Henkel India to provide electricity to villages in Maharashtra installing solar panels Updated On Thu, Mar 31st, 2016 by Saurenergy Henkel Adhesive Technologies India Private Limited a fully owned subsidiary of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA has embarked upon its CSR project ‘Lighting Lives’. The project aims to provide electricity to villages in Maharashtra by installing solar panels and is in line with the global Sustainability Strategy for 2030. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his […] Read more
Origin Energy inks deal with Moree Solar Farm to buy solar power output Updated On Thu, Mar 31st, 2016 by Saurenergy Origin Energy has signed an agreement to purchase electricity for 15 years from Moree solar farm in New South Wales. Origin Energy is touting the 15-year power purchase agreement (ppa) as a “landmark”. It is the first agreement that company has struck with a large scale solar facility. Under the agreement the utility will purchase […] Read more
Redflow launches home solar storage battery ZCell to take on Tesla and Panasonic Updated On Wed, Mar 30th, 2016 by Saurenergy Australia based battery developer Redflow has launched its first residential energy storage solution named ZCell made from easily recyclable and reusable components. Redflow‘s ZCell battery unlike its competitors, does not use lithium and is more recyclable than its competitors. It can store 10 kilowatt hours (kWh) of energy which will let users ‘timeshift’ solar power […] Read more
Panasonic’s Solar Lantern Deployment Crosses 14000 mark in India Updated On Mon, Mar 28th, 2016 by Saurenergy Panasonic has passed the halfway mark of “100 Thousand Solar Lanterns Project” with cumulative number of solar lanterns donated exceeding 50,000 on March 10, 2016. Panasonic’s project started in February 2013 with a donation of 3,000 units to Myanmar, followed by donations to other areas in Asia and Africa without access to electricity. The number […] Read more
Odisha Power Generation Corporation Limited begins solar power project Updated On Mon, Mar 28th, 2016 by Saurenergy The Odisha Power Generation Corporation Limited (OPGC) has started installation of rooftop solar project on the existing plant switchyard building as part of a demonstration project at Ib Thermal Power Station (ITPS) in Jharsuguda district. OPGC says that the project can produce 3KW of solar power which will be used to power switchyard building internal […] Read more
Solargise to invest Rs.900 crores to set up 500 MW module and cell manufacturing facility in Bengaluru Updated On Fri, Mar 25th, 2016 by Saurenergy Solargise India has signed MOU and EOI with government of Karnataka to invest over Rs. 3900 crores in the state and announced the commercial launch of operations has signed MOU and EOI with government of Karnataka to invest over Rs. 3900 crores in the state and announced the commercial launch of operations. The company said […] Read more
Domestic firms dominated Jharkhand‘s 1.2 GW Solar Tender Updated On Fri, Mar 25th, 2016 by Saurenergy Jharkhand’s first bulk tender of solar power projects of 1.2GW received interest from Indian companies. The state issued tender to allocate 1200 MW of solar power projects to private developers in December last year. Early this month Results announced by the Jharkhand government shows bids placed by successful project developers range between Rs 5.08/kWh and […] Read more
Canada’s Suncor submits proposal to build three 80 MW solar PV farm Updated On Fri, Mar 25th, 2016 by Saurenergy Canada’s largest oil sands producer Suncor has submitted a proposal to the Alberta Electric System Operator to build three 80 MW solar PV farms in the state. This is the first time that the company is foraying into solar energy. The proposal from the firm includes sum of 240MW solar PV plants in the stand […] Read more
American financial institution to allocate $421 million to India for solar, internet projects Updated On Tue, Mar 22nd, 2016 by Saurenergy American financial institution to allocate $421 million to India for its solar and broadband projects reports PTI. It will enable the country to become a low carbon economy and expand the internet infrastructure. Last week US Government’s development finance institution, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), sanctioned $250million to subsidiaries of ReNew Power Ventures Private Limited […] Read more
