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					</table><p><strong>From: <a href="https://mercomcapital.com/funding-and-ma-roundup-pine-gate-renewables-secures-funding/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mercom Capital Group</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Scout Clean Energy, a Colorado-based renewable energy developer, owner, and operator, <a href="https://mercomcapital.com/scout-clean-energy-secures-loan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> the closing of a $100 million</strong> equipment supply loan with Rabobank. The facility will be used to fund Scout equipment down payments. The company intends to upsize the facility to $200 million and bring in additional banks later in the year to secure equipment supply for Scout’s near-term advanced-stage pipeline of wind, solar, and storage projects.</p>
<p><strong>EnviroSpark, a provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions, </strong><a href="https://mercomcapital.com/ev-charging-firm-envirospark-secures-funding/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>secured</strong></a><strong> a $50 million investment from funds</strong> that will help the company expand its EV charging landscape, which is owned and operated across the U.S. The funding round was advised by Basalt Infrastructure Partners, a U.S.-based equity investment firm focusing on investments in Europe and North America.</p>
<p><strong>Independent power producer AMPIN Energy Transition has </strong><a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/ampin-energy-secures-to-fund-expansion-plans" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>secured</strong></a><strong> funding of up to $35 million from responsAbility</strong>, an investor focusing on private markets, to help AMPIN expand its clean energy projects across India. The investment is part of responsAbility’s $500 million plan to fight climate change in Asia and is the company’s biggest climate investment yet and will. This aligns with the responsAbility’s investor goal of funding solutions that benefit both society and the environment in developing countries.</p>
<p><strong>Charge Zone, an India-based EV charging network firm, has </strong><a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/charge-zone-secures-19-million" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>secured</strong></a><strong> a commitment of $19 million</strong> from British International Investment (BII), the United Kingdom’s development finance institution, to accelerate the expansion of EV charging infrastructure in India. This is BII’s second investment in India’s EV market since 2022 when the impact investor invested $250 million in Mahindra &amp; Mahindra’s passenger EV venture.</p>
<p><strong>LiNova Energy, a developer of polymer cathode-based batteries, </strong><a href="https://mercomcapital.com/polymer-battery-maker-linova-energy-raises-in-series-a-funding/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>raised</strong></a><strong> $15.8 million in a Series A funding round</strong> led by Catalus Capital. Saft, a subsidiary of Total Energies, Chevron Technology Ventures, and a syndicate of investors, also participated in the round. This funding will help accelerate the company in research, development, and expansion of its high-energy polymer cathode battery technology.</p>
<p><strong>Lithium battery startup PointO has </strong><a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/pointo-raises-62-million-lithium-battery-ecosystem" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>secured</strong></a><strong> ₹62 million (~$743,236) in seed funding, with Equirus InnovateX Fund (EIF)</strong> leading the round with an investment of ₹50 million ($599,364). The funds are expected to enable the company to build a full-stack lithium battery ecosystem, including manufacturing, financing, and servicing lithium batteries. Led by IIT-Guwahati alumni, PointO plans to expand its physical centers to more than ten cities in the next 12 months.</p>
<p>For reports and trackers on funding and M&amp;A transactions in solar, energy storage, and smart grid sectors, click <a href="https://mercomcapital.com/clean-energy-reports/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p>
<p>Read last week&#8217;s funding <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/funding-and-ma-roundup-pine-gate-renewables-secures-650-million" target="_blank" rel="noopener">roundup</a>.</p>


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					</table><p>Kolkata-headquartered solar cell and module manufacturer <a href="https://jil-jupiter.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jupiter International</a> is setting up a 1.2 GW solar cell manufacturing facility in Odisha.</p>
<p>Work on the plant, to be located in Khurda, will begin in the next quarter of the year. The facility will manufacture TopCon solar cells exclusively. Commissioning of the plant is expected by March 2025, Dhruv Sharma, CEO of Jupiter International, told Mercom.</p>
<p>Jupiter’s ₹2.5 billion (~$30.2 million) solar cell project is among the 27 industrial projects that were approved by the Odisha State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) last week.</p>
<p>Besides the solar cell project, Jupiter is also <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/ampin-jupiter-international-solar-module-unit-by-fy25" target="_blank" rel="noopener">executing</a> a 1.3 GW integrated solar cell and module manufacturing facility in a joint venture with <a href="https://ampin.energy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AmpIn Energy Transition</a> in Odisha. The project is expected to be commissioned by the end of 2024.</p>
<p>The integrated facility is being established with funds under the government’s Production Linked Incentive program.</p>
<p>Jupiter operates an 800 MW facility situated in Baddi, Himachal Pradesh. It includes a 500 MW Mono PERC solar cell facility and a 300 MW multi-crystalline solar cell facility.</p>
<p>In 2022, Jupiter <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/jupiter-raises-1-7-billion-edelweiss-group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">raised</a> ₹1.7 billion (~$22.19 million) from funds managed by Edelweiss Alternative Asset Advisors. The capital raised included debt and a convertible-to-equity instrument.</p>
<p>While India has ramped up solar module manufacturing, domestic solar cell manufacturing has lagged. Last August, Union Minister for Power and New &amp; Renewable Energy R. K. Singh said India had <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/indias-solar-module-ten-fold-within-a-decade" target="_blank" rel="noopener">installed</a> an indigenous solar cell manufacturing capacity of just 6 GW/annum in nine years.</p>
<p>India has <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/indian-solar-exports-grow-227-2023-imports-up-89" target="_blank" rel="noopener">continued</a> to rely on the import of solar cells to meet demand. India imported $5 billion (~₹416.8 billion) worth of solar cells and modules in 2023, the highest in a year. The imports rose 89.3% from $2.6 billion (~₹218.5 billion) in 2022. Modules accounted for 60.7% of the annual solar imports, and solar cells 39.3%.</p>
<p>Indian solar exports rose 227% year-over-year to $1.8 billion (~₹152.6 billion) in 2023 from $561 million (~₹46.4 billion), according to recent data published by the Department of Commerce. Solar modules constituted 97.4% of the annual solar exports, while cells accounted for 2.6%.</p>


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