MNRE’s October 2020 Report Card For Cabinet Updated On Tue, Nov 17th, 2020 by Saurenergy In its’s monthly report for the union Cabinet, the R.K Singh led MNRE has highlighted key monthly achievements for October this year. While the success with minimising Covid impact has been set off by the lingering issues on other fronts that have caused a slowdown in fresh capacity installation, the MNRE does have a potential […] Read more
GoodWe Adds to its Utility Portfolio With Launch of HT Series 1500V PV String Inverter Updated On Thu, Nov 12th, 2020 by Saurenergy On Friday 6 November the Indian solar industry witnessed GoodWe’s nationwide launch of the much anticipated HT Series. The Suzhou-based multinational is widely recognized as a global leader in Commercial & Industrial projects but has recently been adding to its Utility portfolio with larger and more powerful solutions. The event, held at the Pullman resort […] Read more
Storage Emerging As Issue For Europe’s RE Growth Updated On Mon, Nov 9th, 2020 by Saurenergy Europe, which has covered a lot of ground in terms of share of renewable energy in the grid, risks losing the advantages that should flow from these investments, says a report by research firm Woodmac. (Wood Mackenzie). Storage as a key driver is an issue we have also flagged earlier, at SaurEnergy in our October […] Read more
Powering Solar to 2025 and beyond Updated On Fri, Nov 6th, 2020 by Saurenergy The Technologies and Interventions That Will Drive Solar For the global solar sector, the pandemic hit home much earlier than it did for many other sectors. For even before global lockdowns became the norm, China’s early lockdown in late January, followed by other cities subsequently, was sufficiently disruptive for global shipments of solar equipment, of […] Read more
Exemption for BIS Registration for Smaller PV Module Manufacturers Extended Updated On Tue, Oct 27th, 2020 by Saurenergy MNRE has extended the BIS certification exemption for small scale solar PV module manufacturers till they have valid IEC certificates for their products The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued in a gazette notification that it has extended the BIS certification exemption for small scale solar PV module manufacturers (annual production capacity […] Read more
883 MW of Rooftop Solar Capacity Added in First 9 Months of 2020 Updated On Tue, Oct 27th, 2020 by Saurenergy As per the data released by the MNRE for the period starting January 2020 till September 2020, about 883 MW of rooftop solar was added in India. As per the data released by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) for the period starting January 2020 till Sep 2020, about 2320 MW of solar […] Read more
Andhra Pradesh Planning for 7 Storage Plants Worth Nearly 6300 MW Updated On Wed, Oct 21st, 2020 by Saurenergy The Andhra Pradesh Government is planning to set up seven Pumped Hydro Storage Power Projects (PSP) in the state, to balance renewable energy projects. The state government of Andhra Pradesh is planning to set up seven Pumped Hydro Storage Power Projects (PSP) as part of its decision to promote new renewable energy power plants in the […] Read more
SECI Extends Bid Deadline for 100 MW Solar Plus 50 MW Storage Tender Updated On Wed, Oct 21st, 2020 by Saurenergy SECI has extended the bid submission deadline for its tender for a 100 MW (ac) solar project along with a 50 MW Battery Storage System in Chhattisgarh. The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has extended the bid submission deadline for its tender for the commissioning of a 100 MW (ac) solar project (200 MWdc) […] Read more
Green Term-Ahead Market Will Boost RE Trading in India Updated On Fri, Oct 16th, 2020 by Saurenergy By August 2020, India had 88 gigawatts (GW) of installed renewable energy capacity. In the pipeline, as of June 2020, there was 47 GW of solar, wind and hybrid projects with another 24 GW of projects in the bidding phase (where tenders have been issued but auctions are yet to complete). And the start of trading on August 21, […] Read more
