Herbicide Use in Solar Parks Poses New Ecological Risks Updated On Mon, Mar 10th, 2025 by Saurenergy By-Gowthami Subramaniam When a 40-acre solar park came up in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur district last year, residents of a colony bordering the solar park, were unaware of the potential consequences. Now, they are increasingly troubled by the strong smell and possible health risks of herbicides that the park is using for weed control. “We smell […] Read more
Govt Asks Coal Firms To Increase Adoption Of Solar Power Updated On Tue, Mar 12th, 2024 by Saurenergy Ministry of Coal recently issued directives to coal companies to accelerate the adoption of solar energy solutions. This initiative is undertaken to minimise the carbon footprints of mining. The Ministry of Coal has issued directives to coal companies to accelerate the adoption of solar energy solutions. This includes the installation of rooftop solar panels on […] Read more
Rajasthan Commissioned Maximum Solar Park Projects: Govt Updated On Thu, Feb 15th, 2024 by Saurenergy Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy RK Singh said that India currently hosts 20 solar parks with a total capacity of 10.5 GW. The minister also shared details of the current status of solar parks in the country in a written reply before the Parliament. In his reply, he told the Parliament, “So far, […] Read more
Floating Solar Set To Make Jharkhand, Odisha New Hubs For Solar Parks Updated On Thu, Dec 21st, 2023 by Saurenergy The latest data shared by Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy RK Singh claimed that the proposed floating solar parks in Jharkhand and Odisha coal-bearing states will likely make these eastern states new hubs for solar parks. Currently, these two states are not considered renewable-rich states in India due to the low installed capacity […] Read more
Andhra Leads In Country With The Highest Installed Capacity of Solar Parks Updated On Mon, Apr 10th, 2023 by Saurenergy The southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has emerged as the leading state in India when it comes to installed solar energy capacity from solar parks. The Minister of New and Renewable Energy RK Singh, recently shared the data before Rajya Sabha. As per the minister’s written statement before the House, Andhra Pradesh has a […] Read more
Transmission Gets Stronger Push with Approval of Green Power Transmission Line in Bundelkhand Updated On Thu, Mar 30th, 2023 by Saurenergy Towards the establishment of a Green Energy Corridor in Bundelkhand, the Cabinet has given its nod to a project on the laying of power transmission lines. These will be more than 2,000 km. The clearance has also been issued for close to 20 substations towards solar power evacuation from power plants under development in various […] Read more
Eight Solar Parks with 4995 MW Capacity in Bundelkhand Get Green Signal Updated On Thu, Mar 23rd, 2023 by Saurenergy MNRE Minister R.K. Singh revealed in the Lok Sabha today that eight solar parks with a cumulative of 4995 MW have been approved in the Bundelkhand region. This has been done with an aim to enhance the generation of solar energy. The solar parks that have been approved entail the Jalaun Solar Park for 1200 […] Read more
Sunsure Energy in PPA with SLMG Beverages for 15 MW Solar Capacity Updated On Tue, Mar 21st, 2023 by Saurenergy Gurugram-based Sunsure Energy will be supplying 2.25 crore green units to Uttar Pradesh-based SLMG Beverages annually under the recent long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) signed between the two firms. The PPA has been signed with for a capacity of 15 MW in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The green units will be supplied to SLMG, […] Read more
ACWA Power to Build 2.6 GW of Solar and Storage Facilities in Uzbekistan Updated On Tue, Mar 7th, 2023 by Saurenergy Saudi Arabia flagship company for renewable energy ACWA Power has announced that it has signed agreements under which it will be developing two solar parks and also storage capacities in Uzbekistan. ACWA Power held that the combined capacity of the solar power projects will be about 1.4 GW. The company will also include battery storage […] Read more
