Solar EPC: After Strong 2022, Industry Looks Ahead To Continuity in 2023 Updated On Tue, Jan 31st, 2023 by Saurenergy The Indian Solar EPC market looked good in the year gone-by as several EPC projects, both government and private, took off in 2022. Interestingly, even as large EPC firms with a global footprint like Sterling and Wilson Renewable Energy struggled with projects where they were on the hook for fixed price contracts, bearing heavy losses, […] Read more
As Solar Spreads Out, Marketing Makes an Entrance Updated On Tue, Nov 29th, 2022 by Saurenergy Just over 30 months ago, SaurEnergy did a feature on rooftop solar, “Residential Solar. Market Yes, But Marketing?” That story, in our April 2020 issue talked about the potential in the rooftop solar category, albeit, residential. But there was almost complete lack of formal marketing tactics from firms to attract customers. The few firms with […] Read more
SECI Opens Up Bidding For Rs 19,500 Crore Solar PLI Updated On Mon, Nov 21st, 2022 by Saurenergy It’s finally here. The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has invited bids for the much awaited Solar PLI (performance Linked Incentive) tender that is expected to give a huge boost to the solar sector in terms of manufacturing prowess and backward integration domestically. The tender, under tranche II of the PLI program has a last […] Read more
China is Home to World’s First Offshore Floating Wind-Solar Pilot Updated On Thu, Nov 3rd, 2022 by Saurenergy The world’s first commercial offshore floating solar that has been combined with an offshore wind turbine is now online in China. The project has been initiated by State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC), a utility that is owned by the Government of China. SPIC is among the five major utility firms in China and it is […] Read more
After Promising Start, Karnataka Increases GIM Investment Plans Updated On Thu, Nov 3rd, 2022 by Saurenergy After the Global Investors’ Summit got off to a strong start, Karnataka increased its fundraising target by Rs 2.5 lakh crore to Rs 7.5 lakh crore, according to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. “When this global meeting was first being arranged, their initial expectations and goals were in the neighborhood of 5 lakh crore. Now […] Read more
Asia Brewery Awards 13.8 MWp Rooftop Project to TotalEnergies ENEOS Updated On Wed, Oct 19th, 2022 by Saurenergy Asia Brewery Inc. (ABI), a diversified beverage company based in the Philippines, has given TotalEnergies ENEOS a contract for a 13.8 MWp solar photovoltaic (PV) system power plant on one of its manufacturing plants in the country. About 24% of the facility will be powered by renewable energy thanks to this technique. One of the […] Read more
We Pride Ourselves in Holding a 50% Market Share in Residential Retail and KUSUM Markets Updated On Fri, Oct 7th, 2022 by Saurenergy Please provide an insight into your solar journey to our readers. In 2017, Adani Solar became the first company in the world to start a Greenfield Project of GW scale at Mundra with its platinum-rated manufacturing facility of 1.2 GW of solar PV cells and modules. This setup was enhanced to 1.5 GW in 2019. […] Read more
China’s Solar Dominance: How Key Consumer Markets Are Adapting Updated On Mon, Oct 3rd, 2022 by Saurenergy Governments across the globe are increasingly investing in various sources of new and renewable energy to reach their targets of either achieving carbon neutrality or reducing emissions considerably to help realise the goal of the Paris agreement – limiting the rise in global temperature below 2-degree celsius from pre-industrial levels. Solar power is one of […] Read more
Rayzon Was The Second Largest DCR Module Supplier in Residential Rooftop Solar in Gujarat Updated On Thu, Sep 29th, 2022 by Saurenergy While solar has incubated many startups, manufacturing startups are relatively rare in the sector, as manufacturing remains the toughest part of the chain. Rayzon Solar, the Gujarat based startup that started in 2017 with a 40 MW capacity has expanded to 1.5 GW since then, with plans to go all the way to 5 GW […] Read more