China’s Largest PV Plant In Quinghai Offers A study On Co-Existing With Nature Updated On Fri, Nov 12th, 2021 by Saurenergy China’s Tara Beach, located 60 kilometres southeast of Qinghai Lake, in the island province of Hainan, is bathed with a blue sea of solar panels. It houses the world’s largest renewable energy base that was built by Huanghe Hydropower Development, a state-owned utility company, with technological contributions from ICT provider Huawei. A 2.2 GW solar plant — the Tara […] Read more
Self Sustaining Off Grid Options In Remote Areas Can Lead To Technological As Well As Social Changes Updated On Fri, Nov 12th, 2021 by Saurenergy Ashutosh Verma, Founder at Exalta India, a startup focused on the sustainability space has seen the market evolve from solar powered devices to a demand for EV’s today. It’s a market where his firm has tried to offer a product for each need. We spoke to him about his firm, and plans for the future. […] Read more
Electric Vehicle Sales Set to Jump 80% in 2021: Report at COP26 Updated On Thu, Nov 11th, 2021 by Saurenergy Passenger electric vehicle sales are set to jump over 80 per cent in 2021 to 5.6 million units, off the back of unprecedented industry and government commitments around the world over the last two years, according to the Zero-Emission Vehicles Factbook, a special report published on Wednesday by BloombergNEF (BNEF), at the request of the […] Read more
French Court Verdict On Health Damage From Wind Turbines Updated On Thu, Nov 11th, 2021 by Saurenergy A French court has awarded damages to a Belgian couple claiming a wind turbine near their house negatively impacted their health. Christel and Luc Fockaert were awarded €110,000 after complaining of health problems that they claim were caused by a windfarm. The decision is likely to cause disquite among operators across Europe, as both North […] Read more
Senior PV Performance Analyst Updated On Mon, Nov 8th, 2021 by Saurenergy The Senior PV Performance Analyst will be based in Hyderabad, India. Onboarding will be virtual for the time being with occasional socially distanced meetings at a Nextracker office. You will use various PV performance analysis and modeling methods prevalent in the industry for understanding Nextracker’s smart control system’s behavior. You will also explore and develop […] Read more
EIA Cites New Battery Storage Applications as Usage Surges in The US Updated On Tue, Nov 2nd, 2021 by Saurenergy Battery storage applications have shifted as more batteries are added to the U.S. grid, finds the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). The ability of utility-scale batteries to draw energy from the grid during certain periods and discharge it to the grid at other periods creates opportunities for electricity dispatch optimization strategies based on system or […] Read more
What To Do When Your Inverter Gives “G-PHASE” Alarm Updated On Fri, Oct 29th, 2021 by Saurenergy Background In PV systems, there can be errors caused by problems on the grid side. As an important operating function of a solar PV system and the grid, inverters are very sensitive to grid problems and will respond quickly. Among them, grid imbalance faults, although rare, can easily affect inverters, PV systems and sometimes even […] Read more
Honeywell Debuts Flow Battery For Formal Testing, 12 Hours Power Discharge Promised Updated On Wed, Oct 27th, 2021 by Saurenergy US-based multinational Honeywell has announced the development of a new flow battery for providing long duration power of up to 12 hours. The firm says the technology will be first tested by US utility major Duke Energy in a 400kWh system configuration in 2022, before being scaled upto a 60MWh pilot project by 2023. The […] Read more
Senior PV Performance Analyst Updated On Tue, Oct 26th, 2021 by Saurenergy The Senior PV Performance Analyst will be based in Hyderabad, India. Onboarding will be virtual for the time being with occasional socially distanced meetings at a Nextracker office. You will use various PV performance analysis and modeling methods prevalent in the industry for understanding Nextracker’s smart control system’s behavior. You will also explore and develop […] Read more
