Clients Willing To Pay A Premium For Green Data Centres- Moiz Vaswadawala, NTT Updated On Wed, Sep 6th, 2023 by Saurenergy Moiz Vaswadawala, Vice President, Risk management and Sustainability at NTT Global Data Centers & Cloud Infrastructure India Pvt Ltd, the leading data center provider in India currently, talks about the push towards greener, more sustainable data centres. Excerpts from the interview: What is a data centre’s total energy footprint like, in terms of power, water, […] Read more
Larger Cities Set To Get 150 E-Buses Under PM eBus Sewa Updated On Wed, Sep 6th, 2023 by Saurenergy The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has now released its Prime Minister eBus Sewa guidelines. Earlier on August 16 this year, the Union Cabinet had approved the scheme for augmenting electric mobility in Indian cities. The scheme aims to deploy 10,000 e-buses under PPP mode in 169 Indian cities. The scheme aims to […] Read more
India On A Right Track Towards Net-Zero But Need Finances: Report Updated On Wed, Sep 6th, 2023 by Saurenergy A new report by Brusels-based think tank Strategic Perspectives compared the performance of five major economies- US, China, EU, India and Japan on zero carbon technologies. The report compared the performance of these five major economies on manufacturing, deployment and investment in key decarbonization technologies like renewable energy, and electric vehicles (EVs), as well as the […] Read more
NIIF-Backed Ayana Renewable Power To develop 330 MW RE Capacity For Hindalco Updated On Mon, Sep 4th, 2023 by Saurenergy Ayana Renewable Power, one of the largest Independent Power Producers (IPP) in India and backed by National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), British International Investment (BII) and Green Growth Equity Fund, has signed a Power Purchase Agreement with Hindalco Industries Limited, the metals flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group, for the supply of 100 MW of Round-the-Clock […] Read more
Govt Releases Framework For Promoting Energy Storage Updated On Mon, Sep 4th, 2023 by Saurenergy The Ministry of Power has now released a detailed framework for promoting energy storage systems (ESS) in the country. The framework includes the promotion of battery storage systems as well as pumped storage systems. The ministry guidelines advocated for a Viability Gap Funding (VGF) of up to 40 percent of the project’s capital cost to make […] Read more
Largest Procurement Effort for US Community Solar as Nexamp Orders 1.5 GW Solar Modules Updated On Fri, Sep 1st, 2023 by Saurenergy In what is touted as the largest procurement initiative for community solar in US, Boston’s community solar developer, Nexamp, has placed an order worth 1.5 GW of solar modules from Heliene, a manufacturer of solar photovoltaic modules in American and Canadian facilities “A solar order of this size is without precedent and comes at a […] Read more
Solar Feeders Promise To Fulfil Solar Targets in Agriculture Updated On Fri, Sep 1st, 2023 by Saurenergy Radheshyam Singh is a marginal farmer from Noorsarai in the Nalanda district of Bihar. While a few farmers from the district have availed the benefits of off-grid solar pumps for irrigation in the past, Radheshyam and most of the farmers in the neighbourhood still depend on the grid. However, dependency on the grid for irrigation […] Read more
SECI Invites Bids for 500 MW Firm & Dispatchable Power from Renewable Energy Projects Updated On Fri, Sep 1st, 2023 by Saurenergy The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has issued an RFS for 500 MW firm and dispatchable power from ISTS-connected Renewable Energy (RE) power projects. SECI will select renewable energy power developers for the supply of 500 MW firm and dispatchable power on demand-following basis from ISTS-connected RE projects in India. Land and connectivity shall […] Read more
H1 Global Wind Turbine Orders At High Of 69.5 GW Updated On Fri, Sep 1st, 2023 by Saurenergy Research from research firm Wood Mackenzie. indicates that global wind turbine order intake reached new highs in H1, with 69.5 gigawatts (GW) of activity, a 12 percent increase year-over-year. The figures include offshore as well as onshore wind turbine orders. A big driver of this activity was offshore wind turbine orders from outside of China, […] Read more
