The latest renewable energy news includes announcements on Green Hydrogen, SSE, Bharat Housing Network, Berwick Bank B offshore wind farm, and others.
Jadavpur University Green Hydrogen Centre Gets ₹8.2 Crore Budget
Jadavpur University is establishing a green-hydrogen Centre of Excellence with Damodar Valley Corporation, Steel Authority of India and Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan after the proposal was selected under India’s National Green Hydrogen Mission. The centre has a ₹8.2 crore budget, funded equally by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and DVC. Jadavpur University will serve as knowledge partner, while SAIL and HURL will support application of technologies in industrial facilities. Research will focus particularly on green-hydrogen applications in the power, steel and fertiliser sectors. The centre is one of only four selected through the government programme and is scheduled to be formally inaugurated on September 30.
SSE Selects Montrose Port as Operations Base for 1.4 GW Berwick Bank B
SSE has selected Montrose Port in Scotland as the preferred operations and maintenance base for the proposed 1.4 GW Berwick Bank B offshore wind farm. The facility will be located at the port’s South Harbour and is expected to support approximately 100 permanent operations jobs over the wind farm’s projected operating life of more than 35 years. Around 30 additional positions are expected during construction of the operations base. Berwick Bank B lies approximately 38 km off Scotland’s east coast and forms part of SSE’s wider 4.1 GW Berwick Bank offshore wind development. The 1.4 GW phase has already secured a 20-year UK Contracts for Difference agreement.
Bharat Housing Network Raises $5 Million Green Bond for Solar and Clean-Energy Lending
Bharat Housing Network has raised $5 million, approximately ₹47 crore, through green bonds from impact investor Symbiotics. The financing forms part of a broader $75 million green basket bond programme structured with British International Investment to support environmentally focused lending in emerging markets across Asia and Africa. Bharat Housing Network will deploy the proceeds through group non-banking finance company Singularity Creditworld. Eligible financing includes rooftop solar installations, electric mobility and clean-technology investments by micro, small and medium-sized businesses in India. The transaction provides additional debt capital for distributed clean-energy assets that are considerably smaller than utility-scale projects but often face more limited access to conventional project financing.
