Policy and Technology Helped Drive Solar Module Cost Down: Study Updated On Tue, Nov 20th, 2018 by Saurenergy Policy support by respective governments has been touted as a major reason for this dramatic price drop With the price of solar energy becoming increasingly competitive each day, it is crucial to know why the cost of solar panels and solar energy storage have been dropping. This is what a team of researchers from Massachusetts […] Read more
Solar Industry Facing Some Challenge: Gyanesh Chaudhary Updated On Tue, Nov 20th, 2018 by Saurenergy Ambiguity arising from the GST relates to the fact that it is still not clear whether solar projects will be categorized under the 5% tax bracket or 18% tax bracket. Implementation of Goods and Service Tax and imposition of safeguard duties are proving to be challenging for the solar industry in India, Gyanesh Chaudhary, MD […] Read more
Acme Solar takes NTPC to Court Over Tariff dispute Updated On Fri, Nov 16th, 2018 by Saurenergy In a solar auction held by NTPC in August, Acme Solar had won a 600MW project in a total of 2000MW. In the latest fallout from the government imposed safeguard duty on solar panels and modules, Acme Solar has dragged the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) to court over a dispute in tariff. In a […] Read more
Seraphim Solar Gets 80 MW Supply Pact in Vietnam Updated On Thu, Nov 15th, 2018 by Saurenergy The company has agreed to deliver the PV modules for a targeted commission date in late April 2019. Jiangsu Seraphim Solar System (Seraphim) has inked new landmark supply agreements for two separate PV projects totaling 80MW in Vietnam. The solar farms are a joint venture project of AMI Renewables of Vietnam and AC Energy of the Philippines. The company has agreed to […] Read more
Viz-A-Viz with Manish Aggarwal, Managing Director, Enkay Solar Power Updated On Tue, Nov 13th, 2018 by Saurenergy Q. In present scenario where technology changes frequently, how do you manage to upgrade your technology? As we are new entrants in this field, we were able to induct the state-of-art machinery, therefore up-gradation is not an issue. For instance when we started our production line 4BB cells technology was prevailing. Last year we up-graded […] Read more
Largest Solar Power Study to Date Discovers 25% Power Loss Updated On Mon, Nov 12th, 2018 by Saurenergy RESEARCHERS at the University of Huddersfield have undertaken the largest study to date into the effectiveness of solar panels across the UK and discovered that parts of the country are suffering an overall power loss of up to 25% because of the issue of regional ‘hot spots’. Hot spots were also found to be more […] Read more
Solar FlexRack Completes Shipments of New TDP 2.0 Solar Trackers to 17 MW of Solar Projects in Georgia Updated On Thu, Nov 1st, 2018 by Saurenergy Solar FlexRack™, a division of Northern States Metals and an innovative leader in photovoltaic mounting and solar tracker solutions, announced today it has completed shipments of its new TDP 2.0 Solar Trackers to SolAmerica Energy to be installed in eight solar projects located across the state of Georgia. The new Solar FlexRack 2.0 Tracker with BalanceTrac introduces a technology […] Read more
Enphase Energy and LONGi Solar Announce AC Module Partnership Updated On Thu, Nov 1st, 2018 by Saurenergy Enphase Energy, Inc. is a global energy technology company and the world’s leading supplier of solar microinverters, and LONGi Solar, a subsidiary of LONGi Green Energy Technology Co. Ltd. (Shanghai: 601012), the world’s leading manufacturer of monocrystalline wafers, cells and modules, today announced a strategic partnership to develop Enphase Energized™ LONGi AC Modules (ACMs) based on seventh-generation Enphase […] Read more
JinkoSolar to Supply 255MWp Solar Panels to One of the Year’s Largest Solar Farms in Australia Updated On Thu, Nov 1st, 2018 by Saurenergy JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. is one of the world’s largest solar module manufacturers, announced today that it has entered into the Contract for the Supply of PV Modules with Decmil Australia Pty Ltd on September 27, 2018, for supply 255MWp of its high efficient solar panels for the Sunraysia Solar Farm (“Project”) developed by Maoneng […] Read more
