There is Huge Potential for Cell and Wafer Manufacturing in India: Manish Gupta Updated On Wed, Jan 22nd, 2020 by Saurenergy Indian solar market has an immense potential with an average demand of 10 GW per year. India has set an ambitious plan for solar with a target of 100 GW capacity by 2022. Currently, the wafer production capacity in India is Nil and cell manufacturing capacity is nearly 3.5 GW. Of this only 1.50 GW […] Read more
Clean Energy Flunks The Easy Financing Test Updated On Mon, Jan 20th, 2020 by Saurenergy For a Sector that requires one of the largest sustained funding requirements in decades, financing for clean energy investments in India has had a rocky ride. The three year lock-in for developers is the most recent obstacle. Bankability. That’s a word that is highlighted proudly across the solar chain, and whose value can never be […] Read more
Microgeneration and Power Trading – Will it work for India Updated On Thu, Nov 28th, 2019 by Saurenergy At the outset let us define what is microgeneration. In simple terms, it is defined as the small-scale production of electricity from a low carbon source. This includes the design and installation of advanced distributed generation systems using traditional or renewables technologies. Given that traditional power systems are efficient only at scale, they typically do […] Read more
Shtigen Energy Commissions Armenia’s Largest Commercial PV Project Updated On Tue, Nov 19th, 2019 by Saurenergy Shtigen Energy Systems, one of the leading EPC’s in Armenia, has recently commissioned Armenia’s largest commercial solar power station named ArSun. Furthermore, the 2 MW (AC) photovoltaic (PV) plant, with 2.2 MW (DC) PV panels installed, will supply power to Hrazdan community. This project used latest PV technologies including peak shaving, bifacial half-cut cells etc. […] Read more
Jinko’s High Efficiency Module Tiger Already Places the Company Ahead of Competitors Updated On Fri, Nov 15th, 2019 by Saurenergy JinkoSolar’s worldwide market share has grown significantly over the past few years. Its continuous improvements in product line has reflected well into its increasing sales per quarter. Market entry of new Tiger module launched at All Energy Australia last month, has been reviewed well with marked gains in efficiency and overall performance. 460 Wp Tiger […] Read more
Is Chindia the Answer to India’s Manufacturing Puzzle? Updated On Tue, Oct 29th, 2019 by Saurenergy When it comes to manufacturing in Solar, it is not a rankings fight globally. China settled that some time ago. By 2012 to be accurate. It’s a fight for the other 30 percent market share, be it with breakthrough innovations, temporary tariff protections or sheer cussedness as the US is doing right now. But eventually, […] Read more
Startup’s Feature Updated On Fri, Sep 27th, 2019 by Saurenergy Zunroof Solutions Brief Details Total employees: 150+ Turnover: Over Rs 50 crore Key operational areas (Products, Regions, Clients): Design, Delivery and Diagnostics of rooftop solar solutions through an app. Present in 10+ states and 60+ cities. Founder/promoter details: An IIT Kharagpur alumnus, Pranesh Chaudhary, had seven years of experience advising some of the largest financial […] Read more
India’s Safeguard Duty Move has Not Helped Much: Sudhir Aggarwal Updated On Fri, Sep 27th, 2019 by Saurenergy India’s move to impose safeguard duty on import of solar cells and modules last year hasn’t helped domestic manufacturers much. While import of solar cells and modules from China have declined since the duty was implemented in July 2018, India still imported USD 1.9 billion worth of panels in the 11 months ended June 30, […] Read more
Need to Breed, Encourage Innovation at Grassroots Level: Sahil Shanghavi Updated On Wed, Sep 25th, 2019 by Saurenergy For India to become a battery or any other storage technology manufacturing hub, we need to breed and encourage innovation at the grassroots level. Both public and private sectors need to collaborate closely with researchers at various institutes in India and fund different ideas in order to come up with better technology than what exists […] Read more
