Importance of Using Storage with Increasing Renewable Energy Updated On Wed, May 6th, 2020 by Saurenergy Background and Context The Government of India has announced ambitious targets for Renewable Energy (RE) capacity addition, and the Country is rapidly adding Wind and Solar generation in the energy mix. However, there are some well accepted issues associated with RE power – such as intermittency, fluctuations owing to weather changes, and limited forecasting/ scheduling […] Read more
Solar Should Escape Any Collataral Damage From Michael Moore’s Latest Updated On Mon, May 4th, 2020 by Saurenergy Over a week after the release of his documentary, Planet of the Humans, that has been streaming on Youtube, the response to the documentary has been mixed. The documentary takes a long (one hour and 40 minutes) hard look at the flag bearers of the environmental movement, with a special focus on the solar, biomass […] Read more
Residential Solar. Market Yes, But Marketing? Updated On Wed, Apr 29th, 2020 by Saurenergy Ashish Anand, a Chandigarh-based businessman reached out to us four months back. With an independent house in the city, he was keen to explore the idea of a solar rooftop for his house. As always, we put him in touch with relevant state sources, and for good measure, a couple of vendors who install solar […] Read more
Solar Rooftop: Over to the States Updated On Mon, Mar 23rd, 2020 by Saurenergy The Missing Player Rooftop Solar. Right up till 2014, when India shifted gears in solar with an ambitious new target and a new focus on utility scale solar, solar usually meant rooftop solar, or even solar water heaters and other distributed solar products. And this was not because we had a lot of rooftop solar […] Read more
Ratings for Solar to Remain Stable, Wind Revised to Negative: India Ratings Updated On Fri, Mar 6th, 2020 by Saurenergy India Ratings has maintained a stable outlook for solar power projects for FY21 while revising the outlook on the wind sector to negative from stable. India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has maintained a stable outlook on the overall energy and infrastructure sector, including solar power projects for FY21 while revising the outlook on the wind […] Read more
EESL to set up Decentralised Solar Projects Worth 1.5 GW by 2021 Updated On Wed, Feb 26th, 2020 by Saurenergy EESL plans to set up 1.5 GW of decentralised solar power projects across the country by the end of 2020-21, its managing director, Saurabh Kumar has said. State-owned Energy Efficient Services Ltd (EESL) has forayed into solar power generation and plans to set up 1.5 GW of decentralised solar power plants across the country by […] Read more
NISE to Organise Solar Analytics Workshop for Enhancing Plant Efficiency Updated On Mon, Feb 10th, 2020 by Saurenergy The MNRE-backed National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) in association with Pragya Solar, a social startup, is organizing five-day training program on solar analytics. The program is aimed at developing CoE (Centre of Excellence) on analytics for organization as well as developing skills for managing the same. It encompass the combination of solar domain with […] Read more
The Total-Adani Deal- Impact on Indian Solar Sector Updated On Fri, Feb 7th, 2020 by Saurenergy The announcement yesterday of a proposed JV between Total Total SA, the french energy major, and Adani Green Energy, the renewable energy arm of the Adani Group, for $510 million (approx Rs 3600 crores) is, to put it mildly, a surprise. After all, while not dire, the sector today faces multiple pressure points, the latest […] Read more
BHEL Tenders for O&M of 1.7 MW Solar Plant in MP Updated On Fri, Jan 31st, 2020 by Saurenergy BHEL has issued a tender for undertaking the O&M of a 1.7 MW solar power plant in Bina, Madhya Pradesh. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has issued a tender, inviting bids from eligible vendors for undertaking the operation and maintenance (O&M) of a 1.7 MW solar power plant in Bina, Madhya Pradesh. The scope of […] Read more