Over 3 Lakh workers will be employed by 2022 to achieve India’s solar and wind energy targets Updated On Thu, Jun 22nd, 2017 by Saurenergy Solar and wind energy employed more than 21,000 people in India in 2016-2017, and are expected to employ an estimated 25,000 people or more in the following year A recent report from Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) and Natural Resources Defence Council (NRDC) notes that over 300,000 workers will be employed in the […] Read more
A Vision for a Greener Tomorrow Updated On Wed, Jun 21st, 2017 by Saurenergy The RVCE solar car team envisions building indigenous, efficient solar car incorporating state-of-the-art technologies for a greener tomorrow As the talks about the energy crisis increasingly tops the news, the focus of energy shifts more and more towards greener and sustainable technologies. Globally, the major consumers of energy are the industrial sector and the transportation […] Read more
Sterling and Wilson Scales New Heights; Gets Awarded the World’s Largest Solar Power Plant Updated On Tue, Jun 20th, 2017 by Saurenergy The solar power plant is jointly developed by Marubeni, a Japanese integrated trading and investment giant, along with Jinko, a global leader in the solar industry, and Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA). Sterling and Wilson, one of the dominant global forces in the solar power space, has bagged Turnkey Engineering Procurement and Construction […] Read more
Viz-A-Viz with Xiande Li | Chairman | JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. Updated On Thu, Jun 15th, 2017 by Saurenergy JinkoSolar recently completed financial agreements for 1,177 MW Sweihan PV Power Project in Abu Dhabi, this is not the company’s first participation in a large international bid of the highest level, JinkoSolar has already bagged 250MW project in Mexico and 94MW in Argentina. However, this Abu Dhabi project is of 1.177 GW so what does […] Read more
Coal India to set up 1000 MW Solar Power Plant: Piyush Goyal Updated On Wed, Jun 14th, 2017 by Saurenergy Coal India Ltd (CIL) will set up 1,000 Megawatt (Mw) solar power plant in a bid to reduce its carbon footprint. The Minister for Coal, Mines and Renewable Energy, Piyush Goyal recently announced that India for the first time became an energy exporter in the year 2016-17. He also said that Coal India Ltd (CIL) […] Read more
EBRD Invests in Second Solar Park in Kazakhstan Updated On Tue, Jun 13th, 2017 by Saurenergy The EBRD’s investment in the southern Zhambyl region follows Burnoye Solar Park -1, the award-winning first utility-scale renewable energy project in Kazakhstan under the new legislation which enabled private investment in the sector. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is financing the 50 MW Burnoye Solar Park-2 project in Kazakhstan in partnership with the […] Read more
Sungrow PV and Energy Storage Equipment Powers Five Maldivian Islands Updated On Tue, Jun 13th, 2017 by Saurenergy The 2.7 MWp of solar and 700 kW / 333 kWh energy storage project, for which Sungrow has supplied the entire PV and energy storage system solution, including PV inverters, storage inverters, the energy management system, and Li-ion batteries by the Sungrow-Samsung SDI joint venture Sungrow has announced that it has installed PV and energy […] Read more
Largest Floating Solar Farm Reflects China’s Clean Energy Ambitions Updated On Mon, Jun 12th, 2017 by Saurenergy China’s clean energy ambitions were being reflected in the launch of the world’s largest floating solar farm. The 40-megawatt power plant has 160,000 panels resting on a lake that emerged after the collapse of a coal mine in central Anhui province. As the United States was withdrawing from the Paris climate pact, China’s clean energy […] Read more
KERC accelerating solar projects as demand surges in Karnataka Updated On Wed, Jun 7th, 2017 by Saurenergy The KERC has included cross-subsidy charges on solar power from solar farms. Additionally, it has given a 10-year waiver of key grid charges, for solar power projects commissioned before March 2018. Taking cue from Prime Minster Narendra Modi’s ardent appeal in Paris Climate Conference in 2015 to make India a solar-powered nation, the Karnataka Electricity […] Read more
