Indian States Must Establish Their Own Net Zero Targets Updated On Fri, Mar 10th, 2023 by Saurenergy by Afeena Ashfaque India announced its goal to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2070 at the COP26 conference in Glasgow in November 2021. India can achieve this by enabling the states to develop and meet their own net zero carbon targets. While, in September 2021, Maharashtra became the first state to announce net zero […] Read more
Maharashtra Renewable Energy Grows By 9% Last Fiscal Updated On Thu, Mar 9th, 2023 by Saurenergy The state economic survey of Maharashtra for the period of 2022-23, is out and it paints a bright picture as far as renewable energy is concerned in the state. The state economic survey held that there has been a reasonable jump in the renewable capacity of the state. In 2022-23 financial year, the installed renewable […] Read more
MSEDCL RFS For 200 MW Wind Power From Intra State Projects Updated On Fri, Feb 17th, 2023 by Saurenergy The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has issued a tender for the procurement of 200 MW of wind power through a competitive bidding process followed by e-reverse auction from intra state wind power projects. The state discom has placed a ceiling tariff of Rs 2.65/kWh for the bids. Bidders will have to provide […] Read more
Maharashtra Races To Top In EV Pile With FAME 2 Fuel Updated On Thu, Feb 9th, 2023 by Saurenergy Maharashtra is leading in the number of EVs sold across all segments. The State has achieved this place with the help of the FAME II Scheme. It has 2.96 lakh EVs out of total 16.73 lakh EVs/hybrids in the country. The next in line are Karnataka and Tamil Nadu with 2,03,592 and 1,69,006 respectively. FAME […] Read more
BrightNight Announces Maiden 100 MW Hybrid Wind-Solar Project in India Updated On Mon, Jan 30th, 2023 by Saurenergy Global renewable power producer BrightNight has announced plans for one of its inaugural projects in India which is a differentiated 100 MW co-located, wind-solar hybrid renewable power project in Maharashtra. The official statement of BrightNight held that the wind solar project will deliver clean, high-capacity factor power to commercial and industrial (C&I) customers in the […] Read more
MERC Orders MSEDCL To Follow Rules On Wheeling Charges, Cough Up Refund On Excess Charges Updated On Wed, Jan 25th, 2023 by Saurenergy The CERC has directed the MSEDCL to refund the wheeling charges on open access to Sridevi Trading Company, which had filed a petition. The firm had claimed that MSEDCL had levied excess wheeling charges. The Commission has asked MSEDCL to refund the levy on excess amount incorrectly recovered as per it. In doing this, MERC […] Read more
India’s November ’22 Solar Capacity Addition Drops to 342 MW Y-o-Y, Wind Additions Rise Marginally Updated On Thu, Dec 15th, 2022 by Saurenergy The statistics from last month’s RE installation indicate that November was not a terrific month for the expansion of Indian RE capacity. Comparing the current month of November 2022 to the previous one, the total RE capacity additions decreased. India only added 342.09 MW of solar energy and just 51.3 MW of wind energy in […] Read more
India’s October 2022 Solar Capacity Addition Drops To 810.3 MW, Wind Additions At 178 MW Updated On Wed, Nov 16th, 2022 by Saurenergy October was not a great month for the Indian RE capacity additions. The overall RE capacity additions in comparison to the previous month declined. In October 2022, India added only 810.37 MW of solar energy and just 177.9 MW of wind energy. In the solar sector, India added less capacity in comparison to the month […] Read more
Panvel Municipal Corporation Floats Tender for Rooftop Solar at 5 Panvel Sites Updated On Mon, Nov 7th, 2022 by Saurenergy At a time when rooftop solar is gaining traction in Maharashtra, the Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) has come up with a tender seeking a contractor to install a rooftop solar power project at PMC’s five key properties in the city. The corporation has selected Adyakrantiveer Vasudev Basudev Phadke Natyagruha, Fire Office Building, Dr Ambedkar Bhavan, […] Read more
