100 GW Renewable Energy Milestone Achieved, Much Work Ahead In India Updated On Fri, Aug 13th, 2021 by Saurenergy In self-congratulatory messages sent out yesterday, Power Minister R.K. Singh highlighted the key milestone of 100 GW of renewable energy capacity, excluding large Hydro, that has been reached in India. After including large Hydro, the number goes right up to 146 GW. According to India’s power ministry, India now stands at fourth position after China, […] Read more
Azure Power Secures Green Bond of US$41.4 Million At Lowest Coupon of 3.575% Updated On Fri, Aug 13th, 2021 by Saurenergy Indian independent power producer (IPP), Azure Power Global Limited announced the issuance of a dollar green bond of US$414,000,000, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Azure Power Energy Ltd. The Bond, maturing in 2026, will be issued at a coupon of 3.575%, i.e., the lowest ever coupon in the high-yield segment for any business out of India […] Read more
ReNew Power Makes First Hydro Acquisition, Adds 359 MW Acquisitions Updated On Wed, Aug 11th, 2021 by Saurenergy ReNew Power continues its strong 2021 performance with the announcement of two acquisitions of 359 MW of renewable projects. Notably, the firm has made its first Hydropower acquisition, a 99 MW project in Uttarakhand. The second project is a clutch of 260MW/330MWp solar projects in the state of Telangana According to the firm, the combined […] Read more
India-UK Partnership to Back Green Firms Investing in the UK Updated On Wed, Aug 11th, 2021 by Saurenergy The UK and India are set to launch a global Green Grids Initiative (GGI) at the COP26 climate conference in November, which will be hosted by the UK in Glasgow, Scotland. A new renewable energy partnership between the two countries is expected to open doors to Indian green energy businesses wishing to establish offices in […] Read more
IPO Time For India Solar Equipment Manufacturers In 2021 Updated On Mon, Aug 9th, 2021 by Saurenergy After a long wait, initial reports are finally coming out regarding plans by major Indian solar equipment manufacturers planning Initial Public Offers. We refer to a long wait simply because the markets have been buoyant for a while now, and have duly been followed by an IPO wave the likes of which has rarely been […] Read more
Solar PV inverters To Continue Under Self Certification Regime till Dec 31, 2021 Updated On Fri, Aug 6th, 2021 by Saurenergy The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued a notification allowing self certification of Solar Photovoltaic Inverters (SPV) from June 30, 2021, to December 31, 2021. The notification was issued on August 4. The notification does add the condition that the manufacturers doing so must have valid International Electrotechnical Commission certificates and test […] Read more
CESC To Serve Chandigarh Power Needs, As It Wins Distribution License For the UT Updated On Thu, Aug 5th, 2021 by Saurenergy In a stock exchange filing, CESC Limited has informed that Eminent Electricity Distribution Ltd , its subsidiary has placed the highest bid of ₹871 crore to acquire the electricity distribution business for Chandigarh. CESC is the key discom for Kolkata already, besides some other circles. The bid was invited by Chandigarh’s engineering department as part […] Read more
Li-Ion to Stay The Dominant Storage Standard For India Upto 2030-Report Updated On Thu, Aug 5th, 2021 by Saurenergy According to a report by Gurugram-based research and consulting firm Praxis Global Alliance, Lithium-ion technology will drive growth of stationary storage within Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) of India over the next 10 years. The assertion comes even as progress on other battery chemistry’s, be it Sodium ion or even Iron, continues apace. The report […] Read more
India Added 601 MW C&I RE Generation Capacity in Q1 2021: Report Updated On Thu, Aug 5th, 2021 by Saurenergy BRIDGE TO INDIA has launched a new quarterly report titled “India Corporate Renewable Brief,” which provides a detailed regular update on key trends and developments in the rapidly growing C&I renewable market. The study includes details of capacity addition, key players, policy developments, equipment prices, financing deals and other market trends. The first edition of this report […] Read more
