Japan’s JERA To Grow Renewable Energy Investment to 5 GW by 2025 Updated On Wed, Apr 3rd, 2019 by Saurenergy The world’s biggest buyer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) JERA, a day after becoming Japan’s major electricity generator has announced that it will increase its investment in Renewable energy. According to the company, JERA aims to spend around 70 % of its investment budget for the next seven years on renewable energy and liquefied natural […] Read more
22 Percent Drop in Renewable Energy Certificates’ Sales in FY 2018-19 Updated On Mon, Apr 1st, 2019 by Saurenergy In March, sales of RECs or green certificates declined by over 51 percent to 11.78 lakh from 24.26 lakh in the same month last year. Sales of renewable energy certificates declined over 22 percent to 1.25 crore units this fiscal on IEX and PXIL as compared to 1.61 crore in 2017-18, mainly due to lower inventory (supply), according to […] Read more
AfDB Approves $20 Mn Facility For Green Mini-Grid Program in Congo Updated On Fri, Mar 29th, 2019 by Saurenergy The African Development Bank (Afdb) Board has approved the allocation of $20 million in loans to the Democratic Republic of Congo, to support renewable-based, mini-grid solutions to the off-grid cities of Isiro, Bumba and Genema. The DR Congo Green Mini-Grid Program will serve as the pilot to an innovative private-led electrification approach to deploy renewable-based […] Read more
Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance Launched with 60 GW Corporate Renewables Target by 2025 Updated On Fri, Mar 29th, 2019 by Saurenergy By working to unlock the marketplace for organizations to buy renewable energy, REBA hopes to bring more than 60 gigawatts of new renewables online in the United States by 2025. Google, Facebook, General Motors and Walmart, along with over 300 other companies, launched the Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (REBA), the largest group of corporate renewable energy buyers in the […] Read more
TKM Meets 87% Energy Needs of Bidadi Plant With Renewable Energy Updated On Tue, Mar 26th, 2019 by Saurenergy Through renewable power sourcing during the first three quarters of FY 2018-19, Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) contributes more than 51,000 tons of Co2 reduction. Guided by Toyota’s ‘Global Environmental Challenge’ 2050 in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, till January ‘19 [in FY 2018-19], TKM successfully sourced 87% of electricity from the renewable […] Read more
SNEC 2019 PV Power & Energy Storage and Hydrogen Expos to be Held in June Updated On Tue, Mar 26th, 2019 by Saurenergy SNEC 13th (2019) PV Power Expo & Conference and the 2019 International Energy Storage and Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Exhibition and Conference (Energy Storage and Hydrogen Expo and Conference) will be held on June 3-6, 2019, in Shanghai, China. The two events were announced at the inaugural Solar Power Mexico (SPM). The event was organised […] Read more
Shell To Power Up 700,000 UK homes with Renewable Energy Updated On Mon, Mar 25th, 2019 by Saurenergy Royal Dutch Shell will begin supplying renewable electricity to more than 700,000 homes in the UK this week as it powers up plans to become the world’s biggest electricity company. Under the brand Shell Energy, it will become one of UK’s biggest green power suppliers overnight when it replaces First Utility, a year after acquiring […] Read more
Viz-A-Viz with Venkatesh Dwivedi, Director (Projects), Energy Efficiency Services Limited Updated On Mon, Mar 25th, 2019 by Saurenergy EESL Working Towards Removing Various Hurdles to Facilitate E-Mobility Growth EESL has been working towards removing various hurdles to facilitate the growth of electric mobility in the country. With our approach of demand aggregation and bulk procurement, we have been able to contribute to addressing significant challenges like low demand, the high upfront cost of […] Read more
South Pacific’s Biggest Solar Plant to Help Tonga Meet Renewable Energy Target Updated On Fri, Mar 22nd, 2019 by Saurenergy Spread over three sites, the solar plant will be the second biggest in the Pacific and the second that TPL has established with an independent power producer. The largest solar plant in the south Pacific will be built in Tonga through the country’s second commercially financed public-private partnership (PPP) after an agreement was signed in […] Read more
