Solar Industry in UK Facing Challenges Updated On Wed, Dec 19th, 2018 by Saurenergy Environmentalists and big energy firms had urged the government to not stop the export tariff for solar panels but to no avail. In a setback to the United Kingdom’s solar industry, the government has said that houses which will get solar panels in the future will have to give away the surplus power they generate […] Read more
California Becomes 1st State to Mandate Solar for All New Homes Updated On Fri, Dec 7th, 2018 by Saurenergy The unanimous action finalizes a previous vote by the Energy Commission and fulfills a decade-old goal to make the state reliant on cleaner energy. California became the first state in the nation to require homes built in 2020 and later be solar powered, following a vote by the Building Standards Commission. The unanimous action finalizes […] Read more
More Then 20% Australian Homes Have Solar Rooftop Installed Updated On Tue, Dec 4th, 2018 by Saurenergy With 2 million residents having rooftop solar projects across the nation, the combined generation of electricity amounts to 7.9 GW. With an overall 20.3 percent of Australian residents having a rooftop solar project installed, country’s solar industry is leading the way in the rooftop solar market globally. With 2 million residents having rooftop solar projects […] Read more
Rooftop Solar: Democratising Power Generation – One Roof at a Time Updated On Fri, Nov 30th, 2018 by Saurenergy Rooftop solar was the fastest-growing segment within India’s renewable energy sector last year, but it is still not growing fast enough. Capacity adwdition in rooftop solar stood at around 870 megawatt (MW) in 2017, a far cry from the ambitious target of 5,000 MW for FY 2017-18. As of December 2017, cumulative rooftop solar installed […] Read more
Ameresco Finishes Three Solar Facilities in Ashland Updated On Tue, Nov 13th, 2018 by Saurenergy The Town partnered with Ameresco to develop the solar PV projects under a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) Ameresco Inc., a leading energy efficiency and renewable energy company and the Town of Ashland held a ribbon-cutting at the Town’s capped landfill to celebrate the completion of the three solar facilities. The Town partnered with Ameresco […] Read more
Shaw Air Force Base, Duke Energy Join Hands for New Solar Project Updated On Wed, Oct 24th, 2018 by Saurenergy Duke Energy’s Solar Rebate Program helped with the costs of the Shaw project and has provided more than USD 50 million in rebates as an extra incentive for customers who wanted to go solar across its South Carolina footprint. Hunt Southern Group along with its military partner, Shaw Air Force Base, has collaborated with Duke […] Read more
DK Second in State in Tapping Solar Energy Updated On Mon, Oct 15th, 2018 by Saurenergy Dakshina Kannada district has been ranked second in the state in tapping solar energy with the help of solar panels mounted on rooftop, MLC Ivan D’Souza informed on Friday. Bengaluru ranks first in tapping solar energy, D’Souza told reporters after a meeting that around 377 rooftop solar energy units had been installed in the district […] Read more
Punjab Policy on Net Metering for Grid Interactive Roof-Top Solar PV Power Plants Updated On Mon, Oct 8th, 2018 by Saurenergy Scope and Application:- (1) This Policy shall apply to the distribution licensee and consumers of distribution licensee of the State of Punjab. (2) The eligible consumer may install the rooftop solar system under net metering arrangement which; (a) shall be within the permissible rated capacity as defined under this Policy. (b) shall be located in […] Read more
Ikea’s Hyderabad Store to use Solar-powered Rickshaws for Delivery Updated On Tue, Aug 14th, 2018 by Saurenergy The solar powered auto rickshaws will be run by electric motors which will source energy from batteries which will be charged at the Ikea’s solar facility fitted with around 4,000 rooftop solar panels. Excess energy will be used by the store inside. Sweden based MNC furniture and home accessories company, Ikea has opened its store […] Read more
