Ready, Set, Go: India’s Solar Manufacturing Ambitions Are Flying Updated On Mon, Jul 31st, 2023 by Saurenergy For India’s solar sector and its many entrepreneurs, all signals are finally green. Or so it would seem. Be it progress on manufacturing plans, including the all important backward integration, exports, and of course, a strong domestic market for their output. Everything has come together for the many firms and entrepreneurs who will hope for […] Read more
Spinkraft Ventures & Roofsol Join Hands for 60 MW Solar Inverter Contract with Wattpower Updated On Fri, Jul 7th, 2023 by Saurenergy Spinkraft Ventures Private Limited and Roofsol Energy Pvt Ltd have joined hands for a supply contract with a capacity of 60 MW. The agreement has been forged with Wattpower Systems Pvt. Ltd. The contract will pave the path for the delivery of inverters and components that convert solar panel-generated direct current (DC) into alternating current […] Read more
World’s First Megawatt-Class AEM Electrolyser Unveiled by Enapter AG Updated On Thu, May 25th, 2023 by Saurenergy German electrolyser manufacturer Enapter AG has unveiled ‘AEM Multicore’ – the world’s first megawatt-class AEM electrolyser for the production of green hydrogen. The megawatt electrolyser was unveiled in the presence of Mona Neubaur, German Minister for Climate Action and Energy. With the AEM Multicore, Enapter AG says it ushers in a new era in environmentally […] Read more
Solar PLI Tranche 2 Allocations Released, 48 GW Of Domestic Manufacturing Capacity By 2025-26 Updated On Tue, Mar 28th, 2023 by Saurenergy The government of India has allocated 39600 MW of domestic Solar PV module manufacturing capacity under PLI (Tranche-II), or the Solar PLI scheme to incentivise domestic manufacturing. The PLI or Performance Linked Incentive scheme offers financial incentives to manufacturers for meeting specific milestones in sales, linked indirectly to capacity creation. The PLI (Tranche-II) is expected […] Read more
India’s Solar Self Sufficiency Dreams Move Ahead With Solar PLI II Bids Updated On Mon, Mar 6th, 2023 by Saurenergy Confirmations on the bidders for the phase 2 solar PLI (Performance Linked Incentives) scheme of the government are in, with Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), leading a host of companies that have bid for a slice of the incentives. In the guidelines for the second phase of the solar PLI scheme where Rs 19,000 crore has […] Read more
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
