APTEL Order Adds Clarity On Treating Open Access Demand By Grid Operators Updated On Thu, Nov 7th, 2024 by Saurenergy In an order last week that will add a dash of clarity on how discoms treat demand from open access customers, the APTEL bench has ruled to set aside an order from MSEDCL where it had denied the open access quantum to a group of customers of Sai Wardha Power Generation Limited. MSEDCL had lost […] Read more
IEX October Power Market Updates- Soft Demand Leads to Lower Prices Updated On Wed, Nov 6th, 2024 by Saurenergy Indian Energy Exchange, India’s premier electricity exchange, achieved electricity traded volume of 9,642 MU in October’24, marking a 4% year on year increase. During the month, IEX traded 4.44 lakh renewable energy certificates recording a 105% year on year increase. According to government data published in October 2024, the country’s energy consumption reached 140.4 BUs, […] Read more
Energy Storage All Charged Up For A Boom In India, Says SBI Caps Updated On Wed, Nov 6th, 2024 by Saurenergy A new report from Investment bank SBI Caps on Energy Storage Systems paints a bright picture for the future. Building on the inevitability of energy storage requirements as the share of renewable energy in the grid rises, the report takes a deep look at the technologies likely to emerge winners, the size of the opportunity, […] Read more
Powering India’s Net-Zero: Navigating Challenges in Renewable Integration Updated On Mon, Nov 4th, 2024 by Saurenergy India’s journey to a net-zero energy future demands an extensive transformation in its power market. As the country intensifies efforts to increase renewable energy (RE) capacity and to realise its 2030 and later net zero goals, numerous challenges—structural, financial, and operational—are emerging, presenting formidable obstacles to integrating a growing share of RE into the national […] Read more
Partial Relief For Amplus At APTEL For 50 MW Haryana Solar Plant Updated On Wed, Oct 30th, 2024 by Saurenergy In an order that tackled cross appeals filed by Amplus Solar and Haryana Power Purchase Centre for the same project, the Appellate tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) saw it fit to send the parties back to the state regulator to sort out the issue. Case Overview: Amplus had set up a 50 MW solar project in […] Read more
Public Capital and Solar Firms- Made For Each Other? Updated On Mon, Oct 28th, 2024 by Saurenergy What a difference four years can make! It was just over four years ago in September 2020 when SaurEnergy wrote about how access to capital markets was a glaring disadvantage for India’s aspiring solar firms vis-a-vis China. Highlighting the contrasting performances of the few listed firms then, namely, Adani Green (Developer), Sterling and Wilson Solar […] Read more
NVVN’s 500MWh Storage Tender Breaks New Ground With Record Low Tariffs Updated On Wed, Oct 23rd, 2024 by Saurenergy NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam’s (NVVN) first standalone energy storage tender has broken new ground with record low tariffs. While the bids come with viability gap funding, even after accounting for that, the winning bids are lower than the lowest seen so far at Rs 3.41/unit by SECI. The tender with a total capacity 500 MW/ […] Read more
Sharp Fall In BESS Tender Bids Signals Faster Energy Storage Additions In India Updated On Mon, Oct 21st, 2024 by Saurenergy In the past three months multiple BESS (Battery-based Energy Storage system) tender results have pointed to yet another mini-disruption in the fast-evolving Indian renewable energy sector. Energy storage targets for 2028 might be a lot closer in 2026 itself. The price drops have been attributed primarily to falling lithium cell costs, which have led to […] Read more
As Chinese Wind Turbine Makers Call Truce On Price Wars, Could Solar Follow? Updated On Fri, Oct 18th, 2024 by Saurenergy In a clear indication of the extraordinary efforts being made in China to stem the losses or low profitability in its renewable energy manufacturing sectors, a conference on Wind Energy in Beijing saw 12 of the country’s leading wind turbine firms sign a truce. Four of the world’s top 5 wind turbine makers are Chinese, […] Read more
