Saur Energy International Magazine November 2024- Solar Cells: The Race to 2026 Updated On Thu, Nov 28th, 2024 by Saurenergy Editorial If our October magazine issue was all about the solar rush towards public markets through IPOs, it’s only fitting that we get down to understanding just where the money being raised is going. As it turns out, in case any firms could still not make up their minds, the government is determined to do […] Read more
SaurEnergy Explains- The Solar Tender At the Centre of Adani’s US Controversy Updated On Mon, Nov 25th, 2024 by Saurenergy By now, a lot has been written about the charges brought at a US district court against key names in the Adani group, besides Azure power. While those charges will be contested no doubt by the firms as already announced, it is a good time to understand just what tender it was where allegations of […] Read more
Brazil Pushes Up Solar Tariffs To 25 Percent Updated On Tue, Nov 19th, 2024 by Saurenergy Brazil, which has emerged as an important destination for Chinese solar exports after the challenges in the US and India, has hiked import tariffs to 25% on module imports, crimping yet another key market for Chinese manufacturers. The new rate follows an earlier tariff of 9.6% that the government has imposed to support the growth […] Read more
Can India See Large Wind Turbines Beyond 6 MW? Updated On Wed, Nov 6th, 2024 by Saurenergy The upper ceiling of large wind turbines in India is on the rise. Irrespective of the deployment of the same in capacities upto 8 MW to 10 MW in foreign countries like China, India’s tryst with these large structures is limited by costs for now. Going by the government numbers, there are more than eight […] Read more
Green Energy Developer Acme Solar’s IPO To Open On Wednesday, Nov 6 Updated On Mon, Nov 4th, 2024 by Saurenergy ACME Solar Holdings Limited’s Initial Public Offering will open on Wednesday, November 06. The company has set a price band at ₹275/- to ₹289/- per Equity Share, indicating final pricing in all probability at Rs 289 for each share with a face value of Rs 2 , considering the high demand for green developers. RHP […] Read more
SECI Tenders For 1.2 GW RTC Renewable Energy Projects Across India Updated On Mon, Nov 4th, 2024 by Saurenergy SECI, has issued a tender to select renewable power developers to supply 1.2 GW of Round-the-Clock (RTC) power for renewable projects across India. The last date for bids submission is 16th December. With a commissioning time of 24 months, the 4 hour RTC supply will need to maintain a Demand Fulfillment Ratio (DFR) of 80% […] Read more
PPA of 15 years Among Key Changes Proposed in TBCB Norms By India’s Power Ministry Updated On Tue, Oct 29th, 2024 by Saurenergy In Draft guidelines for Tariff based competitive bidding involving solar, wind, Hybrid, FDRE and Energy storage projects, India’s Ministry of Power has come out with a slew of proposed changes. The draft document has been released for feedback and suggestions, with a last day of submissions being 15 days from publishing of the guidelines, ie, […] Read more
Public Capital and Solar Firms- Made For Each Other? Updated On Mon, Oct 28th, 2024 by Saurenergy What a difference four years can make! It was just over four years ago in September 2020 when SaurEnergy wrote about how access to capital markets was a glaring disadvantage for India’s aspiring solar firms vis-a-vis China. Highlighting the contrasting performances of the few listed firms then, namely, Adani Green (Developer), Sterling and Wilson Solar […] Read more
Is India Ready To Welcome Its Largest Ever Wind Turbines? Updated On Wed, Oct 23rd, 2024 by Saurenergy Dongfang Electric Corporation, a Chinese wind turbine manufacturer, made waves in the global wind market this month by launching the world’s largest wind turbine, with a capacity of 26 MW. This massive turbine was specifically designed for a wind project near Fujian in China. Chinese manufacturers are widely recognized for producing some of the largest […] Read more