ISA, India ink Host Country Pact; ISA now Juridical Personality Updated On Tue, Mar 27th, 2018 by Saurenergy The move will give ISA a juridical personality and gives it power to contract, to acquire and dispose off movable and immovable properties, to institute and defend legal proceedings. The International Solar Alliance (ISA) and the External Affairs Ministry of India has signed the ‘Host Country Agreement’ in New Delhi. The move will give ISA […] Read more
MNRE organizes Five-Day ‘Solar PV Rooftop’ Programme Updated On Mon, Mar 26th, 2018 by Saurenergy The Gandhigram Rural Institute, a deemed to be university, Tamil Nadu, has been entrusted with the task of training graduates and new entrepreneurs under MNRE-USAID-Partnership to Advance Clean Energy-Development (PACE-D) Technical Assistance Programme. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has kick started the five day training programme on ‘Solar PV Rooftop’ from March 24 […] Read more
RK Singh asks Battery Makers to Set-up Units in India; Assures all Possible Support Updated On Sat, Mar 24th, 2018 by Saurenergy The future bids will be for solar/ wind hybrid coupled with storage, says Singh. The Union Minister of Power and New & Renewable Energy R. K. Singh held talks with battery manufacturers and discussed with them about the creation of an ecosystem for incentivising battery manufacturing in India. During talks, the Minister exhorted the industry […] Read more
AECC Signs PPA to Buy 100 MW of Solar Power from RES Updated On Fri, Mar 23rd, 2018 by Saurenergy The 100MW project, consisting of over 362,000 solar panels, will create as many as 175 jobs during the peak of construction, with up to three permanent jobs once construction is completed. In a significant development, Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (AECC) has signed a power purchase agreement with Renewable Energy Systems Americas (RES) to supply 100 […] Read more
MNRE to set up 65,180 biogas plants in current year under the National Biogas and Manure Management Programme (NBMMP) Updated On Thu, Mar 22nd, 2018 by Saurenergy About 49.6 lakh household size biogas plants already installed under the programme The National Biogas and Manure Management Programme (NBMMP) aims at setting up of family type biogas plants for providing biogas as clean cooking fuel and a source of lighting. The slurry produced from biogas plants as a by-product is an organic bio-manure for […] Read more
Government making efforts to reduce dependence on traditional biomass cooking Updated On Thu, Mar 22nd, 2018 by Saurenergy 36,940 family type and 849 community type improved cook stoves distributed under the Unnat Chulha Abhiyan About 7.05 lakh solar cookers distributed/sold through the State Governments 3.45 crore LPG connection given under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana As per Census 2011, about 65.9 per cent of households depend on solid biomass, including firewood, crop residue and […] Read more
Govt Shifts 2nd Global RE-Invest from April to Q3 2018 Updated On Thu, Mar 22nd, 2018 by Saurenergy The event was earlier scheduled from 19th to 21st April 2018 at the India Expo Mart, Greater Noida, National Capital Region (NCR) of Delhi. The New and Renewable Energy Ministry (MNRE) has postponed the 2nd Global RE-Invest India-ISA Partnership Renewable Energy Investors Meet & Expo to the third quarter of 2018, on the back of logistical […] Read more
Microsoft Makes Largest Solar Deal in US, Buys 315 MW from 750,000 Solar Panels Updated On Thu, Mar 22nd, 2018 by Saurenergy The power will come from 750,000 solar panels spread across 2,000 acres at projects called Pleinmont I and II. The company says its total renewable energy portfolio will reach 1.2 gigawatts globally, which a Microsoft representative described as “enough power to light up 100 million LED bulbs. Microsoft just announced what it calls “the single […] Read more
Azure Power Wins 130 MW Solar Power Projects Updated On Thu, Mar 22nd, 2018 by Saurenergy Azure Power will supply power to the electricity supply companies of Karnataka (ESCOMs) for 25 years at a tariff of INR 2.93 per kWh. This brings our portfolio in Karnataka to about 250MW, which is one of the largest portfolios in the state. Azure Power has won a cumulative capacity of 130 MW at a […] Read more
