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Blackstone In Talks To Acquire Zelestra’s India Business In $421M Deal

Seeking to expand its renewable energy platform, Blackstone is negotiating the purchase of Zelestra’s Indian portfolio. Blackstone Inc. is in talks to acquire the Indian...

Tata Power Renewable Energy, Suzlon Sign 838 MW Wind Project Deal

Signing a deal with Suzlon for 838 MW projects, Tata Power Renewable Energy advances wind development across India. Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL) has...

KKR-Backed Serentica To Acquire Statkraft’s Indian Solar Business

Outbidding Blackstone, Serentica will purchase Statkraft’s solar assets in India, expanding its renewable energy footprint. Serentica Renewables, backed by US private equity giant KKR, will...

Government To Boost Domestic Production Of Solar Ingots and Wafers

Pushing self-reliance in renewables, India eyes incentives for domestic solar ingot and wafer production, with ALMM inclusion planned. A full ‘Swadeshi’  solar value chain?...

US Warns Of Hidden Radios In Solar-Powered Highway Infrastructure

Highlighting sabotage risks, US transportation advisory warns of undocumented radios in roadside solar equipment. The US government has warned that solar-powered highway infrastructure such as...

Renewable Projects Eye Tariff Revision After GST Cut

Lower GST on renewable energy equipment may trigger tariff revisions for 50 GW projects, easing costs for developers. Around 50 gigawatts of renewable energy projects...

Government May Ease Bank Credit For Renewable Energy Firms

Aiming to accelerate clean energy goals, the government is considering priority bank lending for renewable power developers. Developers of renewable energy projects may soon get...

Adani Group To Invest $60 Billion In Power By FY32

Powering India’s green future, Adani Group announces massive investment in renewable energy, transmission, and distribution by FY32. The Adani Group has announced plans to invest...

Electronics Cheaper, EVs Steady As GST Reforms Roll

From cheaper appliances to clarity for drones, stability for EVs, and a boost for renewables, India’s GST reform reshapes industries and sparks festive-season optimism. The...

Jakson Engineers To Invest ₹80B In Madhya Pradesh Solar Plant

Fueling India’s solar push, Jakson Engineers will pour ₹80 billion into Madhya Pradesh to build an integrated solar plant in two phases, promising massive...

Reliance, Adani Pursue Contrasting Strategies In Green Energy Push

Contrasting approaches define Reliance and Adani in the renewable sector, as both seek dominance in India’s green transition. Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and Adani Group...

India’s Clean Energy Gains 8.46GW Solar In 2Q25

Surging solar, slowing wind, and rising storage shaped India’s renewable push in Q2 2025, as solar installations soared almost 43% QoQ. However, sectoral investments...

Industry's Buzz

Nexperia Partners With Tata Electronics for Semiconductor Manufacturing in India

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The partnership is structured around three key areas: front-end wafer fabrication, back-end assembly and test, and technology and ecosystem development Nexperia and Tata Electronics have...

TANAKA Invests in Clean Planet to Explore Quantum Hydrogen Energy

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The partnership will combine TANAKA’s expertise in precious metal materials with Clean Planet’s QHe technology TANAKA PRECIOUS METAL GROUP has invested in Japan-based Clean Planet...
RIR Power

RIR Power Electronics Advances SiC Semiconductor Manufacturing In Odisha

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RIR Power Electronics has installed SiC epitaxial wafer reactors at its ₹618-crore Odisha facility, taking a key step towards domestic power semiconductor manufacturing. RIR Power...

IIT Bhubaneswar, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad Sign MoU for Semiconductor Research

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The institutes plan to jointly approach external agencies for research funding and provide researchers access to each other’s laboratory facilities. IIT Bhubaneswar and IIT (ISM)...
Infineon Technologies

NIELIT, Infineon Launch Hands-On Semiconductor Manufacturing Centre

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Infineon has equipped NIELIT Ahmedabad’s new semiconductor CoE with eight industry-grade machines to provide hands-on backend manufacturing training as India expands its ATMP and...

Learn From Leaders

Ronak Kumar Samantray, Founder, TM2Space Technologies Pvt Ltd.

“Our goal is to build data centres in space.” – Ronak Kumar Samantray, TM2Space

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A space startup aims to build orbital data centres, letting users run AI models and store data on satellites while also supplying satellite hardware...

India’s Photonics Puzzle Is Finally Coming Together 

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Can India turn its scattered photonics capabilities into a stronger industry? A new association aims to connect the ecosystem and strengthen the domestic value...
Jin Bains, CEO, Mini-Circuits

Mini-Circuits CEO Jin Bains on Navigating High-Frequency Component SWaP-C Constraints, Emerging Markets, and Career...

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In this exclusive, Jin Bains, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mini-Circuits, explains in a conversation with Dilin Anand of EFY about areas of emerging...

India Needs Not a Hundred, But Thousands of Chip Diversified Companies 

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Can India build a semiconductor ecosystem beyond fabs? Indiesemic believes thousands of diversified chip companies are needed to make that possible. India’s semiconductor push is...
L Venkata Subramaniam, CEO, Qbit Force, Andhra Pradesh

“We Aim To Make Quantum Computing More Visible, Understandable, And Open To Build On”...

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From building India’s first open quantum hardware ecosystem to assembling a working quantum computer in just four months, Qbit Force is redefining how deep...

Startups

Venkata Simhadri, Managing Director and CEO of ASIP

“Running A Semiconductor Manufacturing Facility Requires A High Level Of Discipline, Consistency, And Attention”-...

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently laid the foundation stone for ASIP Technologies’ semiconductor facility in Tarluvada, Visakhapatnam. In an interaction with EFY’s Nitisha Dubey,...
Sarah Osentoski is the Chief Technology Officer of Vinci

A Startup Building An AI Copilot For Physics 

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What if engineers could solve complex design problems in minutes instead of hours? An AI startup is building a system that uses physics-based AI...
Ronak Kumar Samantray, Founder, TM2Space Technologies Pvt Ltd.

“Our goal is to build data centres in space.” – Ronak Kumar Samantray, TM2Space

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A space startup aims to build orbital data centres, letting users run AI models and store data on satellites while also supplying satellite hardware...
Manivannan Subramaniam, Director R&D, CIYES Systems

“We Want to Build Globally Competitive Deep-Tech Products from India” –  Manivannan Subramaniam, CIYES...

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Can India build globally competitive deep-tech products? Manivannan Subramaniam of CIYES Systems believes it can. In this interview with EFY's Nitisha Dubey, he discusses...

Raptee.HV, Rajalakshmi Engineering College Launch EV Centre of Excellence

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The facility is among the first initiatives under Raptee.HV Academy Raptee.HV has launched a Centre of Excellence for Electric Mobility at Rajalakshmi Engineering College (REC),...