5 Reasons Why Lower Renewable Energy Prices Are Unlikely To Lead to Lower Electricity Bills Updated On Thu, Dec 5th, 2024 by Saurenergy For the lay reader, it has been a mystery how despite headline news of renewable bids being awarded at figures like Rs 2.50/kW to Rs 3.00, their final power bill seems to be on an inexorable climb upwards. This is despite the fact the RE power itself was priced at a huge premium as recently […] Read more
Will China’s Price Woes In Lithium Battery, Module Sectors Mean Further Drops In India? Updated On Mon, Jul 8th, 2024 by Saurenergy For two of the biggest energy bets made by China in the past decade, namely, battery storage and solar manufacturing, June continued to bring bad news in terms of price trends. Lithium Prices Continue to Fall Taiwan based TrendForce has released a report saying that June saw a significant drop in lithium prices due to […] Read more
Slowly And Steadily, Battery Storage Builds Up To Make The Renewables Case Stronger Updated On Thu, Oct 19th, 2023 by Saurenergy The announcement by Plus Power LLC of $1.8 billion in new financing for standalone battery storage, including the largest single such project financing to date, to help stabilize the U.S. electrical grid while incorporating more solar and wind energy should be welcomed. The news comes at a time when detractors have been challenging the relevance […] Read more
US Energy Secretary Talks Up 90% Reduction In Storage Costs by 2030 Updated On Thu, Jul 15th, 2021 by Saurenergy US Energy secretary Jennifer Granholm has indicated a target to reduce grid scale energy storage costs by 90 percent by 2030, to create conditions for the amount of storage that will be required by then to ensure stable grids and make the best use of renewable energy production by then. She was speaking as part […] Read more
FTM Storage Costs to Decline 30% by 2025 in Asia Pacific: WoodMac Updated On Wed, Jan 20th, 2021 by Saurenergy All-in FTM battery storage system costs in Asia Pacific markets could decline by more than 30 percent by 2025, as per Wood Mackenzie. All-in front-of-the-meter (FTM) battery storage system costs in Asia Pacific markets could decline by more than 30 percent by 2025, according to research and consultancy firm Wood Mackenzie. Storage system prices fell […] Read more
Storage Emerging As Issue For Europe’s RE Growth Updated On Mon, Nov 9th, 2020 by Saurenergy Europe, which has covered a lot of ground in terms of share of renewable energy in the grid, risks losing the advantages that should flow from these investments, says a report by research firm Woodmac. (Wood Mackenzie). Storage as a key driver is an issue we have also flagged earlier, at SaurEnergy in our October […] Read more
Decarbonising Of Grids To Accelerate Due To Dropping Storage Costs Updated On Wed, Sep 9th, 2020 by Saurenergy Participants at one of the four technical sessions of the International Solar Alliance’s First World Solar Technology Summit held in India ventured into a key area- Decarbonising of Grids. An issue at the heart of the key challenge facing renewable energy, particularly, solar power. Grid Stability and adaptability. A key takeaway was that global regulators […] Read more