TotalEnergies Starts 380 MW Utility-Scale Solar Plant with Battery Storage in Texas Updated On Thu, Nov 2nd, 2023 by Saurenergy French Energy major TotalEnergies has started commercial operations of Myrtle Solar, its utility-scale operated solar farm in the United States. Located south of Houston, Texas, Myrtle has a capacity of 380 megawatts peak (MWp) of solar production and 225 MWh of co-located batteries. With 705,000 ground-mounted photovoltaic panels installed over an area equivalent to 1,800 American football […] Read more
Tata Power Appoints Deepesh Nanda As CEO & MD of TPREL Updated On Wed, Nov 1st, 2023 by Saurenergy Tata Power, one of India’s largest integrated power companies, today announced the appointment of Deepesh Nanda as President-Renewables and CEO & MD of Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL), a subsidiary of Tata Power, with effect from November 1, 2023. Nanda brings with him 28 years of experience across companies like GE, Flowserve and Tyco. […] Read more
MPPCL Issues Tender for Procurement of 500 MW Energy Storage Capacity Updated On Tue, Oct 31st, 2023 by Saurenergy Madhya Pradesh Power Management Company Limited (MPPMCL) has issued a tender inviting bids for the procurement of 500 MW of energy storage capacity with a discharge duration of six hours and a maximum discharge period of hours. The energy storage system will harness the potential of Pumped Hydro Storage Plants (PHSPs) for a 40-year duration […] Read more
NTPC REL Calls EPC Developers for 650 MW Solar Projects Updated On Mon, Oct 30th, 2023 by Saurenergy NTPC Renewable Energy Limited (NTPC REL) has issued a tender inviting online bids from bidders on single stage two envelope (that is, envelope-I: techno-commercial bid and envelope-II: price bid) basis for EPC package for development of 650 MW (2 X 325 MW) grid connected solar PV projects at Bikaner, Rajasthan. The last date and time […] Read more
Ministry of Coal To Employ Surplus Land For Green Energy Projects Updated On Mon, Oct 30th, 2023 by Saurenergy The Ministry of Coal and the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) have joined hands to work for the promotion of green energy. The decision was arrived at during secretary-level joint meeting between the two ministries. The MNRE will offer technical, policy and capacity building support, technicians and other functionaries through National Institute of […] Read more
Inlyte Gets $8 M For Cheap, Grid Scale Iron and Sodium Batteries Updated On Fri, Oct 27th, 2023 by Saurenergy Berkeley, California based Inlyte Energy announced its $8 million seed funding to be used to develop the first generation of its grid batteries made with the most abundant materials – iron and table salt. Inlyte’s solution leverages the proven design of the previously-commercialized sodium metal halide battery to create an energy storage system with high efficiency, […] Read more
SPDA Chalks Out New Brand Identity Updated On Fri, Oct 27th, 2023 by Saurenergy SPDA, or the Solar Power Developers Association, an independent industry association committed towards promoting the renewable energy space, has made a strategic decision to rebrand itself as ‘Sustainable Projects Developers Association’ (SPDA). The new brand identity reflects the association’s transition from representing pure-play renewable energy developers to that of representing end-to-end provider of solutions across […] Read more
Is Solar Trumping Wind, Again? Updated On Fri, Oct 27th, 2023 by Saurenergy Between 2017 and 2021, you wouldn’t be blamed if you thought the whole burden of adding renewable energy capacity had fallen on solar energy. Thus, even as wind turbine capacities were going up, actual wind capacity deployment, particularly onshore wind, was slumping, leaving in its wake a slew of firms struggling to survive. Dominated by […] Read more
Solar Accounted For 60% Of New Generation Capacity In Last 5 Years: IEA Updated On Wed, Oct 25th, 2023 by Saurenergy The International Energy Agency (IEA) report titled “World Energy Outlook”, shares an update on India’s initiative to build energy security and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The report states that recent events, such as rising heatwaves and other extreme weather events, have not caused a significant increase in greenhouse gas emissions. It further adds that it […] Read more
