Solar Recycling Is Becoming A Race Against Time Updated On Thu, Aug 26th, 2021 by Saurenergy In the last two decades, millions of solar panels have been installed, with an expected lifetime of between 25 and 30 years. That means over the coming years, a trickle of discarded panels will gradually turn into a flood, requiring effective recycling techniques to be in place soon. Solar recycling technologies, have their task cut […] Read more
Indian RE Sector Stable But Riddled With Payment & PPAs Signing Delays Updated On Thu, Aug 26th, 2021 by Saurenergy While India’s renewable energy (RE) sector is currently stable, the key challenges containing its growth lie on the execution front, finds a new report by ICRA. According to the report, the RE sector’s present stability is on account of strong project pipeline, the government’s continued policy support, and superior tariff competitiveness offered by wind and […] Read more
TPREL Commissions 150 MW Solar Project in Rajasthan Updated On Tue, Aug 24th, 2021 by Saurenergy Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd. (TPREL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power, has commissioned a 150 MW solar power project in Loharki, a village in Rajasthan. Spread across 756 acres of land, this plant is expected to generate more than 350 million units annually. Approximately 656,700 modules were used in the project, and the installation […] Read more
MSEDCL Issues Tender for 487 MW Solar Projects Under Component A of KUSUM Scheme Updated On Fri, Aug 20th, 2021 by Saurenergy Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has issued a tender for bids under component A of the KUSUM (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Utthan Mahabhiyan) scheme, that has a focus on improving incomes of farmers and generating solar power at the scale. Until now, most of the solar success under KUSUM has been […] Read more
IPO Time For India Solar Equipment Manufacturers In 2021 Updated On Mon, Aug 9th, 2021 by Saurenergy After a long wait, initial reports are finally coming out regarding plans by major Indian solar equipment manufacturers planning Initial Public Offers. We refer to a long wait simply because the markets have been buoyant for a while now, and have duly been followed by an IPO wave the likes of which has rarely been […] Read more
Solar PV inverters To Continue Under Self Certification Regime till Dec 31, 2021 Updated On Fri, Aug 6th, 2021 by Saurenergy The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued a notification allowing self certification of Solar Photovoltaic Inverters (SPV) from June 30, 2021, to December 31, 2021. The notification was issued on August 4. The notification does add the condition that the manufacturers doing so must have valid International Electrotechnical Commission certificates and test […] Read more
Safeguard Duty Update on Solar from Power Minister’s Press Conference Updated On Fri, Jul 30th, 2021 by Saurenergy In his first formal update on the issue of Safeguard Duty (SGD) on solar imports, that expired yesterday, Power and MNRE minister R.K. Singh had a completely new take on the way forward. He was responding to a specific question asked on the issue by Saur Energy Asserting that the best way out was to […] Read more
First Solar Signs Up For Make in India With 3.3 GW Manufacturing facility in India Updated On Fri, Jul 30th, 2021 by Saurenergy First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced that it intends to invest $684 million in a new, fully vertically-integrated photovoltaic (PV) thin film solar module manufacturing facility in India. Contingent upon permitting, and pending approval of Indian government incentives that are satisfactory to First Solar, the advanced facility is expected to commence operations in the second […] Read more
Floating Solar On A Growth Path Updated On Thu, Jul 29th, 2021 by Saurenergy In Solar’s rise to pre-eminence from a fringe renewable energy option just a decade back, it’s time to consider the rise of floating solar (also called floatovoltaics in many cases). To think that it did not even exist at any scale till 2013. The earliest patent on floating solar was taken out only in 2008. […] Read more
