Rs 140 crore pending EV subsidies
The wait to avail the Delhi government’s subsidy for electric vehicle (EV) owners is finally nearing an end as the Transport Department plans to start a verification process of the number of applications and clear the backlogs, said a senior transport official.

Ethanol-blended fuel has no impact on vehicles: Hardeep Puri reassures
New Delhi: Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, on Monday said that ethanol-blended petrol does not adversely affect vehicles and dismissed claims of controversy surrounding the government's ethanol blending programme.

Invenia-STL Networks secures ₹360-crore data centre infrastructure contract from PowerGrid Teleservices
 

India's renewable story needs better forecasting, stronger infrastructure
The devastating floods across northern India turned the spotlight on the fact that a surfeit of water is as disastrous as a scarcity of rain. Besides causing collateral damage by contracting India’s power demand in the first quarter of the current financial year (Q1FY26), for the first time since the pandemic, the floods brought to the fore an issue renewable developers, utilities, and policymakers have been grappling with: How to integrate large renewable capacities with India’s coal-fed generation mix amid volatile demand for electricity. 

‘Solar-plus-storage will dominate the energy mix,’ says Vineet Mittal
Avaada Group, which recently opened multiple solar plants in Maharashtra, has also signed a Rs 5,000-crore deal with the Bihar government for 1-gigawatt renewable energy projects. Chairman Vineet Mittal speaks with Raghavendra Kamath about the group’s plans and the recent developments in the renewable energy space. Excerpts:

‘Will invest $11 bn in renewable energy’, Pratik Agarwal, Chairman, Serentica Renewables
Source Credit: The Financial Express (Delhi Print Edition)

Serentica Renewables has just signed binding agreements with Norway-based Statkraft to acquire the latter’s India assets including a 445 MW operational solar plant at Bikaner and 1 GW of development assets across Rajasthan. It aims investments of around $11 billion with a target of achieving over 17 GW green capacity over the next four years, chairman Pratik Agarwal told Arunima Bharadwaj.

NTPC Green Energy arm announces commercial operation of 25 MW capacity in Gujarat
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/renewables/ntpc-green-energy-arm-announces-commercial-operation-of-25-mw-capacity-in-gujarat/articleshow/123903002.cms

Sterlite eyes high yield with 24/7 green power projects
 

KKR-backed Serentica Renewables to buy Statkraft’s Indian solar ops
 

PVV Infra to buy 49% stake in Aqua Dynamics Green Energy
 

NTPC big nuclear bet: Why CMD Gurdeep Singh calls it the key game-changer
NTPC is preparing to expand into nuclear energy through both joint ventures and standalone projects, Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) Gurdeep Singh has said  at per a report by PTI.