India: Energy Law

India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has launched a call for proposals to accelerate concentrating solar thermal technology adoption in industrial heating, while the Central Electricity Authority has proposed mandatory co-located energy storage systems for ground-mounted solar and onshore wind projects. The regulatory landscape is also evolving across petroleum, shipping, and telecommunications sectors with significant amendments to existing frameworks.

The Supreme Court of India, through its judgment dated 12.08.2026 in Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited v. Rekha and Others , set aside concurrent orders of the High Court of Karnataka which had fastened absolute liability upon the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (“KPTCL”) in respect of two electrocution incidents.

For much of the last decade, financing an Indian renewable energy project usually meant financing a familiar solar or wind template: a long-term power purchase agreement, a tariff discovered through bidding or assessed against the applicable CERC framework, and payments linked to power actually supplied. This template was typically backed by a letter of credit, mortgage and hypothecation package.