NTPC Launches its 1st EV Charging Station in Vishakhapatnam Updated On Mon, Sep 3rd, 2018 by Saurenergy NTPC powered EV charging station has been designed by its In-house NTPC engineering team at Simhadri. In line with Government of India’s plans to switch to electric vehicles mobility, NTPC, India’s largest power generating company, initiates its first Electric Vehicle EV Charging Station in Simhadri, Vishakhapatnam. Moreover, NTPC is fully aligned for promoting clean energy […] Read more
Gov’t Cuts Component Manufacturing Requirement to Prevent High Tariff Bids in Solar Tender Updated On Mon, Sep 3rd, 2018 by Saurenergy The government has also brought down the maximum permissible tariff rate for the solar tender to Rs 2.75 per unit from an earlier cap of Rs 2.93. In a bid to attract healthy number of developers in a recent solar auction and prevent higher tariff bids from the bidders, the government has reduced the component […] Read more
Kerala Floods Spare Wayanad’s Floating Solar Power Plant Updated On Mon, Sep 3rd, 2018 by Saurenergy The KSEB’s floating solar plant at Banasura which survived kerala floods was the largest floating solar power plant in the country until August 23 when the 2MW floating solar project commissioned in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh displaced it. The Banasura Sagar Dam floating solar power plant in Wayanad has survived the recent flood ravage in […] Read more
MNRE Postpones Commissioning of 7,750 MW Grid-Connected VGF Solar Projects Updated On Sat, Sep 1st, 2018 by Saurenergy MNRE does not hold the developers responsible for the delay in the commissioning of solar PV projects but the supervisory authorities. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has in a row extended the commissioning deadlines of 7,750 MW grid-connected solar PV power projects under different batches of viability gap funding (VGF) planned under 2nd […] Read more
IEX, PXIL Green Certificate Sales Nosedive 49.34% in August Updated On Fri, Aug 31st, 2018 by Saurenergy The drop in the sales of RECs took place within a time period of 1 month as it was around 16.18 lakh in July, 2018. Sales of Renewable Energy Certificates (REC) plunged around 49.34 percent to 8.19 lakh units on the country’s REC Exchanges, Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) and Power Exchange of India (PXIL). The […] Read more
Malaysia Seeks Relief on India’s Solar Safeguard Duty from WTO Updated On Fri, Aug 31st, 2018 by Saurenergy India had imposed safeguard duty of up to 25 per cent on solar cells imports from China and Malaysia for two years to protect domestic players from steep rise in inbound shipments. Malaysia has sought consultations with India under the WTO’s safeguard agreement against New Delhi’s decision to impose import duty on solar cells, the World Trade Organisation […] Read more
Orissa HC Hearing on ‘Solar Safeguard Duty Case’ on Sept’ 19 Updated On Thu, Aug 30th, 2018 by Saurenergy The new hearing date manifestly shows that the safeguard duty is yet to be implemented on the solar imports from China and Malaysia. Nearing the safeguard duty verdict, Orissa High Court has set September 19th, 2018 as the next date for the hearing of ‘Safeguard Duty on Solar Imports Case’. Coming as a historic wrestle […] Read more
Reliance Infra Sells Mumbai Power Portfolio to Adani Transmissions for Rs 18,000 Cr Updated On Thu, Aug 30th, 2018 by Saurenergy Reliance Infra and Adani group had signed the pact for 100 per cent stake sale of R-Infra’s integrated business of generation, transmission and distribution of power for Mumbai in December 2017. Adani Group’s Adani Transmission has acquired Reliance Infrastructure’s integrated business of Generation, Transmission and Retail Electricity Distribution in Mumbai. Reliance Infra and Adani group had signed […] Read more
Bengaluru Commuters May Travel on Electric Buses in 5 Years Updated On Thu, Aug 30th, 2018 by Saurenergy The authority has started an electric bus in 2014 on pilot bases but shut the service citing high costs. In a bid to reduce the environmental pollution caused by worn diesel buses, state’s Deputy Chief Minister, G. Parameshwara has affirmed that the authorities will discontinue the use of all diesel buses over the next five […] Read more
