10 Indian states accounting for approximately 90 percent of all solar installations and pipeline: Mercom Capital Updated On Fri, Dec 16th, 2016 by Saurenergy Mercom Capital in its recent report has revealed that top 10 states in the country accounting for approximately 90 percent of all solar installations and pipeline. According to the research firm as of December 2016India has a total installed large-scale solar capacity of 9,018 MW and a solar pipeline of 14,030 MW. The top 10 […] Read more
Oil India Limited inaugurates 40kW solar plant for eco-tourism project Updated On Fri, Dec 16th, 2016 by Saurenergy PSU energy firm Oil India today inaugurated a 40 KW solar power plant, which will supply electricity to an eco-tourism project in Dibrugarh district. Utpal Bora, Chairman and Managing Director, Oil India Limited, inaugurated a 40 KW solar power plant in Sasoni Merbeel Eco-Tourism Project, which has been provided by OIL under the company’s CSR […] Read more
D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments acquires and commences Construction of 52 MW Solar Farm in Mississippi Updated On Fri, Dec 16th, 2016 by Saurenergy D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) has acquired the Mississippi Solar 2 project from Origis DevCo Inc. (Origis). The project is a 52 MWAC solar power facility located three miles away from the town of Sumrall in Lamar County, Mississippi. DESRI has announced that soon after the acquisition it has started construction of the project, which […] Read more
EDF EN Canada’s Vulcan Solar Project Receives Alberta Utilities Commission Approval Updated On Fri, Dec 16th, 2016 by Saurenergy EDF EN Canada a subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles Group, announced the approval by the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) to construct and operate the Vulcan Solar Hybrid Energy Centre (Vulcan Solar Project). The proposed 77.5 megawatt (MWAC) solar photovoltaic (PV) facility is located in Vulcan County near the Village of Carmangay. Approval is granted subject […] Read more
Solar Frontier announces it is nearing completion of 106 MWdc of Utility-Scale Solar Projects in California Updated On Thu, Dec 15th, 2016 by Saurenergy Solar Frontier Americas has announced that it is nearing completion of 2 solar electric power plants totaling 106 MWdc in the Imperial Valley of Southern California. The company recently held a Ribbon Cutting event to celebrate the achievement. The projects, Midway I & II are located a few miles northwest of Calipatria in the great […] Read more
Government has selected 60 cities to implement the ‘Solar Cities’ programme: Piyush Goyal Updated On Thu, Dec 15th, 2016 by Saurenergy Minister of State for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Piyush Goyal in Lok Sabha on Thursday said that the Centre has selected 60 cities nationwide to implement the ‘Solar Cities’ programme. The minister said “the cities having a population of 50-thousand to 50-lakh are selected under the scheme.” The cities have been […] Read more
India Signs Grant Agreement with IBRD of USD 5.19 million for Improving Energy Efficiency in MSME’s projects Updated On Thu, Dec 15th, 2016 by Saurenergy An agreement for GEF Grant of USD 5.19 Million for “Additional Financing for Financing Energy Efficiency at MSMEs Project- Programmatic Framework for Energy Efficiency” was signed by Raj Kumar, Joint Secretary (MI), Department of Economic Affairs on behalf of the Government of India and Junaid Ali Ahmad, Country Director, World Bank (India) on behalf of […] Read more
NEXTracker to sell Ideal Power’s SunDial as part of their newly launched NX Fusion Plus Updated On Thu, Dec 15th, 2016 by Saurenergy Ideal Power has announced that NEXTracker will be selling its SunDial solar PV plus storage string inverter as part of their newly launched solar plus storage tracker. NEXTracker’s “NX Fusion Plus” will integrate the SunDial together with NEXTracker’s solar tracker, a battery pack, and software to deliver maximum return on investment to solar power plants. […] Read more
Indian Government sanctions Rs 30 crore for solar cities programme Updated On Thu, Dec 15th, 2016 by Saurenergy Funds worth over Rs 30 crore have been sanctioned to 21 states and union territories under the solar cities development programme. These funds were sanctioned during the last three years till November 30 this year. Out of the total sanctioned amount of Rs 30.36 crore under the ‘Development of Solar Cities Programme’ for 21 states […] Read more
