Solar Finance Startup Metafin Gets $5 Million Funding Updated On Thu, Feb 8th, 2024 by Saurenergy Metafin, a leading cleantech-focused NBFC, has successfully raised $5 million in equity funding, led by Prime Venture Partners and Varanium Capital. This investment backs Metafin’s approach to accelerating rooftop solar adoption and financing in rural India. Metafin plans to utilize funds to expand across states, grow its loan book, enhance its technology and IoT stack, […] Read more
CERC Moves On Pilot Project For Market Coupling Updated On Wed, Feb 7th, 2024 by Saurenergy Reports have confirmed that the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has ordered for a shadow pilot on market coupling of India’s power exchanges. The news confirms what has been suspected for long, that despite protestations of IEX the premier power exchange, and many other stakeholders, the government is determined to push ahead with market coupling […] Read more
Australia In Focus as Pacific Green Targets 12 GWh Global BESS Capacity Updated On Tue, Feb 6th, 2024 by Saurenergy UK based Global energy storage and environmental technology company, Pacific Green Technologies, Inc. is targeting more than 12GWh of battery energy storage capacity across four global markets. Having achieved rapid pipeline growth to 6GWh in 2023 – taking scale positions in the emerging Italian and Australian energy storage markets, as well as moving its first […] Read more
Solis Strengthens Bankability Rank For Buyers Updated On Mon, Feb 5th, 2024 by Saurenergy In a key development Ginlong (Solis) has announced its notable position in the 2023 BloombergNEF (BNEF) Inverter Bankability Survey. The survey, engaging diverse industry stakeholders such as banks, solar engineering contractors, and technical advisers, sheds light on the solar inverter bankability landscape. Bankability rankings serve to reassure financial institutions backing solar projects on the quality […] Read more
Citizen Solar In Tie-up With Jinchen To Expand Module Capacity to 1.2GWp Updated On Fri, Feb 2nd, 2024 by Saurenergy Gujarat based Citizen Solar has signed an MoU with Chinese solar equipment manufacturer Jinchen Corp to expand its solar module manufacturing capacity to 1.2 GWp in a phased manner. Citizen solar is an approved manufacturer that is already on MNRE’s Approved List of Module Manufacturers (ALMM) list on date. It’s approved manufacturing capacity in ALMM […] Read more
Nextracker Continues Strong Show, Q3 EBITDA Up 168% YoY Updated On Fri, Feb 2nd, 2024 by Saurenergy US based solar tracker firm Nextracker, in its first earnings announcement since turning a completely independent firm has delivered a stellar set of results. Nextracker’s adjusted earnings before inflation, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) in Q3 FY24 reached US$168 million, more than doubling over the EBITDA in the last 12 months with a 168% year-on-year […] Read more
Pexapark’s European Market Outlook 2024-More Utility, Hybrid PPAs In Offing Updated On Wed, Jan 31st, 2024 by Saurenergy Switzerland-based Pexapark, a specialist provider of Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) price reference, risk and portfolio management software and advisory services for renewable energy, has some interesting predictions for 2024, when it comes to Europe. In its latest European Market Outlook 2024 Report, the Pexapark predicts that Germany will be back on top in 2024 with […] Read more
Reliance Backed Wafer Manufacturing StartUp NexWafe Plans 6GW US Manufacturing Plant Updated On Mon, Jan 29th, 2024 by Saurenergy German solar startup NexWafe GmbH, which counts India’s Reliance among its key investors, is considering a major expansion in the US with 6 GW of solar wafer manufacturing capacity there. Towards this end, NexWafe GmbH has established a U.S. subsidiary to evaluate the development of multi-gigawatt-scale solar wafer production in the U.S. with an initial […] Read more
Tracker Firm PVH Claims New Process Will Reduce Installation Time by 40% Updated On Mon, Jan 29th, 2024 by Saurenergy Valencia, Spain based PVHardware (PVH or Polígono Industrial Castilla Vial), a global solar tracker manufacturing firm, has unveiled what it terms a groundbreaking in-house pre-assembly process across all production centers, marking a seismic shift in solar installation efficiency. PVH claims that this strategic innovation dramatically slashes the number of components shipped to installation sites by […] Read more
