EU Hikes Solar Target to 600 GW By 2030, 320 GW by 2025 Updated On Thu, May 19th, 2022 by Saurenergy Still reeling from the aftershocks of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and it’s struggle to punish Russia adequately with trade sanctions on fossil fuel exports, the EU’s updated REpowerEU strategy has reworked the maths to raise its solar targets by a 10 to 20% by 2025 and 2030 respectively. The new targets are 320GW of […] Read more
KKR buying RE firm ContourGlobal for £1.75 billion Updated On Thu, May 19th, 2022 by Saurenergy Leading investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) has announced that it is buying ContourGlobal, a renewable energy company. The deal is for £1.75 billion. According to KKR, the company is offering shareholders of ContourGlobal 263.6p for every share. This offer price represents a 36 per cent premium to the last closing price of […] Read more
Air Liquide, Shell Sign 10-Year Agreement for Renewable Electricity in Italy Updated On Thu, May 19th, 2022 by Saurenergy Air Liquide has announced that it has signed a ten-year contract with Shell Energy Europe Limited for the purchase of renewable energy to power industrial and medical gas production operations in the North East of Italy. For ten years, starting 2023, Air Liquide will purchase 52 GWh per year of solar photovoltaic renewable energy from […] Read more
Skoda Auto Begins Production of MEB Battery Systems Updated On Thu, May 19th, 2022 by Saurenergy Skoda Auto has announced that it has begun the manufacturing of battery systems for all electric vehicles based on the Modular Electrification Toolkit (MEB) in Mlada Boleslav. This is the only production facility of Skoda for MEB battery systems in Europe outside Germany. As per the official announcement, around 250 employees will soon be assembling […] Read more
Patents for Green Hydrogen Technology Increased Every Year By 18% Updated On Wed, May 18th, 2022 by Saurenergy The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the European Patent Office (EPO) published on May 12 a joint study about the trends and dynamism in the field of hydrogen that can be produced using renewable electricity via electrolysis. Using the patent statistics, the innovation trends in electrolysers for hydrogen production show a consistent pattern that […] Read more
Lightsource Bp Aims To Showcase Solar Powered Fishery In Taiwan Updated On Wed, May 18th, 2022 by Saurenergy Lightsource bp, the renewables and solar arm of Oil giant BP, has unveiled the company’s first-ever clean energy-fed aquaculture project, a 150MW PV-powered fishery off Taiwan. Its construction is expected to commence in June 2023. Being built by Lightsource bp in partnership with Green Rock Energy, the Bundai development will produce 210,000MWh of electricity a […] Read more
Germany’s Third Rooftop PV Tender Earns Price Of Rs 6.96/kWh Updated On Wed, May 18th, 2022 by Saurenergy Germany’s solar procurement exercise has come to its end with the final prices hitting €0.07/Rs 5.71 ($0.073)/kWh to €0.0891/kWh. Results of third tender for rooftop PV projects ranging in size from 300 kW to 750 kW are out. Reviewing 171 bids with a total capacity of 212 MW, Germany’s Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) selected 163 […] Read more
New RE Capacity Will Touch 300 GW This Year, Solar To Dominate: IEA Updated On Tue, May 17th, 2022 by Saurenergy A new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts that new RE capacity across solar, wind and other sectors will collectively exceed 300 GW globally this year for the first time against 295 GW in 2021. A strong policy environment in China and the EU drove most of this expansion in PV this year. […] Read more
As DGTR Recommends Extension of Duty on Solar Glass, Borosil Renewables To Benefit Updated On Tue, May 17th, 2022 by Saurenergy Anti dumping duties on Solar glass, first imposed in August 2017 for 5 years, are likely to continue for another two years, as the investigation arm of the commerce ministry, the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), has recommended for continuation of anti-dumping duty on it for another two years. While the move seeks to […] Read more
