Yingli with SolarAid Launches Affordable Solar Light Updated On Mon, Oct 3rd, 2016 by Saurenergy Yingli Green Energy Europe GmbH (Yingli Europe) has partnered with SolarAidto to launch affordable quality solar light, the SM100. The new affordable solar light was designed and developed by Yingli Europe, with the support of a UK industrial design agency, to meet critical price and performance specifications of SolarAid said the company in a statement. Objectives […] Read more
MNRE Inviting Comments on National Lab Policy for Renewable Energy Sector Updated On Fri, Sep 30th, 2016 by Saurenergy Early this year in July the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) started marking the final seal on a national lab policy to set norms for standardization, testing and certification of renewable energy related products in India, and also define the infrastructure required for the testing centres. We reported that the draft policy document […] Read more
Canadian Solar and Recurrent Energy announces a 15-year PPA for 100 MW of solar power in California Updated On Wed, Sep 28th, 2016 by Saurenergy Canadian Solar and Recurrent Energy announced a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for 100 MWac of solar power in California with MCE. Power from the Recurrent Energy-developed 8 solar project, located in Fresno County, California, will supply MCE with 100 MWac of clean solar electricity, which according to the company is enough to power 48,300 […] Read more
SoBo office complex adapts to solar, becoming first ever commercial building with largest solar setup in Mumbai Updated On Mon, Sep 26th, 2016 by Saurenergy A large office complex in Mumbai has installed 808 solar panels, spread across 25000 square foot roof, making itself self sufficient with power, reducing the hazardous impact of power generation on the environment. The SoBo office complex at Mumbai, the Arcade building with 120 offices at MVIRDC World Trade Centre (WTC) at Cuffe Parade, Colaba, […] Read more
WTO rules against India in solar mission dispute with the United States Updated On Sat, Sep 17th, 2016 by Saurenergy The India’s solar mission dispute with the United States has finally met with an ending; with India losing its appeal to overturn the US complaint that New Delhi had discriminated against importers in the Indian solar power sector. The WTO’s appeals judges upheld an earlier ruling that found India had broken WTO rules by requiring […] Read more
India to quadruple its investment on R&D in the Renewable Energy section in next 5 years: Piyush Goyal Updated On Thu, Sep 15th, 2016 by Saurenergy Union Minister of State for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines- Piyush Goyal addressing a plenary session at the 11th Sustainability Summit said that “Climate change is a global challenge and we all should fight it here, now and today.” Restating the commitment of the Government of India towards the achievement of Sustainable […] Read more
NEXTracker delivers India’s largest solar tracker plant for 105 MW PV project in Punjab Updated On Fri, Sep 2nd, 2016 by Saurenergy NEXTracker, a Flex company, announced today it has delivered its award-winning PV technology to India’s largest solar tracker power plant, in collaboration with its customer, Adani Power Ltd. Located in the State of Punjab, the project is 105 MW and is already 50% installed and commissioned. This is the first phase of a strategic agreement between […] Read more
MNRE invites comments on Technical Regulation for Solar Photovoltaic Systems/ Devices/Components Goods Updated On Wed, Aug 24th, 2016 by Saurenergy Performance testing and standardization is essential to ensure quality and reliability of products. As per norms of Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, standardization of all goods and adopting technical regulation is mandatory to maintain quality to protect human health and safety. This also prevents entering of poor quality goods into the Indian […] Read more
5000 Acres of Land to be acquired for Commissioning 1000MW of Solar Park in Odisha Updated On Mon, Jul 25th, 2016 by Saurenergy With an aim to add aggregate clean energy capacity of 1000 megawatts by commissioning 4 solar parks in the region by 2020, the State Government of Odisha has directed different District Collectors to identify and recognize around 5000 acres of land for the project. The Odisha Government has set the target, which was also mentioned […] Read more
