SunPower Granted Approval for Aerial Survey of Solar Power Plants in FAA Controlled Airspace Updated On Tue, Oct 31st, 2017 by Saurenergy With LAANC approval, SunPower will be able to use drones as part of the SunPower Oasis Power Plant platform to survey potential solar power plant sites for customers. SunPower has announced that it is the first company to receive approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) for automatic access to operate a drone in […] Read more
UK Climate Investments and Lightsource Tie-up for Solar Power Projects in India Updated On Tue, Oct 31st, 2017 by Saurenergy UK Climate Investments will provide 49 percent equity for the construction of the first project partnership with Lightsource to develop and construct up to 300MW of solar power projects. Lightsource Renewable Energy and UK Climate Investments, part of the Green Investment Group within Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, have entered into a partnership agreement to […] Read more
Scatec Solar Closes Financing for 400MW Solar PV Plant in Egypt Updated On Mon, Oct 30th, 2017 by Saurenergy The six solar PV projects totaling 400MW involving a total investment of USD 450 million are located in the Benban solar park in Aswan in Upper Egypt. Scatec Solar ASA (SSO) and partners have achieved financial close for six solar PV power plants in Egypt totaling 400 MW. A consortium of international Development Finance Institutions […] Read more
Indian Railways to Add 5MWp of Solar Power Plant Updated On Fri, Oct 27th, 2017 by Saurenergy The 5MWp solar power system will generate 76.5 lakh units of solar power cumulatively per year. The Railway’s first set of solar plants with a total capacity of 5MWp will be launched by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal. The plants on the roof tops of Hazrat Nizamuddin, New Delhi, Anand Vihar and Delhi railway stations will […] Read more
An Outlook of Solar Technology in India and Necessary Changes in the Roadmap Updated On Fri, Oct 27th, 2017 by Saurenergy The solar technologies are emerging and growing sector across the globe, In India with the government initiative of JNNSM the growth of the solar market has been increased exponentially. The average utilityscale LCOE of solar PV have declined by around 50% between 2010 and 2014, and the present lowest power tariff signed by government in […] Read more
New Solar PV Installations Approaching 100GW in 2017 Updated On Thu, Oct 26th, 2017 by Saurenergy Bernreuter Research expects a global polysilicon output of 460,000 to 465,000 metric tons (MT), including 30,000 MT of electronic-grade material for the semiconductor industry, in 2017. The newly installed photovoltaic (PV) capacity worldwide will exceed 95GW in 2017, according to the latest forecast of Bernreuter Research. “Supply of the feedstock polysilicon would even allow PV […] Read more
LONGi Solar Achieves a New World Record for PERC Cell Efficiency Updated On Tue, Oct 24th, 2017 by Saurenergy This recent breakthrough in conversion efficiency is LONGi’s latest and most important technology R&D achievement to-date. LONGi Green Energy Technology has announced that Fraunhofer ISE CalLab of Germany certified a photovoltaic conversion efficiency of 22.71% on the company’s monocrystalline PERC cell, which is a new world record for this cell type. As the industry’s leading […] Read more
Key technology trends shaping the Global Solar Industry Updated On Mon, Oct 23rd, 2017 by Saurenergy Innovation in Finance When asked about the direction of innovation in financing for clean energy Manish Chaurasia, Managing Director, Tata Cleantech Capital Ltd. (TCCL) said, there is a lot of innovation happening in clean energy financing on a global scale. From securitization of assets to setting up of yield to monetize and plough back capital, […] Read more
SunPower to Supply 291MW in Second Round CRE4 French Tenders for Solar Projects Updated On Mon, Oct 23rd, 2017 by Saurenergy The France’s CRE tender process includes ground mount, carport and roof top projects in continental France and storage and self-consumption in the country’s ZNI (non-interconnected zones). SunPower, a majority-owned subsidiary of Total SA has announced that it will supply 291MW of its high-efficiency solar panels to projects awarded in the second round of France’s CRE […] Read more
