Wind Energy Takes Centre Stage at COP28 Updated On Tue, Dec 5th, 2023 by Saurenergy COP28, being held in Dubai, has served as an ideal platform seeing major wind firms and countries join hands on noteworthy agreements on the setting up of wind farms. These agreements run into several gigawatts. 1 GW TotalEnergies AoI On the COP28 platform, French firm, TotalEnergies has entered into an agreement on investment (AoI) with […] Read more
Sungrow To Supply South Africa’s First Hybrid Wind-Solar-Battery Project Updated On Tue, Dec 5th, 2023 by Saurenergy Global solar inverter player Sungrow signed a supply agreement with French renewable energy group EDF Renewables, to provide 264MWh liquid-cooled energy storage systems and MV transformers, for the Umoyilanga project – South Africa’s first wind-solar-storage integrated hybrid virtual power plant (VPP). EDF Renewables, and privately held investment company Perpetua Holdings (Pty) Ltd, won the Umoyilanga […] Read more
Sierra Leone Set to Welcome its First Wind Farm in Sherbro Island Updated On Fri, Dec 1st, 2023 by Saurenergy Sierra Leone is set to welcome its first wind farm at Sherbro Island. Towards this, the generation unit of Octopus Energy has joined hands with Idris Elba and Sherbro Alliance Partners (SAP) to realise this goal. Sherbro Alliance Partners is an infrastructure development firm. The significant announcement was made at COP28. The agreement will pave […] Read more
To Meet Targets, Wind Power Needs To Grow 3 Times By 2030: Report Updated On Wed, Nov 22nd, 2023 by Saurenergy A latest report from EMBER studied global renewable capacity and found that, based on current national targets, it’s set to increase by 7.3 TW by 2030. It anticipates that, based on the current national target, the renewable energy capacity is set to increase by 2.1x until 2030. The report on ‘Tracking National Ambition Towards a […] Read more
BP Completes Repowering Wind Farm of 300 MW Capacity Updated On Tue, Nov 21st, 2023 by Saurenergy BP has completed repowering its wind farm in Indiana for 300 MW capacity. The Fowler Ridge 1 project, established in central Indiana, entailed the upgradation of 40 of the 162 turbines. This encompassed the installation of 120 individual blades and 40 new nacelles. These boast power generation equipment and transformers on top of the wind towers. […] Read more
SJVN Green Energy Ltd Signs PPA with SECI for 200 MW Wind Project Updated On Fri, Nov 17th, 2023 by Saurenergy SJVN Green Energy Limited (SGEL) has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI) for 200 MW wind project connected to the grid. SGEL had participated in the tariff based competitive bidding process conducted by SECI for selection of wind power developers for setting up 1,200 MW grid connected […] Read more
US Five Offshore Wind Projects Can Power 1.75 million Homes: Report Updated On Wed, Nov 1st, 2023 by Saurenergy The Biden-Harris administration recently approved the ‘Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind’ (CVOW) commercial project. This is the fifth approval of a commercial-scale, offshore wind energy project under President Biden’s leadership. This announcement supports the administration’s goal of deploying 30 Gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030. Some other projects approved under this are the […] Read more
Is Solar Trumping Wind, Again? Updated On Fri, Oct 27th, 2023 by Saurenergy Between 2017 and 2021, you wouldn’t be blamed if you thought the whole burden of adding renewable energy capacity had fallen on solar energy. Thus, even as wind turbine capacities were going up, actual wind capacity deployment, particularly onshore wind, was slumping, leaving in its wake a slew of firms struggling to survive. Dominated by […] Read more
MoP Warns States Against Levying Charges On Power Generation Updated On Thu, Oct 26th, 2023 by Saurenergy The Ministry of Power (MoP) has now issued an order asking states to not levy any additional charges on the generation of electricity from any source ranging from hydropower, thermal to renewable. The ministry even termed the events as “unconstitutional and illegal”. “It has come to the notice of the Government of India that some State Governments […] Read more
