Renewable Energy: Looking Beyond Gujarat In 2023 Updated On Wed, May 3rd, 2023 by Saurenergy The Indian story of renewable energy is actually a story of paradoxes. Thus, even as the country has made remarkable progress in adding renewable capacity, it still fell comfortably short of the 175 GW target for 2022 Nationally, the country today has achieved 168 GW of renewable energy including large hydro power but the travesty […] Read more
True Green Capital (TGC) Takes Majority Stake In CleanChoice Energy Updated On Sun, Apr 30th, 2023 by Saurenergy Connecticut based renewables investment firm True Green Capital Management has announced that it has acquired majority stake in Washington based cleantech company CleanChoice Energy. CleanChoice claims to empower people and businesses to access climate solutions. TGC will be offering dedicated capital to fund CleanChoice’s solar development pipeline. The acquisition will fuel the growth of CleanChoice […] Read more
South Africa Releases Its Largest Renewable Energy Tender of 3,740 MW Capacity Updated On Fri, Apr 28th, 2023 by Saurenergy In a first such tender for the country on African continent, South Africa has issued its first large-scale tender aimed at procuring renewable energy. With a capacity of 3,740 MW, this is the continent’s biggest program on renewable energy. This is the release of the first phase of the RFP (Request for Proposal). The tender […] Read more
The Top 5: Risks to Renewable Energy from Climate Change Updated On Tue, Apr 25th, 2023 by Saurenergy Climate change has already started posing real-world challenges. It is not just affecting adversely the developmental plans but is also disrupting the livelihoods of a considerable section of the human population in the regions prone to climate change disasters such as floods, droughts, sea level rise, etc. Renewable energy (RE) has given a push developmental […] Read more
HERC Approves Green Energy Open Access Rules, Ensures Not Levying Reliability Charges Updated On Tue, Apr 25th, 2023 by Saurenergy The Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC), in its latest order, approved changes to the draft Green Energy Open Access Rules. This comes after hearing pleas from the electricity generators, power distribution companies, and other stakeholders. The Ministry of Power, earlier on June 6, 2022, came up with its Electricity (Promoting Renewable Energy Through Green Energy […] Read more
Octopus Energy Eyes 20-GW Renewable By Decade End As It Opens 7 New Wind Farms Updated On Sun, Apr 23rd, 2023 by Saurenergy The UK based renewable energy player Octopus Energy has set a new target of 20GW that it wants to achieve by 2030 as it announced to have opened seven new onshore wind farms across Europe since 2022 in various countries. Octopus Energy manages £6 billion of renewable assets and energy translation projects globally. The seven […] Read more
Oorjan Cleantech Sets Foot into Jharkhand Market Updated On Fri, Apr 21st, 2023 by Saurenergy Co-founded by IITians and bankers, tech-enabled solar solution provider, Oorjan Cleantech Private Limited, has announced expansion into Jharkhand. Gautam Das, Founder, and CEO quoted, “Oorjan has been expanding its business operations across India and Jharkhand is our 19th State/UTs where we will be spreading green energy solutions including financing and reliable products. We will continue […] Read more
GUVNL Awards 200MW Solar Project To Avaada Energy With A Tariff Of Rs 2.75/KwH Updated On Fri, Apr 21st, 2023 by Saurenergy The Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) has now awarded a 200 MW solar power project to Avaada Energy, an arm of Avaada Group. The project contract was given at a tariff of Rs 2.75 per Kilo-Watt-Hour (KwH). GUVNL awarded the project to the renewable energy company through competitive bidding, followed by an e-reverse auction. […] Read more
Wartsila Wins Contract For Delivering Australia’s Largest Energy Storage Project Updated On Thu, Apr 20th, 2023 by Saurenergy Origin Energy has selected technology group Wartsila as their preferred contractor to deliver energy storage solutions for Australia’s largest energy storage projects in the first phase. The project in its first phase has plans to have 460 Megawatt (MW) and 920 MW of energy storage systems. These Eraring batteries will be stationed at Origin’s Power […] Read more
