Will Rooftop Solar Rescue India’s Faltering Solar Target – Plus: 5 States Where The Numbers Will Matter Updated On Thu, Sep 26th, 2019 by Saurenergy Zero. That’s the number of fresh utility scale solar and wind projects commissioned in August 2019 through Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), India’s premier agency for executing them. While the corporation is not seeing a zero month for the first time, the fact remains that in 2016-17, when momentum was picking up sharply, not […] Read more
Belur Math Goes Solar with Vikram Solar Updated On Thu, Sep 26th, 2019 by Saurenergy The Kolkata-headquartered company has secured this project from government-backed Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) and it will power six buildings at Belur Math. One of the leading module manufacturers Vikram Solar has commissioned rooftop solar plant of 164 kWp capacity at Belur Math, headquarters of Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission. The Kolkata-headquartered company has secured this […] Read more
Modi Announces $150 mn LOC for Pacific Island Nations to Undertake RE Projects Updated On Thu, Sep 26th, 2019 by Saurenergy Narendra Modi has announced a USD 150 million LOC to the group of Pacific island nations for undertaking renewable energy and climate-related projects Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a USD 150 million line of credit (LOC) to the group of Pacific island nations for undertaking solar, renewable energy and climate-related projects based on their requirement. […] Read more
Need to Breed, Encourage Innovation at Grassroots Level: Sahil Shanghavi Updated On Wed, Sep 25th, 2019 by Saurenergy For India to become a battery or any other storage technology manufacturing hub, we need to breed and encourage innovation at the grassroots level. Both public and private sectors need to collaborate closely with researchers at various institutes in India and fund different ideas in order to come up with better technology than what exists […] Read more
ANERT Inaugurates Kerala’s First Solar-Powered Cold Storage Project Updated On Wed, Sep 25th, 2019 by Saurenergy Kerala’s government agency ANERT inaugurated the states’ first Solar-Powered Cold Storage Project in Kozhikode with plans to expand the system across the state The Agency for Non-Conventional Energy and Rural Technology (ANERT) has inaugurated Kerala’s first solar-powered cold storage in Kozhikode. ANERT Director Amit Meena says that the model project will be expanding the solar-powered […] Read more
Microsoft and Engie Announce Renewable Energy Agreements in US Updated On Wed, Sep 25th, 2019 by Saurenergy Microsoft and Engie have announced the signing of a solar and wind PPA in the US and the implementation of Darwin, a digital data management platform Microsoft and French multinational electric utility company Engie have announced the signing of a solar and wind power purchase agreement (PPA) in the United States and the implementation of […] Read more
Apple’s China Clean Energy Fund Invests in 3 Wind Farms Updated On Wed, Sep 25th, 2019 by Saurenergy Apple backed China Clean Energy Fund has invested in three wind energy farms in the country with a combined capacity of 134 MW. Apple has announced that the China Clean Energy Fund, which it had launched along with 10 of its suppliers in China has invested in three wind energy farms in China with a […] Read more
Modi Traces India’s Steps in Sustainability at UN Updated On Tue, Sep 24th, 2019 by Saurenergy While addressing the UN climate summit on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated that action taken so far is not enough. Prime Minister Narendra Modi counted the steps India has taken so far on sustainability in his address at the UN climate summit on Monday but added that what we have done already is far […] Read more
MNRE Seeks to Attract Solar Manufacturers with Duty Cushion upto 2023 and beyond Updated On Tue, Sep 24th, 2019 by Saurenergy The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) under Minister R.K. Singh has set the stage for yet another round of blame games, by making case for duties on solar equipment imports, once the safeguard duty is over on Mar 31, 2020. The MNRE has recommended to the the Ministry of Finance to bring imports […] Read more
