Rural Electrification- Another Feather in India’s Cap Updated On Thu, Aug 9th, 2018 by Saurenergy After India took over driver’s seat and successfully parks the car of International Solar Alliance (ISA) Summit in March this year, Asia’s third largest economy continued its rollercoaster ride in April too, and once again scripted history by hitting the target of electrifying all villages ahead of the deadline. In 2014, when Narendra Modi chaired […] Read more
Apple Partners with Swiss Re, Akamai and Etsy to develop Renewable Energy Updated On Tue, Aug 7th, 2018 by Saurenergy The plant collectively is expected to produce 290 MW of addition power in the Pennsylvania, Jersey, Maryland (PJM) Power Pool grid catering major parts of Eastern U.S. As part of its environmental efforts, Apple has partnered with e-commerce player- Etsy, reinsurance company- Swiss Re and Cambridge’s cloud service provider- Akamai Technologies to develop two new wind […] Read more
Electricity to farmers through renewable energy sources Updated On Thu, Aug 2nd, 2018 by Saurenergy The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) is providing subsidy up to 30% of the benchmark cost of the solar water pumps to the farmers under Off-grid and Decentralized Solar PV Applications Programme. Till date over 1.85 lakh solar water pumps have been reported installed in the country under the Programme. The Ministry of […] Read more
NIWE Installs LiDAR for Offshore Wind Resource Assessment at Gulf of Khambat Updated On Fri, Jul 20th, 2018 by Saurenergy In order to be competitive, developers are encouraged to deploy most advanced technologies. The National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE), an autonomous institution under the Ministry, has installed a remote sensing instrument- LiDAR for assessment of offshore wind resource at Gulf of Khambat, off the Gujarat Coast. The Power and New & Renewable Energy Minister, […] Read more
NIWE, has installed a remote sensing instrument- LiDAR for assessment of offshore wind resource at Gulf of Khambat, off the Gujarat Coast Updated On Thu, Jul 19th, 2018 by Saurenergy Developers are encouraged to deploy most advanced technologies IREDA, a non-banking financial institution under the Ministry has conducted studies with foreign assistance during the last three years and current year Most of renewable energy projects in the country are being implemented by the private sector developers selected through a transparent bidding process. In order to […] Read more
Coimbatore’s 2 Smart City Projects Get Administrative Approval Updated On Mon, Jul 9th, 2018 by Saurenergy Out of the two projects one is multi-level car parking facility at DB Road and the other project is 3.6 MW solar power plant at Ukkadam. Under the smart city mission, the city corporation of Coimbatore is ready to implement two of its ambitious projects as the standing committee has provided its administrative nod for the same. […] Read more
Viz-A-Viz with Basant Jain, Chief Executive Officer, Mahindra Susten Updated On Sat, Jun 23rd, 2018 by Saurenergy Q. Being a major player in the solar space, how do you contribute towards India’s clean and green energy initiative? Mahindra Susten (Part of USD 20.7 Billion Mahindra group) is a leading player in the Cleantech space. It is amongst India’s top 2 companies providing turnkey EPC solutions for grid connected solar projects and has […] Read more
Viz-A-Viz with Damian Miller, CEO, Orb Energy Updated On Thu, Jun 21st, 2018 by Saurenergy Q. Could you please tell our readers about Orb Energy and its journey? NP Ramesh and I were colleagues at Shell Solar for almost seven years. After Shell exited the solar market in 2006, we secured venture funding and started Orb Energy (Orb) in India. By the start of 2007 we had started full-fledged operations […] Read more
Higher RPOs to Help India Meet 175 GW Renewable Target, says Greenpeace Updated On Wed, Jun 20th, 2018 by Saurenergy It further added that, MNRE’s recently announced Kusum scheme to promote solar arrays connected to irrigation pumps can play a key role in helping states fulfil their RPOs. Greenpeace India said that 21 per cent target of Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) by 2022 will be helping India in meeting the renewable energy goal of 175 GW till 2022, […] Read more
