PGCIL Subsidiary Granted Transmission License for 2 GW RE Projects in Gujarat Updated On Wed, Mar 4th, 2020 by Saurenergy CERC has granted a transmission license to a PGCIL subsidiary to establish transmission system for providing connectivity to 2 GW of RE Projects in Gujarat The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has granted a transmission license to Powergrid Bhuj Transmission Limited (PBTL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) to establish the […] Read more
What India’s Large Storage Tender Means for Its Coal Thermal Sector Updated On Mon, Mar 2nd, 2020 by Saurenergy Coal, despite its stubborn persistence to the country’s energy needs, might have seen the beginning of the end. The lead indicator? Prices discovered in the largest ever renewable plus storage tender by SECI. In August 2019, SECI, the country’s primary nodal agency for renewable energy auctions and purchases came out with a huge tender. On […] Read more
Tariff of Renewable Plus Storage Tenders now Competing With Thermal Updated On Thu, Feb 13th, 2020 by Saurenergy In the last one year in India, there has been a growth spurt in storage tender issuance, however, only for a few small tenders, the auctions are successful. In most other tenders, the storage capacity was so high that it leads to infeasible tariffs, and eventually to cancellations of many of these tenders, JMK Research […] Read more
India’s Solar and Wind Capacity to Reach 135 GW by 2024: BTI Updated On Tue, Feb 11th, 2020 by Saurenergy India’s solar and wind generation capacity has been predicted to reach 135 GW by the end of 2024 up from the 77 GW at the end of 2019. According to a new report, India’s solar and wind generation capacity has been predicted to reach 135 gigawatts (GW) by the end of 2024 up from the […] Read more
CEA Report Shows RE Generation Increased by 17.2% YoY in December 19 Updated On Mon, Feb 10th, 2020 by Saurenergy The latest report by CEA has revealed that electricity generated from RE sources increased by 17.2 percent YoY for the month of December 2019. The latest report by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) tracking the monthly renewable energy generation in India for the month of December 2019 has revealed that electricity generated from renewable energy […] Read more
Why India’s Thermal Woes Cast A Shadow Over Renewable Plans Updated On Fri, Feb 7th, 2020 by Saurenergy It’s all about the money. The money needed to clean up discoms, and soon, the money needed to clean up the mess in India’s thermal energy sector. By now, it is well known that one of the biggest impediments to India’s ambitious renewable energy goals is the state of its state distribution firms. Or discoms, […] Read more
RE Producers can Move NCLT Against Discoms Over Dues: RK Singh Updated On Wed, Sep 11th, 2019 by Saurenergy Flagging non-payment of dues by Discoms to renewable energy producers, RK Singh has cautioned states that the developers could approach NCLT Flagging non-payment of dues by power discoms to renewable energy producers, Union Power Minister RK Singh has cautioned seven states, including Maharashtra and Karnataka, that the developers could approach NCLT against the distribution companies to recover payments of […] Read more
Payment Dues to Renewable Firms Now at Rs 9735.6 Crore Updated On Mon, Sep 9th, 2019 by Saurenergy The CEA has revealed that the total payment dues for the 513 active renewable energy projects in the country, as of July 31, 2019, was Rs 9735.6 crore. The latest report issued by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has revealed that the total payment dues for the 513 active renewable energy projects in the country, […] Read more
States That Miss UDAY Targets to Face Fund Cuts: R K Singh Updated On Thu, Aug 22nd, 2019 by Saurenergy The Centre has proposed a reduction in funds of the states that miss targets set under the 2nd version of UDAY scheme, which is at the draft stage The Centre has proposed a reduction in power sector funds of the states that would not maintain performance benchmarks set under the second version of Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana […] Read more
