An Exclusive Interview with Rajesh Gupta, Director, Okaya Power Updated On Mon, Jul 25th, 2016 by Saurenergy The B2B media puffed after Okaya Power asserted to be the world’s largest power tubular battery company from India by 2020. From the commitment of being the pioneer on the roads of storage; the company is also incubating to beat the ‘Solar Heat’. It’s not just the course to cinch the pragmatic solar fate but […] Read more
CITD installs 50 kWp roof top solar, becomes first MSME institute to go solar Updated On Mon, Jul 25th, 2016 by Saurenergy The Central Institute of Tool Design (CITD) has become the first ever Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) institute to adopt solar. Established in 1968, the CITD is the first tool room in India. The institute offers courses to 11000 to 12000 students per year out of whom 300 are residential scholars. The […] Read more
MNRE in process of finalizing the draft for National Lab Policy for Renewable Energy Updated On Mon, Jul 25th, 2016 by Saurenergy The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is in the process of marking the final seal on a national lab policy to set norms for standardization, testing and certification of renewable energy related products in India, and also define the infrastructure required for the testing centres. Expected to be completed within a month’s time, […] Read more
Total installed solar power generation capacity touches 7,805 MW Updated On Sat, Jul 23rd, 2016 by Saurenergy New and Renewable Energy Minister Piyush Goyal in Parliament informed that installed solar power generation capacity in the country has touched 7,805 MW mark by June-end this year. Rajasthan topped the charts with grid connected solar power generation capacity of 1,294.60 MW, followed by Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh with 1,267.41 MW and 1,123.36 MW respectively. India has set an ambitious […] Read more
SECI invites bid for 300MW solar projects with storage to be built in AP and Karnataka Updated On Sat, Jul 23rd, 2016 by Saurenergy Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) for the first time invited bids for 300 megawatts solar energy projects to be built in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. The project also includes storage as a requirement as part of a trial program aimed at making the renewable resource a more reliable source of power. In Andhra Pradesh […] Read more
Dr. Harsh Vardhan launches Solar Power Tree for Generation of Electricity Updated On Sat, Jul 23rd, 2016 by Saurenergy Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, has come up with a ‘Solar Power Tree’, which is an innovative way to generate electricity using solar power in a limited space. The Solar Power Tree has been engineered by the Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI), a laboratory of the Council […] Read more
Canadian firm Nova Scotia Power Development Limited procures 80 MW solar project in Nigeria Updated On Fri, Jul 22nd, 2016 by Saurenergy Earlier, it was Indian EPC Sterling and Wilson who bagged 250 MW Solar Project in Nigeria; now the Canadian energy company Nova Scotia Power Development Limited (NSPDL) has collaborated with CDIL, another Canadian renewable energy company with projects focused in Africa, to develop an 80MW ground-mount solar project in Nigeria. Nova Scotia Power Development Limited […] Read more
NALCO Inviting Bids For 20MW Solar PV Project in Madhya Pradesh Updated On Fri, Jul 22nd, 2016 by Saurenergy National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), a Navratna CPSE under Ministry of Mines, Govt. of India inviting bid for setting up a 20MW solar PV project in Madhya Pradesh. The identified Govt. revenue land of approximately 55.62 hectare bearing Khasra Number 892,860,909,914,908,917,921,919,974,975,976 at Palra village, Susner Tehsil, Agar Malwa Dist of M.P, as per the requirement […] Read more
Alterra Power acquires 20 MW solar portfolio from Inovateus Solar Updated On Thu, Jul 21st, 2016 by Saurenergy Alterra Power enters into an agreement with Inovateus Solar to acquire an 80% ownership interest in a two-project 20 MWDC portfolio of solar farms in the Midwestern United States. Both the solar projects are contracted under long-term, investment-grade power purchase agreements. Alterra is actively developing and arranging finance for its first project, a 7 MWDC […] Read more
