Sri Lanka To Purchase 75% Equipment from India For India-funded Projects Updated On Mon, Jun 21st, 2021 by Saurenergy Recently, we reported that India extended a USD 100 million Line of Credit (LOC) to Sri Lanka for various solar energy projects. Now, for those solar projects, Sri Lanka will purchase the equipment and materials from India itself. That USD 100 million LOC is a 15-year loan of a fixed rate of 1.75% and that […] Read more
CERC Judgement on SB Energy’s 300 MW Bhadla Project Compensation Updated On Tue, May 18th, 2021 by Saurenergy A plea by SB Energy at the CERC, with SECI and Rajasthan Urja Vikas Nigam as respondents, was disposed off by the commission with a now predictable template on most of the contentions. In doing so, the CERC has served to iterate what seems to be well established rules for such situations. The final order […] Read more
TATA Power’s Q4 FY21 Results: Revenues Jump 50% Updated On Fri, May 14th, 2021 by Saurenergy Mumbai-based electric utility company Tata Power Limited released its financial results for the fourth quarter of FY21 ended March 31, 2021, announcing a marginal rise of one per cent in consolidated net profit at Rs 481.21 crore (Rs 474.70 crore in the year-ago period), due to saving in finance cost offset by an exceptional gain […] Read more
Renewables Powering Through the Pandemic: IEA Updated On Tue, May 11th, 2021 by Saurenergy Renewable electricity expanded at fastest pace in two decades, with huge additions of solar and wind becoming the ‘new normal’ going forward Renewable sources of electricity such as wind and solar grew at their fastest rate in two decades in 2020 and are set to expand in coming years at a much faster pace than […] Read more
Oregon State Uni Researchers: Agrivoltaics Benefits Land & Animals Updated On Fri, Apr 30th, 2021 by Saurenergy In a paper entitled ‘Herbage Yield, Lamb Growth and Foraging Behavior in Agrivoltaic Production System’, published in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, researchers at the Oregon State University present a comparison between lamb growth and pasture production from pastures in agrivoltaic systems and traditional open pastures over 2 years in Oregon. They conclude from the experiment that […] Read more
Facebook Ties up With CleanMax for 1st Renewable Energy Project in India Updated On Fri, Apr 16th, 2021 by Saurenergy Facebook has partnered with Mumbai-based clean energy firm CleanMax for a 32 MW wind power project to be built in southern Karnataka. Around 50% of the project’s energy generation capacity has already been commissioned and is producing electricity. While CleanMax will handle the ownership and operation of the project, Facebook will purchase electricity off the […] Read more
The BCD Calculus: Will It Deliver The Right Outcomes? Updated On Thu, Mar 25th, 2021 by Saurenergy As expected, once it did arrive, India’s Basic Customs Duty (BCD) plan for solar cells and equipment has managed to create just the sort of furore that the government claims it seeks to avoid. After all, for once, this was a decision that was long in coming, with intent having been announced last year itself, […] Read more
Aucnet, MIRAI-LABO to Recycle and Distribute Used EV Batteries Updated On Tue, Feb 9th, 2021 by Saurenergy Aucnet Inc., an information distribution support service provider based in Tokyo’s Minato-ku, and MIRAI-LABO Co., Ltd. headquartered in Hachioji City, Tokyo, a company developing various energy-saving environmental products based on photovoltaic paving panels, lithium-ion battery uninterruptible switching technology, and LED reflector lighting technology, will launch a joint project to enter the used EV battery recycling and distribution business […] Read more
Budget 2021 Reactions. Industry Welcomes Broad Direction, Hopes For Specifics Updated On Tue, Feb 2nd, 2021 by Saurenergy The Union Budget 2021, for all its usual detractors, has been welcomed in more ways than one. While the stock markets seem to have welcomed the bold moves to junk fiscal limitations and go for high spending to revive the economy, the industry has welcomed it for more reasons. One couldn’t help but notice during […] Read more
