Govt Report Bats For Boosting Renewables In Day-Ahead Electricity Market Updated On Wed, May 17th, 2023 by Saurenergy A report by an expert group constituted by the Ministry of Power to review the Indian electricity markets batted for including variable renewable power in the day-ahead markets. The report said this could be done with some revenue protection for the developers. The inclusion of RE was one of the reforms the Group advocated in […] Read more
Indian EV Sector Registered 170% Growth In FY23: CEEW-CEF Report Updated On Thu, May 11th, 2023 by Saurenergy A latest analysis report by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water’s Centre for Energy Finance (CEEW-CEF) claimed that sales of Electric Vehicles (EVs) in India grew exponentially in FY23. It claimed that the Indian EV sector witnessed a growth of 170 percent (compared to FY22). It also crossed the one million mark during the […] Read more
50% Of India’s 3-Wheeler Registrations In 2022 Were Electric, Says IEA Report Updated On Thu, Apr 27th, 2023 by Saurenergy A latest global report on Electric Vehicles (EVs) by the International Energy Agency (IEA) claimed that around half of India’s three-wheeler registrations in 2022 were electric, hinting at the increased penetration of electric mobility in the country. The report said that sales of electric 3-wheelers in both passenger and cargo segments touched 4,25,000 units in 2022. […] Read more
Gujarat Sees 600 Percent Jump In Electric Vehicle Registrations In One Year Updated On Fri, Apr 14th, 2023 by Saurenergy The World Resources India (WRI), an international clean energy think tank, claimed that between 2021 and 2022, Gujarat recorded a steep hike in registration of Electric Vehicles (EVs). WRI-India, in its analysis, said that between 2021 and 2022, the state witnessed a 600 percent rise in EV registration. The state government in 2021 came up […] Read more
Six Indian States Produced Solar, Wind Energy More Than The Global Average, Says Ember Study Updated On Wed, Apr 12th, 2023 by Saurenergy A recent study report released by Ember, an energy think tank, claimed that wind and solar energy globally reached 12 percent of the world’s electricity share in 2022, from 10 percent in 2021. In India, the joint contribution of wind and solar energy touched nine percent in 2022, with 165 TWh of total clean energy. The report […] Read more
India To Become World’s Second-Largest Solar PV Manufacturer By 2026: Study Updated On Tue, Apr 4th, 2023 by Saurenergy A recent joint study by the Institute of Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) and JMK Research & Analytics claims that India will likely become the second-largest solar photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturer by 2026. The report claimed that India’s total module manufacturing capacity more than doubled from 18 Gigawatt (GW) in March 2022 to 38 GW […] Read more
Performance-Based Financial Mechanism for MNRE’s CST Scheme: GERMI Updated On Tue, Sep 8th, 2020 by Saurenergy A new study has found that MNRE’s off-grid and decentralised CST scheme should have a performance-based financial support mechanism A new study has found that the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy’s (MNRE’s) off-grid and decentralised concentrated solar thermal (CST) scheme should have a performance-based financial support mechanism instead of the capital subsidy that was being provided earlier by […] Read more
Cleaner air During Lockdown Helped Delhi Generate More Solar Power: Study Updated On Wed, Jun 24th, 2020 by Saurenergy Reduction in air pollution in Delhi due to lockdown may have led to more sunlight reaching solar panels, resulting in the production of more clean energy. Based on data collected in Delhi, a team of researchers – majorly from at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston – report that the reduction in air pollution […] Read more
EVs Emit Less CO2 Than Conventional Vehicles: Study Updated On Wed, Mar 25th, 2020 by Saurenergy EVs produce less CO2 than petrol cars across the globe, even if electricity generation involves substantial amounts of fossil fuel, according to a new study Electric vehicles (EVs) produce less carbon dioxide (CO2) than petrol cars across the globe, even if electricity generation involves substantial amounts of fossil fuel, according to a study which projects that in 2050 every second car on the […] Read more
