sPower Closes on $350 Mn Commitment for 620 MW Solar Project Updated On Mon, Apr 20th, 2020 by Saurenergy sPower has closed on a USD 350 million tax equity commitment for the 620 MW dc Spotsylvania Solar Energy Center in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. sPower, a leading renewable energy Independent Power Producer (IPP), has announced that the company has closed on a USD 350 million tax equity commitment for Spotsylvania Solar Energy Center in Spotsylvania […] Read more
C-PACE Financing Firm Greenworks Raises $150 Mn Committed Capital Updated On Mon, Apr 20th, 2020 by Saurenergy Greenworks Lending, one of the largest providers of C-PACE financing in the US, has announced that it has raised USD 150 million in committed capital Greenworks Lending, one of the largest providers of Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financing in the US, has announced that it has raised USD 150 million in committed capital from Nuveen, the investment […] Read more
Reinvest 2020, BCD, Mfg. And More- Highlights from MNRE-USISPF Webinar Updated On Thu, Apr 16th, 2020 by Saurenergy At a Webinar organised late yesterday evening by the US India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF), participants got dollops of reassurance, and an insight into the future for renewable energy in India, including manufacturing, as India’s MNRE sees it, with inputs from key industry leaders. You can read an earlier report on on key issues highlighted […] Read more
Norway Okays Equinor’s Floating Wind Farm Plan Updated On Thu, Apr 9th, 2020 by Saurenergy The Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Industry has provided its go-ahead for the Equinor’s plan to develop and operate its Hywind Tampen wind farm. Now, the Snorre and Gullfaks platforms will be the first platforms in the world to receive power from a floating offshore wind farm. This Hywind Tampen wind farm is expected to […] Read more
Pandemic to Hit Global EV Growth by 43% in 2020 Updated On Wed, Apr 8th, 2020 by Saurenergy Research firm Wood Mackenzie has released a report where it predicts a 43 percent contraction in the global EV industry by the end of 2020. For a sector that was just building up some serious momentum, the crisis couldn’t have come at a worse time. The big hope now is that government stimulus plans will […] Read more
Toyota Launches Renewable Venture With Chubu Electric in Japan Updated On Mon, Apr 6th, 2020 by Saurenergy Toyota has established Toyota Green Energy with Chubu Electric for the purposes of obtaining and managing renewable energy sources in Japan Toyota Motor Corporation has announced that it has concluded an agreement to establish Toyota Green Energy LLP with Chubu Electric Power and Toyota Tsusho Corporation, for the purposes of obtaining and managing renewable energy […] Read more
Electricity Storage Valuation Framework Updated On Wed, Apr 1st, 2020 by Saurenergy Electricity storage could be a crucial factor in the world’s transition to sustainable energy systems based on renewable sources. Yet electricity markets frequently fail to account properly for the system value of storage. This report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) proposes a five-phase method to assess the value of storage and create viable […] Read more
Western Turbine OEMs Challenged to Gain Market Share in China: WoodMac Updated On Tue, Mar 31st, 2020 by Saurenergy Western turbine OEMs are struggling to compete amidst intense turbine pricing competition as China moves towards wind grid parity targets by 2020 Western turbine OEMs are struggling to compete amidst intense turbine pricing competition as China moves towards wind grid parity targets by 2020. It has been reported that in the 6 GW auction for […] Read more
Solar Technology Versus Fossil Fuels. Is Endgame here? Updated On Sat, Mar 28th, 2020 by Saurenergy Over last few decades, scientists are trying to come up with innovative and efficient ways to utilize energy from the sun. From times immemorial, humans across different civilisations have worshipped the sun as a God due to its various life-giving properties, and rightfully so. We have been using sun for its heating and lighting properties […] Read more
