Hopcharge launches ‘world’s first doorstep EV charging service’ in India Updated On Thu, Mar 3rd, 2022 by Saurenergy The success of electric vehicles in a developing country like India depends on the availability of quality infrastructure; to begin with – battery charging option. A Gurgaon-based start-up Hopcharge has launched doorstep electric vehicle charging service after a successful testing round in some parts of Gurgaon. This is being hailed as the world’s first on-demand […] Read more
Renewable Energy to Power First Lithium Mines of North America Updated On Thu, Mar 3rd, 2022 by Saurenergy Canadian mining major Snow Lake Lithium which has plans to open the first lithium mine in North America in the near future says the mining will be done using renewable energy completely. As per Snow Lake Lithium, the lithium resource mining will start in the province of Manitoba in Canada in 2024 or 2025. The […] Read more
Saudi Researchers harvest water near solar panels to improve efficiency Updated On Thu, Mar 3rd, 2022 by Saurenergy Researchers at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia have come up with a novel technology where a solar panel is fitted with an additional system which can harvest water without consuming power from the panels. In the three months long trials, the system used day and night temperature differences and […] Read more
Swiss intl airlines to be world’s first to use ‘sun-to-liquid’ fuel Updated On Wed, Mar 2nd, 2022 by Saurenergy Swiss International Air Lines and its parent Lufthansa Group have agreed with synthetic fuel group Synhelion to use its solar aviation fuel, the Swiss airline said on Tuesday. “This will make SWISS the first airline in the world to use ‘sun-to-liquid’ fuel,” it said in a statement. The process devised by Synhelion, a spinoff from […] Read more
Cochin Airport to Be Power-positive With New Solar Plant from March 6 Updated On Mon, Feb 28th, 2022 by Saurenergy The Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL), the world’s first airport fully powered by solar energy, is to become power-positive with the commissioning of its new solar power plant near Payyannur in Kannur district of Kerala. Chief Minister of the State Pinarayi Vijayan would inaugurate the 12 MWp solar power plant on March 6, Managing Director […] Read more
Assam Considers Setting Up Solar Plants in Tea Estates & Factories Updated On Mon, Feb 28th, 2022 by Saurenergy Assam tea industry is looking at various ways and means to set up solar projects in the plantation areas and in the barren lands available inside the estates. An interactive meet titled “Opportunities of solar power plants in tea estates and tea factories” was organised on Friday at the Guwahati Tea Auction Centre premises. At […] Read more
SJVN Bags 15 MW floating solar project in Himachal Updated On Sun, Feb 27th, 2022 by Saurenergy Nand Lal Sharma, Chairman & Managing Director, SJVN has announced the winning of a 15 MW Grid Connected Floating Solar PV Power Project at Nangal pond, near village Neilla, District Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh. SJVN has bagged the full quoted capacity of 15 MW @ INR 3.26 /Unit on Build Own and Operate basis through e-Reverse […] Read more
Telangana Issues Empanelment Tender for 50MW Rooftop Solar Projects Updated On Fri, Feb 25th, 2022 by Saurenergy The Telangana State Renewable Energy Development Corporation (TSREDCO) has floated a new tender, inviting bids for empaneling vendors to develop 50 MW of grid-connected residential rooftop solar projects. The rooftop projects will be executed as part of the second phase of the Grid Connected Rooftop Solar Program that comes under the Ministry of New and Renewable […] Read more
High Efficiency Ultrathin Solar Cell Developed by UK based Researchers Updated On Thu, Feb 24th, 2022 by Saurenergy Researchers at Imperial College London and University College London (UCL) claim to have found a novel technique to enable record-breaking power conversion efficiency in solar cells that are at least 100 times thinner than the conventional solar cells. The usual silicon based solar cells’ fabrication is often expensive, energy-demanding, heavy and bulky in nature. Also, […] Read more
