Indian Airports Move Towards Renewables, Glare Hazards Pose New Challenge Updated On Fri, Sep 1st, 2023 by Saurenergy By-Ravleen Kaur Earlier in March, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) announced that it will use 100 percent renewable energy at all its airports by 2024. AAI is India’s public sector airport developer and operator. Of the 137 airports it manages, the statutory body has, already commissioned in-house solar plants at 38 airports with a capacity of 40 […] Read more
Largest Procurement Effort for US Community Solar as Nexamp Orders 1.5 GW Solar Modules Updated On Fri, Sep 1st, 2023 by Saurenergy In what is touted as the largest procurement initiative for community solar in US, Boston’s community solar developer, Nexamp, has placed an order worth 1.5 GW of solar modules from Heliene, a manufacturer of solar photovoltaic modules in American and Canadian facilities “A solar order of this size is without precedent and comes at a […] Read more
Google & Apex Clean Energy Join Forces for Timbermill Wind Project of 189 MW Capacity Updated On Fri, Sep 1st, 2023 by Saurenergy US-based firm, Apex Clean Energy, which delves into the origination, commercialization, construction, and operation of utility-scale wind energy facilities has joined hands with Google for 189 MW worth of capacity for the Timbermill Wind project. The wind project will be established in North Carolina, USA. The said wind project will aid Google, which is eyeing carbon-free […] Read more
Chandigarh Admin Pegs BOT Model for Installation of Free of Cost Rooftop Solar at 22.5 Years Updated On Fri, Sep 1st, 2023 by Saurenergy In a recent development for rooftop solar plants across the city of Chandigarh, the city administration has given its nod to the CREST (Chandigarh Renewable Energy Science and Technology Promotion Society) to peg the build, operate and transfer (BOT) model for twenty two and a half years in the city. The idea for the installation […] Read more
India’s Top 5 Module Manufacturers By Highest Module Efficiencies Basis ALMM List Updated On Fri, Sep 1st, 2023 by Saurenergy The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has updated the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM). The validity stands from March 10, 2023 to March 10, 2027. The ALMM list lays down the approved manufacturers whose modules can be used for government supported projects in India. Currently, there is a temporary exemption till March […] Read more
4GW Rooftop Solar Capacity In India Likely By 2024 End: IEEFA Report Updated On Fri, Sep 1st, 2023 by Saurenergy A latest report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) and JMK Research & Analytics claimed that India’s rooftop solar market is likely to add a record 4 Gigawatt (GW) of capacity in the fiscal year of 2024. The report claimed that the sector is on its way to overcoming several major roadblocks. […] Read more
Solar Feeders Promise To Fulfil Solar Targets in Agriculture Updated On Fri, Sep 1st, 2023 by Saurenergy Radheshyam Singh is a marginal farmer from Noorsarai in the Nalanda district of Bihar. While a few farmers from the district have availed the benefits of off-grid solar pumps for irrigation in the past, Radheshyam and most of the farmers in the neighbourhood still depend on the grid. However, dependency on the grid for irrigation […] Read more
SECI Invites Bids for 500 MW Firm & Dispatchable Power from Renewable Energy Projects Updated On Fri, Sep 1st, 2023 by Saurenergy The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has issued an RFS for 500 MW firm and dispatchable power from ISTS-connected Renewable Energy (RE) power projects. SECI will select renewable energy power developers for the supply of 500 MW firm and dispatchable power on demand-following basis from ISTS-connected RE projects in India. Land and connectivity shall […] Read more
H1 Global Wind Turbine Orders At High Of 69.5 GW Updated On Fri, Sep 1st, 2023 by Saurenergy Research from research firm Wood Mackenzie. indicates that global wind turbine order intake reached new highs in H1, with 69.5 gigawatts (GW) of activity, a 12 percent increase year-over-year. The figures include offshore as well as onshore wind turbine orders. A big driver of this activity was offshore wind turbine orders from outside of China, […] Read more
