Chandigarh to make solar rooftop plants mandatory for building, houses having more than 100 square yards of plot soon: Report Updated On Sat, Mar 5th, 2016 by Saurenergy Chandigarh may make its mandatory for all houses and buildings’ having more than 100 square yards of plot to install solar rooftop plants soon, claims The EconomicTimes. Santosh Kumar, director of Chandigarh Renewable Energy Science and Technology Promotion Society (CREST) speaking to the publication said that “a notification to this effect is expected shortly, and […] Read more
ENGIE bags 40 MW solar power project in Peru Updated On Fri, Mar 4th, 2016 by Saurenergy French multinational electric utility company ENGIE through its subsidiaries Enersur and Solairedirect has won a 40 MW solar power project as part of the 4th nationwide call for tenders launched in Peru. The company in a statement said this performance in the context of a very selective bidding procedure, reflects the highly competitive price offered […] Read more
SunEdison’s poll result shows 74% of Maryland voters support the Clean Energy Jobs Act Updated On Fri, Mar 4th, 2016 by Saurenergy Sun Edison, Inc. and the Maryland Climate Coalition have released poll results showing that Maryland residents support legislation that would expand clean energy and clean energy jobs in the state. The Clean Energy Jobs Act promotes Maryland’s clean energy standard and entails the state to generate 25% of electricity by 2020 from clean sources. The act also sets […] Read more
Risen Energy’s in-house production to reach 3,100 MWp by the end of 2016 Updated On Fri, Mar 4th, 2016 by Saurenergy China based firm Risen Energy Co Ltd. has announced that it in-house production capacity for photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules is expected to reach 3,100 MWp by the end of this year. The company in a statement said that at the end of year 2015 it’s highly automated manufacturing infrastructure amounted to a combined 2,600 […] Read more
Largest solar farm in Southeast Asia inaugurated in Negros Occidental Updated On Thu, Mar 3rd, 2016 by Saurenergy Largest solar farm in Southeast Asia and World’s 7th was inaugurated on Thursday at Barangay Tinampaan in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental. The P10-billion solar farm situated on a 176-hectare lot in Cadiz is anticipated to cut the power shortage problem in the province. Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr. to sunstar said that “excess power produced by […] Read more
NERD to conduct three-month training programme on “solar PV installer and service provider” Updated On Thu, Mar 3rd, 2016 by Saurenergy A training program on ‘Solar PV Installer and Service provider’ supported by central and state governments would be organised in Coimbatore to create more professionals in the field of solar energy. Training will include sessions on soft skills and entrepreneurship The program is sponsored by the National Institute of Solar Energy, the Ministry of New […] Read more
More than 99 million homes across the world to run on Solar by 2020: Report Updated On Thu, Mar 3rd, 2016 by Saurenergy By the year 2020 more than 99 million households across the world will be powered by solar panels claims a report. A London-based research company in a report stated that off-grid solar market has witnessed USD 276 million investments in 2015, a 15-fold increase since 2012. The report also says that there is USD 3.1 […] Read more
SolarEdge launches its commercial inverter solution in Japan Updated On Wed, Mar 2nd, 2016 by Saurenergy SolarEdge Technologies has announced the launch of its commercial inverter solution in Japan. The commercial inverter solution consist of small and light-weight three-phase commercial inverters, sized 24.75kW and 33.3kW for both low and medium voltage connection, P600 and P700 power optimizers, and a cloud-based, module-level monitoring platform. SolarEdge’s optimized inverter solution expands the lifetime value […] Read more
China cutting coal use, growing it’s solar and wind energy capacity fast Updated On Wed, Mar 2nd, 2016 by Saurenergy Figures released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics reveals that China is cutting coal and growing its wind and solar energy capacity fast. Last year China’s solar power generation capacity was up by 74% while wind power generation witnessed increase by 34 percent. Speaking to New Scientist, Tim Buckley of the Institute for Energy Economics […] Read more
