Kochi’s Solar Airport Suffers Estimated Loss of Rs 220 Cr Updated On Tue, Aug 21st, 2018 by Saurenergy Cochin International Airport has started the rebuilding of the damaged infrastructure and has including 2.5 km long airport walls that collapsed after Periyar River flooded. Making it to the news for being flagged as the green airport by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), completely solar powered Kochi Airport is in rounds again. The Kochi airport’s […] Read more
Gloversville of New York Gets its Awaited Solar Power Project Updated On Fri, Aug 17th, 2018 by Saurenergy The project will utilize about half of the landfill for the installation of 17,820 solar panels mounted four high on concrete ballasts set on the landfill cap. Three years after the bid awarded for a solar project at Gloversville couldn’t materialize the city’s Common Council approved a resolution awarding a contract to Ameresco for a […] Read more
Viz-A-Viz with S. K. SINGH, National Head (Solar), HPL Electric & Power Ltd Updated On Thu, Aug 16th, 2018 by Saurenergy Q. Please tell our readers more about HPL and its products & services. HPL Electric & Power Limited (HPL) is an established player in the electrical equipment industry. Since 1957 onwards, the company has become well known brand in the switchgear manufacturing. HPL’s product range is divided into four verticals namely – Metering Solutions, Switchgears, […] Read more
Rooftop Solar Application rise by 500% in Australia Updated On Mon, Aug 13th, 2018 by Saurenergy Rising power prices and improved technology has led to 25 percent of domestic consumers to switch to some sort of solar application to help them with some household work. The country has enough sunlight to power all commercial buildings on just solar panels. In the past three years, there has been a 500% rise in […] Read more
Domestic Solar Power Industry Updated On Fri, Aug 10th, 2018 by Saurenergy Solar tariffs in India saw the lowest ever level of Rs.2.44 per unit in reverse auctions carried out by Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) in May 2017 for 200 MW and again twice in July, 2018, for 600 MW in each instance. As per the final findings dated 16th July, 2018, in the investigations […] Read more
Europe Develops Portable Solar ‘Plug and Play’ System under its ‘Horizon 2020’ Programme Updated On Thu, Aug 9th, 2018 by Saurenergy The developers claim the cost of energy produced by the portable solar generator to be half the cost of energy produced by diesel generators. European Commission regulated ‘Horizon 2020’ has developed a standalone, easy-to-install, photovoltaic generator, ‘SUNINBOX’, where all the equipment is configured in the factory ready for use as a portable ‘plug and play’ […] Read more
MNRE Appeals Exclusion of Solar Projects under Execution from Safeguard Duty Updated On Mon, Aug 6th, 2018 by Saurenergy The ministry has put up an urge to exclude projects bid out before 31st July as the safeguard duty came into effect on July 31st. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has urged the Finance Ministry to exempt solar projects under implementation from the 25 percent safeguard duty on solar goods from China […] Read more
India Imposes 25% Safeguard Duty on Solar Imports Updated On Tue, Jul 31st, 2018 by Saurenergy Finance ministry has imposed a safeguard duty of 25 percent on the imports from July 30, 2018 to July 29, 2019 and a gradually reduced rate of 20 percent from July 30, 2019 to January 29, 2020 and 15 percent from January 30, 2020 to July 29, 2020. Keeping in view the interests of the […] Read more
Solar Industry Seeks Clear GST Rates on Solar Projects Updated On Mon, Jul 30th, 2018 by Saurenergy The solar industry association has written to the authorities after the Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR) upheld the rate to be at 18 percent and not 5 percent GST rates on Solar Projects. Solar Power Developers Association (SPDA) has sought clarity on the GST rates on solar projects from the solar policy makers, including important […] Read more
