Ready, Set, Go: India’s Solar Manufacturing Ambitions Are Flying Updated On Mon, Jul 31st, 2023 by Saurenergy For India’s solar sector and its many entrepreneurs, all signals are finally green. Or so it would seem. Be it progress on manufacturing plans, including the all important backward integration, exports, and of course, a strong domestic market for their output. Everything has come together for the many firms and entrepreneurs who will hope for […] Read more
Water-Scarce Rajasthan Poses New Challenges For Solar Pumps Updated On Thu, Jul 27th, 2023 by Saurenergy By-Parul Kulshrestha As temperatures rose in June this year, Jaman Singh Saini, a 69-year-old farmer from Badangarh village in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan, was irrigating his 31-acre farmland of millets, using an electric pump which came with its own challenges – erratic electricity supply, voltage fluctuation and associated costs. About 10 years ago, in 2013, […] Read more
First Solar Bags 279 MW Thin Film Solar Panel Project in Alabama Updated On Wed, Jul 26th, 2023 by Saurenergy Electricity utility corporation, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), has deputed a project to thin film module maker First Solar for 279 MW (dc) of thin film solar panels. The Lawrence County Solar Project will be set up in Alabama and will kickstart operations in 2027. This will be First Solar’s fourth factory in the United […] Read more
Israeli Researchers Introduce AI-Designed Solar Panel Promising More Efficiency Updated On Mon, Jul 24th, 2023 by Saurenergy Researchers at the Bar-Ilan University near Tel Aviv have produced a solar panel consisting of 676 different materials that convert the sun’s energy into electricity. It is part of the new class of solar panels developed from AI-based materials science, which means that artificial intelligence (AI) designs the materials in the panels. The AI design […] Read more
Five Reasons That Make Agrisolar Significant To The World Updated On Mon, Jul 17th, 2023 by Saurenergy Agrivoltaics refers to the simultaneous use of land for agriculture and photovoltaic (PV) power generation. It is great idea for a country like India, where over 60% of land is employed for agriculture, and the scarcity of land is a persistent problem thanks to an expanding population and urbanisation. Agrivoltaics offer a promising prospect in […] Read more
UK’s First-Ever Bankable, Unsubsidized Solar & Storage Project in the Offing Updated On Wed, Jul 12th, 2023 by Saurenergy DIF Capital Partners, a global independent fund manager and Pexapark, an advisory firm specializing in renewable energy, have now partnered to make UK’s first-ever bankable and unsubsidized solar and storage project. A Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for ten years in this regard has already been signed. As per the mandate, the two firms would help […] Read more
1 Terawatt and Beyond: Solar Energy’s Unstoppable Rise and What Lies Ahead Updated On Mon, Jul 10th, 2023 by Saurenergy Solar has come a long way in the last few years, from over 100,000 megawatts in 2012 to one terawatt now (1 terawatt is 1 million megawatts). So, what spurred this development? What were the factors that facilitated the achievement of this feat? We’ll be going over humanity’s journey to 1 TW of installed capacity […] Read more
Solar Canals Deliver On Promise, Yet Fail To Find Market Updated On Thu, Jul 6th, 2023 by Saurenergy By-Ravleen Kaur A streak of blue cuts across the yellow landscape as one takes a turn while travelling through the Mehsana district of Gujarat. The dry smell of dust alerts one about the arid zone ahead and the heat is an indication of impending summers in this terrain. Soon, the blue line turns grey with […] Read more
Trina Solar Supplies 800 MW Solar Modules to 2 GW Al Dhafra PV Power Plant Updated On Wed, Jul 5th, 2023 by Saurenergy Trina Solar, a global PV and smart energy total solution provider, has announced its successful delivery of 800 MW of 210mm Vertex modules to China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) for the Al Dhafra PV Power Plant project. The 2 GW Al Dhafra solar PV plant, located in Abu Dhabi, is set to become one of […] Read more