Panasonic’s Solar Lantern Deployment Crosses 14000 mark in India Updated On Mon, Mar 28th, 2016 by Saurenergy Panasonic has passed the halfway mark of “100 Thousand Solar Lanterns Project” with cumulative number of solar lanterns donated exceeding 50,000 on March 10, 2016. Panasonic’s project started in February 2013 with a donation of 3,000 units to Myanmar, followed by donations to other areas in Asia and Africa without access to electricity. The number […] Read more
Oman’s AER to encourage local homeowners to install solar arrays on their rooftops Updated On Mon, Mar 28th, 2016 by Saurenergy Oman’s Authority for Electricity Regulation (AER) will encourage local homeowners to install solar arrays on their rooftops. Qais Al-Zakwani, executive director of the Authority for Electricity Regulation on Monday said Authority will introduce a programme that will encourage households to install solar arrays and feed the power into the national grid. AER reviewing minimum technical […] Read more
Domestic firms dominated Jharkhand‘s 1.2 GW Solar Tender Updated On Fri, Mar 25th, 2016 by Saurenergy Jharkhand’s first bulk tender of solar power projects of 1.2GW received interest from Indian companies. The state issued tender to allocate 1200 MW of solar power projects to private developers in December last year. Early this month Results announced by the Jharkhand government shows bids placed by successful project developers range between Rs 5.08/kWh and […] Read more
Canada’s Suncor submits proposal to build three 80 MW solar PV farm Updated On Fri, Mar 25th, 2016 by Saurenergy Canada’s largest oil sands producer Suncor has submitted a proposal to the Alberta Electric System Operator to build three 80 MW solar PV farms in the state. This is the first time that the company is foraying into solar energy. The proposal from the firm includes sum of 240MW solar PV plants in the stand […] Read more
Warehouse rooftops to generate solar power in Telangana Updated On Wed, Mar 23rd, 2016 by Saurenergy The Telangana government is encouraging solar power generation from rooftop of more than 330 new warehouses across the state. Almost half the number of new warehouses is expected to be ready by next month, while remaining will be ready by July this year said T. Harish Rao Minister for Irrigation and Marketing at Legislative Assembly. […] Read more
American financial institution to allocate $421 million to India for solar, internet projects Updated On Tue, Mar 22nd, 2016 by Saurenergy American financial institution to allocate $421 million to India for its solar and broadband projects reports PTI. It will enable the country to become a low carbon economy and expand the internet infrastructure. Last week US Government’s development finance institution, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), sanctioned $250million to subsidiaries of ReNew Power Ventures Private Limited […] Read more
Need to find ways for solar energy to become norm rather than exception: Piyush Goyal Updated On Mon, Mar 21st, 2016 by Saurenergy Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal New and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal at the launch of a report titled, “Scaling up Private Investment in Rooftop Solar” said that there is a need to find ways for solar energy to become norm rather than exception. Goyal said that people can benefit from generating rooftop […] Read more
Lapp India bags ISO 14001:2004 certification from TUV Rheinland Updated On Mon, Mar 21st, 2016 by Saurenergy Lapp India, supplier of integrated solutions and branded products in the field of cable and connection technology has bagged ISO 14001:2004 certification from TUV Rheinland. The certification received by the company is a globally recognized standard for environmental management of businesses. It helps the organization minimize their impact on the environment, comply with applicable laws […] Read more
Whitbread completes installation of 88 solar arrays at Premier Inn sites across UK Updated On Mon, Mar 21st, 2016 by Saurenergy Whitbread has completed installation of 88 solar arrays at Premier Inn sites across the UK, it is expected to deliver £280,000 in energy cost savings a year. The company in a statement said that solar arrays are now installed at 12% of Premier Inn sites and each array can deliver around 10% of the hotel’s […] Read more