MNRE blacklists 2 firms for participating in malpractices in NTPC solar tenders Updated On Sat, Aug 13th, 2016 by Saurenergy Last month, NTPC informed Ministry of New and Renewable Energy that Emami Power Ltd and Oriental Sales Agencies (India) indulged in malpractices in the tenders for solar power projects by it under Phase-II of National Solar Mission. Taking cognizant of this fact, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy acted and has decided to blacklist […] Read more
Mohali Municipal Corporation goes solar with 70 kW rooftop solar panels Updated On Sat, Aug 13th, 2016 by Saurenergy Solar energy Moving towards renewable energy, Mohali Municipal Corporation (MMC) has installed solar panels on its roof, thus becoming the first government building to have such panels in the district. Mohali Municipal Corporation (MMC) has installed 70 kW solar panels on the roof of MC Bhawan in Sector 68. The building will be using the […] Read more
West Bengal working on a new solar policy to meet its target of 4500MW Updated On Sat, Aug 13th, 2016 by Saurenergy The West Bengal government is working on a plan to introduce a new solar policy to meet the Centre’s revised target of generating 4500 MW solar energy by 2022 in the state. Shobandeb Chatterjee, State Power Minister at an interactive session with the Bharat Chamber of Commerce stated that “We will bring a new solar […] Read more
Japan Asia Investment commissions 2 MW Solar Project in Aichi Updated On Sat, Aug 13th, 2016 by Saurenergy Tokyo-based Japan Asia Investment Co. Ltd. has announced that the project for its 2-MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Aichi prefecture has been commissioned. Local utility Chubu Electric Power Co. will be purchasing power from the plant. With a total cost of about JPY 780 million (USD 7.71m/EUR 6.88m, the 2-MW solar plant was built […] Read more
India planning to build large-scale floating solar power projects Updated On Fri, Aug 12th, 2016 by Saurenergy With the huge target of adding 40 GW of rooftop solar power capacity by March 2022 turning out to be more difficult, the Government of India has started looking at other unconventional options to expand the solar power capacity base in the country. The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has agreed to a […] Read more
SolarCity Completes Installation of 18,000+ Solar Panels at Army Family Housing in Maryland and Colorado Updated On Fri, Aug 12th, 2016 by Saurenergy SolarCity and Balfour Beatty Communities, as managing member of military housing projects located at Fort Detrick and Fort Carson have completed the installation of more than 18,000 solar panels at Army family housing. The solar panels are installed on multi-family housing, community centers and maintenance facilities at Fort Detrick, Maryland and Fort Carson, Colorado, to […] Read more
Ministry of Shipping aims to install 160.64 MW of Renewable Energy Projects at Major Ports by 2017 Updated On Fri, Aug 12th, 2016 by Saurenergy In a bid to promote renewable source of energy the Ministry of Shipping has announced to install solar and wind based power systems at all the Major Ports across the country. The Ministry is planning to set up 90.64 MW of Solar Energy Capacity at twelve Major Ports and 70 MW of Wind Energy Capacity […] Read more
First Solar to deliver 160 MW of PV Panels to Turkish Companies Updated On Fri, Aug 12th, 2016 by Saurenergy US-based thin-film solar modules supplier First Solar has won two large contracts of 160 MW in direct current (DC) from Turkey based energy company. The US Company has gone into agreement to supply 160 MW of its high-performance solar modules to PV projects in Turkey. The two contracts were signed in the first half of […] Read more
Unavailability of flat lands might restrict Goa from achieving targeted 150 MW solar power by 2021 Updated On Thu, Aug 11th, 2016 by Saurenergy Milind Naik, State Power Minister mentioned in the Legislative Assembly that Goa will not be able to achieve its target of producing 150 MW of solar power by 2021 due to unavailability of flat lands that are required to set up plants. Responding to the question tabled by BJP MLA Kiran Kandolkar, Naik stated that […] Read more