Renewables in focus for power firms' Q4

Modest Growth Estimated

- RAGHAVENDRA KAMATH & KISHOR KADAM

RENEWABLE ENERGY is going to be in focus as power companies gear up to report their fourth-quarter results.

During the quarter, the nationwide capacity addition saw a pick-up, with January and February seeing 8.4 GW of new total capacity, primarily in renewable energy, compared to 20 GW addition in nine months of FY25, Kotak Institutional Equities said.

Electricity demand in Q4 stood at ~417 billion units (BUs), over 4% higher on a yearly basis, with the peak power demand increasing to 238 GW, over 6% higher from a year ago.