South Asia
South Asia energy news: India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, covering auctions, solar and wind build-out, storage and grid investment.
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Energy infrastructure in India: the 2026 guide to the world’s biggest tender pipeline
How India’s power system works in 2026: 520 GW installed, record peaks above 270 GW, SECI and state tenders, storage auctions and how to…
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Gujarat floats 1 GW, 4 GWh standalone battery storage tender
India’s storage procurement keeps scaling at state level, and the four-hour duration says evening peak, not frequency response.
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Transformer lead times stretch as global grid build-out competes for supply
Utilities and developers in emerging markets report longer waits for large power transformers as global demand for grid equipment outruns manufacturing capacity, pushing early…
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Offshore pipelines expand along new coastlines
Early-stage seabed leasing is opening in markets that had no offshore programme two years ago.
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Wheeling frameworks unlock private-to-private power sales
New wheeling rules let generators sell directly to large customers over the utility grid, opening a second route to market for renewables and storage…
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Floating solar moves from pilots to hydro-reservoir programmes
Utilities with large hydro reservoirs are scaling floating solar from demonstration arrays to programme-level procurement, using existing grid connections and complementing hydro output.
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Wind repowering enters the conversation in first-generation markets
Early wind farms in emerging markets are approaching mid-life, and owners are weighing repowering with larger turbines against life extension, with grid capacity often…
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Local content rules tighten in renewable procurement
More emerging markets are attaching local manufacturing, assembly and employment requirements to renewable energy tenders, reshaping supply chains and rewarding suppliers who partner with…
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Curtailment risk is now priced into renewables bids
Developers and lenders in grid-constrained emerging markets are modelling curtailment explicitly, and bid prices, contract terms and project designs are changing as a result.
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Coal plant conversion and hybridisation studies proliferate
Utilities and transition-finance programmes are commissioning studies into converting, repurposing or hybridising coal plants, with grid connections and sites often worth more than the…
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