PM Narendra Modi invites India’s top fossil fuel ventures to contribute in solar Updated On Fri, Jul 22nd, 2016 by Saurenergy India’s topmost energy corporations are moving beyond their roots in fossil fuels to plough money into renewables, supporting the idea of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s goal to expand the growth of alternatives to the most polluting forms of energy. According to the reports of state agency responsible for implementing energy policy, one of the prominent […] Read more
Decline in the Prices of Chinese-made solar panels set to aid Indian solar Market Updated On Wed, Jul 20th, 2016 by Saurenergy The projected decline in the prices of Chinese-made solar panels could benefit the Indian solar developers, due to weakened demand in China and Japan and prolonged trade restrictions in the EU and the USA. The Tier-1 module prices are expected to go down to Rs. 27.50 (USD 0.41/EUR 0.37) per Wp for shipments in the […] Read more
Import of solar cells, modules increases by more than three times in India Updated On Tue, Jul 19th, 2016 by Saurenergy Imports of solar cells and modules have increased by over three times from Rs 5,051 crore in 2014-15 to Rs 15,523 crore in 2015-16. The solar industry in India is certainly having good times as the installations soar and investment increases. Early this year in April the import of solar modules and cell stood at […] Read more
Silicon Metal Market to be Worth US$3.4 Billion by 2024: TMR Updated On Thu, Jul 14th, 2016 by Saurenergy Silicon metal is derived from quartz, globally it market is highly consolidated and is led by a handful of multinational companies. Transparency Market Research in its report revealed that this has compelled players to focus on product differentiation as well as supply chain integration in order to survive this challenging vendor landscape. The report states […] Read more
SPI Energy strengthens its senior management team with two key appointments Updated On Thu, Jul 7th, 2016 by Saurenergy SPI Energy strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Kevin Qi as Senior Vice President (“SVP”) and Minghua Zhao became as Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) of the Company’s China domestic business. Qi will be in charge of corporate development and capital markets. Kevin Qi has more than 17 years of experience dealing with […] Read more
SPI Energy signs non-binding framework agreement with GSR GO Scale Capital Updated On Tue, Jul 5th, 2016 by Saurenergy SPI Energy, a global provider of photovoltaic (PV) solutions has signed a non-binding framework agreement with private equity firm GSR GO Scale Capital Advisors for the issue of US$500 million convertible bonds by the Company. GSR GO Scale Capital will act as an investment advisor to bond holders in order to build the largest capacity […] Read more
BRICS Working Group meets on “Energy Saving and Energy Efficiency” in Visakhapatnam Updated On Mon, Jul 4th, 2016 by Saurenergy The BRICS Working Group meets in Visakhapatnam to chalk out plan on enhancing cooperation in energy efficiency and energy saving. All BRICS nations, viz., Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa will make presentations during the two day (4th -5th July) deliberations starting Monday. India, a member of the BRICS will showcase its efforts in energy […] Read more
Hanwha Q CELLS Appoints Daniel JW Jeong as new Global Chief Technology Officer Updated On Sat, Jul 2nd, 2016 by Saurenergy Hanwha Q CELLS has announced the appointment of Dr. Daniel JW Jeong as new Global Chief Technology Officer (“CTO”). Dr. Jeong had previously held a number of leading management positions in the field of solar R&D with vast experience in solar technology innovation and commercialization before joining Hanwha. He has been the Company’s global Head […] Read more
Global PV inverter shipments to reach 90GW and value more than $7.1 billion by 2020: GTM Research Updated On Fri, Jun 17th, 2016 by Saurenergy GTM Research in its latest report, The Global PV Inverter and MLPE Landscape 2016 revealed that global shipments of solar PV inverters will reach 90 gigawatts (AC) by 2020. This represents an average annual growth rate of 11 percent between 2016 and 2020. The report states that of the 59.7 gigawatts shipped in 2015, 66 […] Read more