Alterra Power announces closing of $19.9 million construction loan facility for 11 MW Spartan solar project Updated On Wed, Aug 9th, 2017 by Saurenergy Alterra expects the Spartan project to achieve commercial operations in December 2017 Alterra Power Corp. has announced the closing of a $19.9 million construction loan facility for the Spartan solar project, an 11 MW solar project located on the Michigan State University campus in East Lansing, Michigan. The loan facility is supplied by 1st Source […] Read more
Implementation of GST to Hit Solar Capacity Addition in 2018 Updated On Tue, Aug 8th, 2017 by Saurenergy 2018 will be a different story for the solar industry because of confusion over applicability of the GST on solar products, and this will affect the solar addition capacity in coming year. India has installed around 4800MW solar capacity in the in calendar year 2017, compared to 4038MW commissioned in 2016. Also, it is expected […] Read more
Increasing Use of Advanced Materials and Emerging Solar Technologies to Propel the HAPS Market: Technavio Updated On Sat, Aug 5th, 2017 by Saurenergy The global HAPS market will post a CAGR of 14% during the forecast period. A major driver that propels the growth of the global HAPS market is the cost effectiveness of HAPS as well as their long-endurance and augmented flight range capability. Technavio in its latest market report on the global high-altitude pseudo satellites (HAPS) […] Read more
Solar and Wind tariff will come down considerably in near future: Govt. Updated On Sat, Aug 5th, 2017 by Saurenergy “The department of renewable energy is quite confident that since majority of renewable items are taxed at five per cent GST, the wind and solar power tariff will go down considerably in near future” The solar and wind tariff will come down considerably in the near future, said a government official on Friday. “It will […] Read more
The Gospel of Distributed Energy Storage Updated On Fri, Aug 4th, 2017 by Saurenergy A target of 175 GW by 2022 is not just challenging but brings a commodity to bring swift innovations to peg this clean mission. Falling energy storage costs and steadily increasing solar capacity stand to catalyze a paradigm shift from net metering to distributed energy storage. Implementing a system composed of a web of distributed […] Read more
Scientists have developed new ‘smart’ sunglasses that can generate electric power Updated On Fri, Aug 4th, 2017 by Saurenergy Scientists have designed new ‘smart’ solar glasses incorporated with coloured, semi-transparent organic solar cells that can generate electric power Scientists have designed new ‘smart’ solar glasses incorporated with coloured, semi-transparent organic solar cells that can generate electric power enough to operate devices such as hearing aids or step counters. Organic solar cells are flexible, transparent, […] Read more
States under UDAY achieve improvement of 1.07% in AT&C losses in FY 2017 Piyush Goyal Updated On Fri, Aug 4th, 2017 by Saurenergy The participating States have achieved an improvement of 1.07% in Aggregate Technical & Commercial (AT&C) losses and Rs.0.13 a Unit in Average Cost of Supply (ACS) – Average Revenue Realized (ARR) gaps in FY 2017 The Minister of State for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Piyush Goyal, in a written reply to […] Read more
NGT Seeks reply from Centre and Pollution Control Board on Plea to Ban Antimony Solar Panels Updated On Fri, Aug 4th, 2017 by Saurenergy A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notice to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), the Ministry of Commerce and the Central Pollution Control Board and sought their response before August 24. A plea seeking a ban on the manufacture, use and import of solar panels containing antimony, a heavy […] Read more
Waaree Energies Ties Up with American Company GTAT for Merlin Technology Updated On Tue, Aug 1st, 2017 by Saurenergy American company’s GT Advanced Technologies ‘Merlin’ technology is said to result in reduction in cost of modules by 10 per cent. India’s premier multi-diverse technology group having forte in multifarious verticals such as Solar Energy, Waaree Energies has entered into a tie-up with US-based Merlin Solar for incorporating the American company’s GT Advanced Technologies ‘Merlin’ […] Read more
