SolarDuck: Pioneering Offshore Floating Solar Power Updated On Thu, Feb 23rd, 2023 by Saurenergy Founded in 2018, SolarDuck B.V. is a pioneering offshore floating solar power company with a strong maritime heritage, spanning across the Netherlands and Norway. As a spin-off from the largest shipyard in the Netherlands, Damen Shipyards, SolarDuck has leveraged its expertise to bring its vision of “electrifying the world with offshore floating solar power” to […] Read more
AES Aims to Develop Hybrid RE Project in Chile with 3,100 MWh BESS Updated On Wed, Feb 22nd, 2023 by Saurenergy AES Chile, a producer and distributor of electricity and a subsidiary of US-based AES Corporation, is moving ahead with its plan to develop a hybrid renewable energy project that will also harbour a battery based energy storage system (BESS) with a capacity of 3,100 MWh. In a key development, AES Chile has submitted the EIA […] Read more
Solar Powered Drone Unveiled at Aero India 2023 Updated On Fri, Feb 17th, 2023 by Saurenergy Garuda Aerospace, an Indian startup that makes drones, unveiled its solar-powered drone- “SURAJ”, at Aero India 2023, that was held in Bengaluru. Satheesh Reddy, former DRDO Chairman and current Principal Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, unveiled the drone. As per the startup, the solar drone is designed for surveillance operations, offering “real-time information to […] Read more
Italy to Welcome Enel Green’s Solar Panel Gigafactory Updated On Wed, Feb 15th, 2023 by Saurenergy Enel has entered into a financing agreement with a pan-European commercial banking group UniCredit to pave the way for the finance of the expansion of a solar panel factory in Catania, Sicily, Italy. Investment, worth €560 million (US$600 million), will aid the development of the Italian PV Gigafactory (Tango). This is an industrial-scale manufacturing plant […] Read more
The Story of Yichun: The Lithium Capital of Asia Updated On Wed, Feb 15th, 2023 by Saurenergy Yichun is a mountainous prefecture-level city in western/northwestern Jiangxi Province, China, bordering Hunan to the west. The city is famously known as the Lithium Capital of Asia, as a result of the mammoth availability of the resource in the region. The city produced around 81,000 tons of lithium carbonate in 2021 – more than a […] Read more
Dehradun is Home to North India’s First Solar-Powered Hydroponic Plant Updated On Tue, Feb 14th, 2023 by Saurenergy North India’s first solar-powered hydroponic plant has been inaugurated in Dehradun. With capacity at 71kw, the solar power plant sprawls to 6,000 square feet of area. It consists of 36 panels. Under these panels, 6000 vegetable pots can be positioned three feet above soil. This makes the plant extremely productive in nature. With the establishment […] Read more
Vast Solar Gets $65 Million Funding from ARENA for Australia’s Concentrated Solar Plant Updated On Tue, Feb 14th, 2023 by Saurenergy The Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s (ARENA) has announced a funding of $65 million to renewable energy developer Vast Solar to help the firm deliver its VS1, the 30 MW/ 288 MWh concentrated solar plant in Port Augusta, South Australia. The funding is expected to create hundreds of jobs and be the catalyst for an Australian […] Read more
Australian Solar Developer’s Modular Solar Tech to Power Lithium Mine Project Updated On Wed, Feb 8th, 2023 by Saurenergy Australia based solar energy technology developer 5B has said that it will be partnering Zenith Energy to develop the Kathleen Valley Lithium project in Western Australia. The solar project will supply green energy to the biggest battery metals mines. The project will be powered by 5B Maverick technology- a ground mount solar solution designed to […] Read more
EU Awards €5.3 Million To REGACE Project For Agrivoltaics Solutions Updated On Wed, Feb 8th, 2023 by Saurenergy The European Union (EU) has awarded €5.3 million to the REGACE Consortium to develop and demonstrate an innovative agrivoltaics technology by using CO2 enrichment to increase electricity yields. The grant has been made through the Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme of EU. The REGACE Consortium is composed of 12 partners from five countries. The […] Read more