Anil Ambani’s Reliance Power in trouble as renewable energy agency initiates criminal action over fake bid
Live MintSolar Energy Corporation of India Ltd, India's top renewable energy agency, has sent a notice to Reliance Power asking why it should not initiate criminal proceedings after a subsidiary of the Anil Ambani-led power producer submitted fake documents for a bid, reported the news agency Reuters citing a notice issued on Wednesday, November 13. Last week, the SECI banned Reliance Power from participating in its clean energy project tenders for three years after the agency found that a unit of the company submitted a fake endorsement of a foreign bank guarantee. Last week, The Anil-Ambani-led power generation company said it would legally challenge SECI's ban and lodged a police complaint against the third party that arranged the bank guarantee. Renewable Energy in India Companies in India are looking more into setting up clean energy projects as the country targets 500 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2030, part of its 2070 net-zero goals.