Norway’s Norfund Commits Investment In Solar Energy Project in Rajasthan Updated On Tue, Aug 23rd, 2022 by Saurenergy The Norwegian Climate Investment Fund has said that it has entered into an agreement to take a 49% stake in a 420 MW solar power plant in Rajasthan, India, that is developed by Italy-based energy provider, Enel. With the investment, Norfund has within a short time put a total of NOK 1.8 billion to work […] Read more
India Added 1.9GW Of RE Open Access Capacity In FY22 Updated On Thu, Aug 18th, 2022 by Saurenergy The falling costs of renewable energy and the decarbonisation goals of commercial and industrial consumers are driving the uptake of renewable energy open access power. The renewable energy open access (OA) market, which has been expanding in almost all key renewables-rich states in recent years, will continue to overcome policy hurdles to grow organically in […] Read more
Green Jobs Are Finally A Mainstream Reality In India, Thanks To Solar Updated On Fri, Aug 5th, 2022 by Saurenergy The news of India’s ambitious solar and renewable energy targets has thrown up the possibility of as many as one million jobs in another three years’ time. These jobs matter, not only to an economy always seeking opportunities for its citizens, but also to ease the faster acceptance and spread of renewable energy, especially solar. […] Read more
Shocking To See How The Small-Scale, Decentralized Rooftop Solar Market Was Ignored Updated On Tue, Aug 2nd, 2022 by Saurenergy Pyse is a web-based investment platform that allows retail investors to invest their savings in sustainable projects that create social and environmental impact. The company is helmed by two young entrepreneurs Kaustubh Padakannaya and Vinay Mantha, who are using their tech background to solve climate change. Kaustubh Padakannaya is an impact-focused entrepreneur that works at […] Read more
Turmoil Ahead In Solar, As Key Suppliers Continue To Raise Solar Input Prices Updated On Thu, Jul 28th, 2022 by Saurenergy Consider this. The price of Polysilicon, the earliest processed input in the solar supply chain, averaged CNY (Chinese Yuan) 76/kg in 2020. In 2021, thanks to a series of incidents at key manufacturing plants and rising demand, prices averaged CNY 117/kg. However, prices as of July 24 have climbed to well over CNY 260/kg, after […] Read more
APTEL Provides Relief To CSP Developers On Force Majeure Grounds Updated On Wed, Jul 27th, 2022 by Saurenergy In an important judgement that will hopefully close the chapter on a festering dispute, the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has allowed multiple developers stuck with Concentrated Solar Thermal (CSP) projects to get relief from liabilities, caused due to lower DNI (Direct Natural Irradiance) than they had assumed when bidding. The developers impacted include Godavari […] Read more
China’s Solar Power Installations Touch Record High Of 31 GW In First Half Of 2022 Updated On Fri, Jul 22nd, 2022 by Saurenergy Installing solar power projects at breakneck speed, China built nearly 31 GW from January to June 2022. This is 137% more than last year during the same period. This trend, unless stopped midway, is extrapolated to clock between 75 GW and 90 GW by the end of this year. According to Wang Bohua, the honorary […] Read more
US, India Struggle To Counter China PV Dominance With Support For Domestic Manufacturers Updated On Wed, Jul 20th, 2022 by Saurenergy A few announcements, all in the past 30 days are beginning to prove just how tough it is for countries to counter China’s dominance of the solar supply chain. Notable among these have been moves made, or being contemplated in the US and in India now. These pull backs on actions taken or considered matter, […] Read more
Indian Oil, NTPC Form JV For 650 MW RE Updated On Tue, Jul 19th, 2022 by Saurenergy India’s largest power producer state owned NTPC and Indian Oil Corporation Limited have formally inked a joint venture company recently, mandating the former to produce round-the-clock 650 MW renewable energy required by the upcoming projects of the refineries in Indian Oil. Released by the companies, a statement reads that the JV was necessitated by a […] Read more
