Madras Christian College Goes Solar, Gets One More Plant Updated On Fri, Jan 19th, 2018 by Saurenergy According to college authorities, this is for the first time a college in the city has migrated to solar power at one go in such magnitude. The Madras Christian College will harness most of the energy needs from the sun. A 500-kw solar power plant spread over three acres was commissioned at the college’s farm […] Read more
Operation & Maintenance Testing Equipments Updated On Tue, Jan 9th, 2018 by Saurenergy Globally, we now have a total of 305GW of solar power installed, up from around 50GW in 2010 and virtually nothing at the turn of the millennium. The experts have termed this growth “very significant” and have spoken briefly on the need to have solar power as an important measure for the world to meet […] Read more
GCL-SI Super 2.5 MW Solar Block Updated On Tue, Dec 26th, 2017 by Saurenergy Product Brief: GCL System Integration Technology (GCL-SI) launched its first modular PV power plant system. The ‘Super 2.5 MW Solar Block’ system utilizes GCL-SI’s 96-cell modules with a specially developed horizontal single axis tracker to accommodate the large-area modules as well as an all-inone Inverter Power Container for 1500V DC system voltage. Product Feature: The […] Read more
GST Increases Cost of Solar Projects by 12 Percent, Says AISIA Updated On Wed, Dec 13th, 2017 by Saurenergy Under the current GST regime, “solar power cost will see upward escalation”, the All India Solar Industries Association said. The Goods and Services Tax (GST) has led to 10-12 percent rise in overall cost of solar projects, the All India Solar Industries Association has said, while petitioning the government against the rise in tax incidence […] Read more
HEEDING the Call for CYBER SECURITY in Renewable Energy Updated On Mon, Dec 11th, 2017 by Saurenergy This is a challenge, but even more so, it is an opportunity to advance the collective technologies towards the attainment of solar cyber security worldwide. In 2012, a computer virus, dubbed Stuxnet, disabled 1000 of Iran’s 5000 centrifuges, detailing a joint US-Israel cyber security attack on Iran that undermined its nuclear enrichment facilities. In 2014, Unit […] Read more
Two PV Projects for Pakistan and Brazil Allotted to Siemens Updated On Sat, Nov 11th, 2017 by Saurenergy The Bahawalpur PV project in Pakistan will have a generation capacity of 100MW, but is also expected to be expanded to a capacity of 300MW in the near future The two PV projects based out in Brazil and Pakistan has been sanctioned for the installation and the German technology company Siemens has received the contract […] Read more
Jabalpur’s Rickshaw Owners will Pay 30% Less Solar Electric Charging Updated On Fri, Nov 10th, 2017 by Saurenergy Jabalpur currently has 5,000 petrol/ diesel rickshaws which emit 46 tonnes of carbon dioxide per day. ABB India today said it has installed solar electric charging stations making the cost 30 percent cheaper than grid-connected power to cater to 400 e-rickshaws at Jabalpur. “ABB India is providing critical technology through its solar inverters for solar-powered […] Read more
Huawei Brings New Standard for Utility-Scale Solar in India Updated On Tue, Sep 26th, 2017 by Saurenergy Huawei has signed a 100 MW contract with Hyderabad based PES Engineers, and introduced next generation utility-scale ground 1100 V FusionSolar Smart PV Solution including the industry-leading 1100 V 65KTL smart string inverter. Huawei collaborated with partners in showcasing FusionSolar Smart PV Solution at REI Expo 2017. Huawei chose “building a smart PV ecosystem” as […] Read more
The 1500 Volt Future Updated On Fri, Sep 22nd, 2017 by Saurenergy The 1,500 Volt systems had very quickly surpassed the benchmark of 1,000 Volt systems and became new normal globally. The idea behind the voltage increase is the same as it was during the move from 600 volts to 1,000 volts. It further reduced installation costs and increased profitability by reducing the number of inverters and […] Read more
