Renewable energy is a key to Energy Security in the future: Piyush Goyal Updated On Fri, Oct 7th, 2016 by Saurenergy Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Minister Piyush Goyal at ‘Energy Conclave, 2016 – Securing India’s Green Future’ noted that India has its own developmental imperatives in the near future, hence it cannot shun the use of fossil fuels completely from its energy basket. He said it is important to strike a balance […] Read more
Intersolar India 2016 to hold an Extensive Accompanying Program for a Growing Market Updated On Mon, Oct 3rd, 2016 by Saurenergy India has one of the fastest growing solar markets in the world. According to the Mercom Capital Group, a total of 8.1GW of PV capacity had been installed in the country by August 2016, and 21 additional GW are already in the pipeline. These figures present the ideal backdrop against which to hold Intersolar India. […] Read more
MNRE Inviting Comments on National Lab Policy for Renewable Energy Sector Updated On Fri, Sep 30th, 2016 by Saurenergy Early this year in July the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) started marking the final seal on a national lab policy to set norms for standardization, testing and certification of renewable energy related products in India, and also define the infrastructure required for the testing centres. We reported that the draft policy document […] Read more
State Government of West Bengal to create multiple solar parks Updated On Fri, Sep 16th, 2016 by Saurenergy The state government of West Bengal has decided to create multiple small solar parks. Shobhondeb Chatterjee, State Power Minister stated on the sidelines of an interactive session with the Calcutta Chamber of Commerce that “We are planning for solar park totalling 500 MW, but doing it at a single site is not possible as we […] Read more
French Technology Companies in Renewable Sector Pledges to Contribute to India’s Energy Targets Updated On Wed, Sep 14th, 2016 by Saurenergy A French delegation specializing in the renewable energy sector recently visited India. The delegation comprised leading French technology companies, and representatives of associations and federations of the French renewable energy sector. The French technology companies are looking for partnerships to contribute to the renewable energy targets in India through innovative solutions and technology cooperation. These […] Read more
NISE organizing 3-Day Skill Development Program On Charted Engineers Updated On Wed, Sep 14th, 2016 by Saurenergy National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), an autonomous center of excellence of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is conducting 3-day skill development programs to meet the needs and upgrade the technical expertise of solar professionals. Objective of the program is to understand basics of solar Photovoltaic, various polices, duties ,taxes , initiative by the […] Read more
Think out of the Box, Ideate and Innovate: Piyush Goyal Updated On Sat, Sep 10th, 2016 by Saurenergy Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines during the Ministerial review meeting of senior officers said “Work Cross Functional, think beyond these four Ministries and imbibe best practices, novel innovations and ideas so as to perform to the best of your potential.” The Minister while noting […] Read more
Odisha Government faces hurdle in acquiring land for 1000MW solar park Updated On Sat, Sep 3rd, 2016 by Saurenergy Unable to acquire a single patch of 5000 acres for its ambitious 1000 MW solar park, the state government of Odisha is now looking for alternative different spaces in clusters to develop the proposed solar park. The chief secretary has asked the Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO), state’s nodal agency for land acquisition, to […] Read more
MNRE asks Channel Partners, SNAs, PSUs and Agencies to ensure Geotagging of all renewable Energy projects Updated On Fri, Sep 2nd, 2016 by Saurenergy Government of India has setup an ambitious target of installing I 00 GW of Solar Power by 2022, which include 40GW of grid connected rooftop solar (RTS). RTS sector has tremendous potential for generating decentralized and distributed solar power by utilizing the rooftop and vacant areas of industrial, commercial, residential, institutional, social and public buildings. […] Read more
