Global Energy Storage Market Set to Hit 1 TWh by 2030: BNEF Updated On Thu, Nov 18th, 2021 by Saurenergy Energy storage installations around the world will reach a cumulative 358 gigawatts/1,028 gigawatt-hours by the end of 2030, more than twenty times larger than the 17 gigawatts/34 gigawatt-hours online at the end of 2020, according to the latest forecast from research company BloombergNEF (BNEF). This boom in stationary energy storage will require more than $262 […] Read more
Fortescue Races Ahead With Electrolyser Manufacturing Plans In Australia Updated On Wed, Nov 17th, 2021 by Saurenergy Fortescue Future Industries which is building what it claims will be the world’s biggest plant for green hydrogen electrolysers, has confirmed approvals for the same within a month from the Queensland, Australia government. The Andrew Forrest owned Fortescue may also include a gigawatt scale solar module factory and other production facilities. The facility will have […] Read more
KSERC Approval for 300 MW Solar Buy Exposes Multiple Challenges Facing SECI, Developers Updated On Wed, Nov 17th, 2021 by Saurenergy In an order dated November 15, 2021, the Kerala state electricity regulatory commission (KSERC) finally allowed the state discom, Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) to procure 300 MW of Solar power from SECI from its tranche IX solar tenders, at a cost of Rs 2.44/kWh including trading commission. While many will see the order as […] Read more
Taiwanese Firm Delta Selected for DJSI “World Index” for 11th Yr in a Row Updated On Wed, Nov 17th, 2021 by Saurenergy Taiwanese electronics manufacturing company Delta Electronics has been selected for the DJSI World for the eleventh consecutive year and the DJSI-Emerging Markets for the ninth consecutive year in the evaluation of the 2021 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), an indicator of global corporate competitiveness, said the firm in its latest statement. “This year, Delta achieved […] Read more
Collaborative Solar Facility Powers 5 Leading New England Colleges Updated On Wed, Nov 17th, 2021 by Saurenergy An innovative collaborative energy project has started delivering electricity to five New England colleges—and to tens of thousands of students, staff and faculty—as a new solar energy facility has gone online in Farmington, Maine, US. Launched in 2018, the New England College Renewable Partnership is a first-of-its-kind collaboration among five leading New England liberal arts […] Read more
Power Minister Tracks Progress On 10 GW Ladakh Solar Project Updated On Tue, Nov 16th, 2021 by Saurenergy The much awaited and planned giant solar project at Ladakh, first mooted by Prime Minister Modi in 2018-19, continues to occupy the attention of the Power Minister, R.K. Singh. The project, originally seen as a 7.5 GW solar park in the union territory, has been delayed due to multiple issues, be it transmission costs, land […] Read more
RWE to Invest €50 B to Reach 50 GW RE Capacity by 2030 Updated On Tue, Nov 16th, 2021 by Saurenergy “Greener, bigger, more valuable – that is RWE in 2030. For the first time, the company is providing details of what it will look like by the end of the decade,” states Germany’s largest power producer. With its new strategy ‘Growing Green’, RWE will invest a significant sum, worth €50 billion, in its core business […] Read more
Scottish RE Trade Body Urges UK to Reform Grid Charging Regime Updated On Tue, Nov 16th, 2021 by Saurenergy Industry body Scottish Renewables has reaffirmed its calls for the UK Government and Ofgem, the energy regulator, to work together in the spirit of COP26 to achieve a solution to the Transmission Network Use of System (TNUoS) charging regime, as the government had previously committed to do in its recent energy white paper. The current […] Read more
UK, US Firms Launch JV Targetting 20 GW RE Capacity by 2030 Updated On Tue, Nov 16th, 2021 by Saurenergy Low Carbon Limited, based in the UK, and the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual), based in the US, have joined forces to build a leading global renewable energy Independent Power Producer (IPP). The partnership with MassMutual also aims at supporting Low Carbon’s ambition to raise third-party investment funds with the goal of directing capital into […] Read more