Dark Clouds Gathering Over C&I Segment, Says ICRA Updated On Fri, Jun 19th, 2020 by Saurenergy In a report carried by wire agencies, ICRA’s (Formerly Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency of India) sector head and VP Girishkumar Kadam has been quoted as saying that renewable energy developers, based on third party or group captive off-take remain exposed to regulatory risk. The segment, called the C&I or commercial and industrial segment […] Read more
5 Reasons Discoms Should Consider This For Financial Distress Updated On Mon, Jun 15th, 2020 by Saurenergy That a financial crisis is pretty much business as usual for discoms in India has been well documented on this site, and elsewhere. Many solutions have also been suggested, most of which seem to fall short of actually settling the matter. So here is one we would like to suggest, without quite getting into the […] Read more
Bengal Chief Minister Joins Building Chorus Against Electricity Act Amendments Updated On Mon, Jun 15th, 2020 by Saurenergy The Electricity Act Amendment Bill (2020), slated for a possible introduction in the coming session of parliament, faced a predictable salvo yesterday. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banejee termed its provisions ‘anti- federal’ and even ‘inhuman’ to be brought up at a time when the pandemic is raging. In a strongly-worded letter to Prime Minister […] Read more
Covid, Consumer Focus Lead to ‘Regressive’ HERC Tariff Order for 2020-21 Updated On Thu, Jun 11th, 2020 by Saurenergy In its tariff order for the year 2020-21, the order of the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Comission throws up some issues which will be watched very carefully from here on. For the solar and broader renewable energy sector of course, the most serious hit is the waiver of the state’s RPO (Renewable Purchase Obligation) backlog till […] Read more
As Adani Aims For Global Leadership, Questions At Home An Issue for India Updated On Wed, Jun 10th, 2020 by Saurenergy Talking to the media after announcing the formal go ahead for the world record win for Adani Green Energy Limited, group founder and Chairman Gautam Adani made some very interesting observations on the future of solar manufacturing equipment in India. According to him, the share of Chinese origin imports could be brought down to zero […] Read more
SECI Confirms Adani, Azure, as Winners of ‘Largest’ Manufacturing Linked Bids Updated On Tue, Jun 9th, 2020 by Saurenergy 12 GW solar generation capacity, and 3 GW of manufacturing/solar kit capacity. That’s what SECI has given approval to add, starting as early as 2022 by putting in motion the January 2020 tender for the largest single investment in the country’s solar sector. SECI has formally given the go ahead to Adani Green Energy for […] Read more
Ingeteam Blows Past 50 GW Wind Energy Milestone Updated On Fri, Jun 5th, 2020 by Saurenergy Ingeteam, the Spanish technology Group specialized in electric power conversion, has confirmed commissioning 50 GW of electrical wind power conversion equipment to date. This includes sales of wind power converters and wind control cabinets. Ingeteam entered the wind industry in 1995 working on the development of variable-speed machines. They were the first manufacturer to launch […] Read more
PPA for Thermal Plant with Adani Power in MP Raises Important Questions Updated On Mon, Jun 1st, 2020 by Saurenergy The May 27 announcement by Adani Power of a 1320 MW thermal power deal in Madhya Pradesh raises more questions than it answers. The company’s subsidiary Pench Thermal Energy (MP) has signed a 25 year power purchase agreement (PPA) with MP Power Management Company (MPPMCL) for procurement of 1230 MW of electricity on long term […] Read more
EV Batteries as Storage batteries for Grid Power. Possible, Says MIT Study Updated On Thu, May 28th, 2020 by Saurenergy If there is one area where the renewable energy industry steals a march over fossil fuel based sectors, it has to be the area of recycling. Unlike thermal and oil/gas based energy generators, renewable technologies have come up in the glare of huge public expectations and appraisal, and having to prove themselves better at every […] Read more
