Marathon Capital Sells OCI Solar Power’s 66MW Project Ivory to DESRI Updated On Tue, Oct 23rd, 2018 by Saurenergy The project, located in Dawson County, Texas, is anticipated to reach commercial operation in November 2018. One of the leading financial advisory and investment banking firm Marathon Capital has sold OCI Solar Power’s 66 MWDC in-construction solar photovoltaic project (Project Ivory) to D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI). However, the company said that, OCI Solar Power funded the […] Read more
FLIR Systems Announces Industry-First Deep Learning-Enabled Camera Family Updated On Tue, Oct 23rd, 2018 by Saurenergy FLIR Firefly Integrates Intel® Movidius™ Myriad™ 2 VPU to Enable Deep Neural Networks for On-Camera Inference FLIR® Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) today announced the FLIR Firefly® camera family, the industry’s first deep learning inference-enabled machine vision camera. The FLIR Firefly, which integrates the Intel® Movidius™ Myriad™ 2 Vision Processing Unit (VPU), is designed for image analysis professionals using deep learning […] Read more
Viz-A-Viz with Shravan Sampath, Founder, Oakridge Energy Solutions Updated On Mon, Oct 22nd, 2018 by Saurenergy Q. As an EPC how do you see the growth journey of solar in past few years? Government of India has set an ambitious target of 40,000 MW of rooftop solar capacity to be achieved by 2022. While this is ambitious, it is not impossible to achieve either. The recent fall in the drop of […] Read more
ReNew Power Wins 3MW Floating Solar PV Project at Visakhapatnam Updated On Mon, Oct 22nd, 2018 by Saurenergy In total, this project is estimated to generate around 4.2 million units of power annually, offsetting over 3,960 tonnes of carbon emissions every year. India’s one of the leading renewable energy IPP, ReNew Power has won the tender for developing a 3 MW floating solar PV project in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. When commissioned, this project […] Read more
COSEIA Names Mike Kruger as its First President & CEO Updated On Mon, Oct 22nd, 2018 by Saurenergy He was previously the Director of Communications for the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) in Washington, DC. The Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association (COSEIA), an award-winning nonprofit association leading Colorado’s solar industry, has appointed Mike Kruger as its new President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Kruger has relocated to Denver to join COSEIA. He was previously the Director of […] Read more
Microlink Devices’ Solar Sheets Power Zephyr UAV Maiden Flight Updated On Mon, Oct 22nd, 2018 by Saurenergy The combination of high-efficiency and low mass enabled by MicroLink’s ELO inverted metamorphic multi-junction (IMM) solar cells provides superior performance unmatched by any other solar cell technology. America’s MicroLink Devices has provided its epitaxial lift-off (ELO) solar sheet technology to Airbus Defence and Space for the successful launch and landing of the maiden flight of […] Read more
CDPQ Raises Stake in Azure Power to 40% via $100 Mn Addl Investment Updated On Mon, Oct 22nd, 2018 by Saurenergy Post this new investment, the total amount invested by CDPQ in Azure Power grew to USD 240 million. Canada’s one of the leading institutional fund managers, La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) has raised its shareholding in Azure Power Global, India-based solar firm, to 40 percent through USD 100 million contribution to the company’s recent […] Read more
AFRICA: World Bank invests in batteries to boost solar energy Updated On Sat, Oct 20th, 2018 by Saurenergy The World Bank has decided to invest $1 billion for energy storage in Africa. The objective is to support the production of batteries to stimulate the production of solar energy. Africa is increasingly relying on solar energy to increase the rate of access to electricity for its population. Intermittence is the main disadvantage of the […] Read more
PNM to Add 100MW of Solar in New Mexico to Serve Facebook Data Center Updated On Sat, Oct 20th, 2018 by Saurenergy PNM Resources’ (NYSE: PNM) New Mexico utility, PNM, received approval on Wednesday from the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NMPRC) to purchase 100 megawatts of solar generation from NM Renewable Development, LLC (NMRD) in order to continue serving the Facebook data center in New Mexico with 100 percent renewable energy. This addition supports the goal to achieve a more […] Read more
