European Offshore Wind Capacity Grew By 18% in 2018 Updated On Sat, Feb 23rd, 2019 by Saurenergy Europe installed 2.6 GW of new offshore wind energy capacity in 2018, according to statistics released by WindEurope. That’s an 18% increase in Europe’s offshore wind capacity. Europe now has 105 offshore wind farms across 11 countries with a total capacity of 18.5 GW. This is around 10% of the total installed wind energy capacity […] Read more
In Renewables, it’s No Less Than a ‘Revolution’ Underway in India. WSDS 2019 Updated On Wed, Feb 13th, 2019 by Saurenergy At the World Sustainable Development Summit, India’s renewable push came up for appraisal, with everyone agreeing that it was no less than a revolution when seen from most metrics. At a panel chaired by Ajay Shankar of TERI, Anand Kumar, Secretary, MNRE, Vineet Mittal of the Avaada Energy Group representing the private sector, David Nelson […] Read more
Cost of Solar Power to Drop to Rs 1.9 Per Unit by 2030: Report Updated On Wed, Feb 13th, 2019 by Saurenergy By 2030, the report predicts the cost of wind and solar to be between Rs 2.3-2.6/kWh and Rs 1.9-2.3/kWh, while the cost of storage is expected to fall by about 70 percent. The cost of generation of solar power is set to fall to as low as Rs 1.9 per unit over the next decade through 2030 in India with […] Read more
“Leveraging the Co-Benefits of RE” Report Launched at WSDS 2019 Updated On Wed, Feb 13th, 2019 by Saurenergy TERI previously coordinated three co-benefits Council meetings to delineate areas of national importance that can be captured using the co-benefits approach. TERI and the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), under the aegis of International Climate Initiative (IKI) and the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), launched their report […] Read more
Renewable Energy Industry Reactions on Interim Budget 2019 Updated On Fri, Feb 1st, 2019 by Saurenergy The industry was expecting a policy direction from the government to promote manufacturing, especially in the renewable energy sector in the background of the jobs crisis, which India faces. Surprisingly, this was completely missing from the budget, says Amit Gupta, Vikram Solar. India’s renewable energy industry was expecting lot of things from the present Modi […] Read more
New Aspirations with New Year! Updated On Thu, Jan 24th, 2019 by Saurenergy The New Year 2019 is ready to be kicked off with all new power promises and aspirations with the rising of the new sun. Everybody in the solar industry is also expecting that this New Year will achieve far greater milestones as compared to the previous year. They also hope, the New Year will bring […] Read more
Viz-A-Viz with Viraj Gada, IDEF Spokesperson & India Regional Representative, GOGLA Updated On Tue, Jan 22nd, 2019 by Saurenergy India has Potential to Become Global Leader for Distributed Standalone Solar Solns India with its huge local market and strong manufacturing capabilities also has the potential to become the global market leader for distributed stand-alone solar solutions by leading the way in technology as well as business innovations in the sector. There is also massive […] Read more
CSE’s ‘State of the Renewable Energy Sector in India’ report highlights key risks to sector Updated On Tue, Jan 22nd, 2019 by Saurenergy India would fall short of the government’s target of achieving 175 GW of solar capacity by 2022, if the sector continues to be plagued by policy inconsistency, discom problems and other issues, says the CSE analysis. India would fall short of the government’s target of achieving 175 GW of solar capacity by 2022, said Centre for […] Read more
Pranav R Mehta Becomes the First Indian to Head Global Solar Council, Headquartered in Washington DC Updated On Wed, Jan 9th, 2019 by Saurenergy Shri Pranav R Mehta, Chairman, Global Solar Council, addressing a Press Conference at Press Club of India on 7th Jan, 2019 about Global Solar Council and its activities A visionary in the field of Solar Energy and the chairman of National Solar Energy Federation, Shri Pranav R Mehta, has taken over as the president of […] Read more