ADB Supports India’s Covid-19 Response Through Record Annual Lending Updated On Mon, May 17th, 2021 by Saurenergy Manila-headquartered Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Thursday that it had committed $3.92 billion in sovereign loans for 13 projects to India in 2020, including $1.8 billion in projects to support the Government of India’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic response. This is ADB’s highest-ever annual lending commitment to India since the start of its lending operations […] Read more
Members to Expand Cross-border Interconnections as Shares of Renewables Grow: IRENA Updated On Mon, May 17th, 2021 by Saurenergy According to IRENA’s World Energy Transitions Outlook, to achieve climate goals, global electricity generation must expand three-fold by 2050, making grid flexibility exceptionally important as countries race to reduce emissions. Cross-border interconnection represents one of the key solutions to dealing with the variability of renewable power and grid stability issues. This topic was the focus […] Read more
Italian Firms ERG & Telenergia Sign 10-Year PPA for Green Energy Supply Updated On Sat, May 15th, 2021 by Saurenergy ERG Power Generation and Telenergia have signed a ten-year corporate PPA (Power Purchase Agreement) for the supply of 3.4 Terawatt-hours (TWh) of green energy for the period 2022-2031. While the former is a subsidiary of ERG, primary independent producer of electricity from renewable sources, the latter is a subsidiary of TIM, leading group in Italy […] Read more
Activate Renewables Launches with a $500 Million Capital Commitment to Acquire Renewable Energy Real Estate Updated On Fri, May 14th, 2021 by Saurenergy Accelerate Real Asset Management announced today it has launched a new joint venture to invest in renewable energy infrastructure. Activate Renewables will acquire real estate and royalty interests associated with utility-scale solar, wind and energy storage facilities located across the United States. Activate will focus on the acquisition of real property interests directly from landowners […] Read more
Vietnam’s PDP8 Delay Can Unlock More Cost-Effective RE: IEEFA Updated On Fri, May 14th, 2021 by Saurenergy The key is to refine new strategies and improve market structures Vietnam’s Power Development Master Plan for 2021-2030 with a vision to 2045 (PDP8), was expected to be signed off at the end of March during the last days of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s administration, but it hit an unexpected delay. Rather than being […] Read more
IEA Upgrades Solar To Energy ‘King’ In Outlook for 2021, 2022 Updated On Wed, May 12th, 2021 by Saurenergy The International Energy Agency (IEA), in its latest Energy market update, has flagged renewables as the only category which saw demand increase. based on this, and the competitive filed for renewables versus other energy options, the agency sees a solid future ahead for renewable energy, particularly Solar. For India, which has been hit hard by […] Read more
Global Finance is Mobilising to Meet East Asia’s Net-Zero Ambition: IEEFA Updated On Wed, May 12th, 2021 by Saurenergy Bolder emissions reduction targets by China, Japan and South Korea threaten Australian fossil fuel exports Chinese President Xi Jinping’s surprise announcement at the UN General Assembly in September 2020 that the world’s biggest emitter would become carbon neutral by 2060 has proved pivotal, writes Tim Buckley, IEEFA’s Director Energy Finance Studies, Australia/South Asia, in a […] Read more
Transmission Policy Would Unlock Clean Energy Growth: ACEG Updated On Wed, May 12th, 2021 by Saurenergy Building just 22 high-voltage transmission lines that are currently on hold in the US could increase national wind & solar generation by 50% Building just 22 high-voltage transmission lines that are currently on hold in the US could increase national wind and solar generation by 50 percent and create approximately 1.2 million jobs, according to […] Read more
Total Eren Secures Financing for 100 MW Solar Project in Uzbekistan Updated On Tue, May 11th, 2021 by Saurenergy Total Eren has successfully signed the financing documentation for its solar photovoltaic project Tutly with 100 MWac capacity in Uzbekistan Total Eren, a leading renewable energy Independent Power Producer (IPP) based in Paris, has announced that it has successfully signed the financing documentation related to its solar photovoltaic (PV) project Tutly with 100 MWac capacity. […] Read more
