RE Benefits: Leveraging Local Capacity for Solar Water Heaters Updated On Fri, Aug 6th, 2021 by Saurenergy This report from IRENA aims to expand policy makers’ understanding of the steps needed to develop a local market for solar water heaters, and the existing capabilities that can be leveraged to do so. This report highlights opportunities to create local value by setting up a domestic industry around solar water heater. Heating and cooling […] Read more
Demand for Solar Water Heaters rise in Kochi Updated On Fri, Jan 13th, 2017 by Saurenergy To beat the power crisis and save electricity, demand for the use of solar water heaters has increased in Kochi In a bid to beat power crisis and to save electricity, demand for solar water heaters has increased in the district. The Agency for Non-conventional Energy and Rural Technology (Anert), an organization for renewable energy […] Read more
VP Naidu Urges States to Mandate Solar Power Installation Updated On Mon, Sep 13th, 2021 by Saurenergy Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday appealed to all states and local bodies to make solar rooftop plants, solar water heaters and rainwater harvesting mandatory for large buildings and government organizations while adopting model building by-laws. He further called upon large institutions and public sector organisations to strive towards sustainability in their operations by using […] Read more
Extreme Events & O&M of Solar PV Plants Updated On Tue, Aug 24th, 2021 by Saurenergy Background Extreme weather events, driven by climate change, can have huge risks for solar PV systems too. For investors, reassurance of ongoing financial security of their solar system is critical to securing initial investment. PV plants are installed outdoors and whilst generating electricity, they also endure the test of nature and all her elements. How […] Read more
Solar Rooftop Firm Zunroof Launches Range of Smart Home Devices Updated On Thu, Sep 24th, 2020 by Saurenergy Solar rooftop solutions provider Zunroof has announced its entry into the Smart Homes Category with the consumer launch of its ‘zunpulse’ smart devices Gurugram-based solar rooftop solutions provider Zunroof has announced its entry into the Smart Homes Category with the consumer launch of its new range of ‘zunpulse’ smart devices, with a single app to […] Read more
CeNS Finds Way to Cut 80% Production Cost of Transparent Conducting Glass used in Solar Cells Updated On Mon, Jun 8th, 2020 by Saurenergy Amid high demand for transparent conducting glasses (TCG) with high light transparency, the researchers from the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), Bengaluru has found a new method of fabrication of TCG that will trim around 80 per cent of its cost of production against current technology. It will help in reducing the […] Read more
Solar Subsidies. Is It Time To End Them? Updated On Fri, Apr 17th, 2020 by Saurenergy Solar subsidies, like every other subsidy before them, had a noble purpose. To encourage, and enable the adoption of solar power, a cleaner power. It also joined a relatively select group of subsidies, by being open to almost every category of consumers for a while, before being restricted lately to the rooftop solar category. However, […] Read more
Solar Technology Versus Fossil Fuels. Is Endgame here? Updated On Sat, Mar 28th, 2020 by Saurenergy Over last few decades, scientists are trying to come up with innovative and efficient ways to utilize energy from the sun. From times immemorial, humans across different civilisations have worshipped the sun as a God due to its various life-giving properties, and rightfully so. We have been using sun for its heating and lighting properties […] Read more
Solar Rooftop: Over to the States Updated On Mon, Mar 23rd, 2020 by Saurenergy The Missing Player Rooftop Solar. Right up till 2014, when India shifted gears in solar with an ambitious new target and a new focus on utility scale solar, solar usually meant rooftop solar, or even solar water heaters and other distributed solar products. And this was not because we had a lot of rooftop solar […] Read more
