The 10 Big Milestones That Will Define India’s RE Sector In 2025 Updated On Thu, Dec 26th, 2024 by Saurenergy The Indian renewable energy market witnessed several historic events in 2024. These include policy changes, diversified and copious tenders, a record pace of green project installations, bulging order books across manufacturers, EPCs and more. While the overarching focus of the year was to be self-reliant in manufacturing, with real progress finally visible, China still cast […] Read more
SECI Floats 125 MW/500 MWh BESS Tender in Kerala With VGF Updated On Thu, Dec 26th, 2024 by Saurenergy The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) recently released a tender to set up a 125 MW/500 MWh standalone Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Kerala with Viability Gap Funding (VGF) support. The last date for bid submission is set as February 6, 2025. This marks the 22nd standalone BESS tender in India. This is […] Read more
China’s Polysilicon Leaders Announce Production Cuts To Arrest Low Prices Updated On Thu, Dec 26th, 2024 by Saurenergy Tongwei Group and Daqo New Energy, two of the world’s largest, and China’s largest producers of solar grade polysilicon materials, have announced a cutback on production of high-purity polysilicon amid falling prices and financial losses. The firms ended H1 of 2024 with significant losses from their operations, and in likelihood, H2 has been no better. […] Read more
Germany Sets New Price Ceilings for 2025 Renewable Energy Auctions Updated On Tue, Dec 24th, 2024 by Saurenergy Bundesnetzagentur, the German independent federal authority that regulates and oversees infrastructure markets recently set new determinations setting price ceilings for the renewable energy generation auctions to be held in 2025. The organization set the price ceilings of 6.80 cents per kilowatt hour (ct/kWh) for ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, 7.35 ct/kWh for onshore wind, 9.00 […] Read more
NTPC-REL Floats 1.4 GW Tender To Build UP Solar Parks Project Updated On Tue, Dec 24th, 2024 by Saurenergy NTPC Renewable Energy, a subsidiary of NTPC Green Energy, has issued a tender to develop a 1,400 MW grid-connected solar project in two solar parks, namely Lalitpur (2×300 MW) and Chitrakoot (2×400 MW), in Uttar Pradesh (UP). The tender invites bids until January 13, 2025. The tender offers a Balance of System (BoS) package for […] Read more
APTEL Backs Sanctity of PPA For Wind Developer In Andhra Updated On Tue, Dec 24th, 2024 by Saurenergy In an order that should serve as a marker of PPA sanctity, the Appellate Tribunal For Electricity (APTEL) has ruled against any tinkering with the tariffs committed to in PPAs between generators and discoms. In doing so, APTEL set aside an order of the APERC that allowed the same for Andhra discoms. Green Infra Wind […] Read more
NTPC 1.2 GW Solar Project Results- 6 Winners Announced Updated On Tue, Dec 24th, 2024 by Saurenergy NTPC has announced six winners for its 1.2 GW solar project tender with a greenshoe option. The winners are Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), Onward Solar Power, ReNew Solar Power, Illuminate Hybren, Adyant Enersol, and DineshChandra R Aggarwal. Collectively, these projects amount to 1,020 MW, with an additional greenshoe option of 600 MW. According to […] Read more
Bihar Draft Open Access Policy For Green Energy Reduces Limit To 100 kW Updated On Mon, Dec 23rd, 2024 by Saurenergy Bihar recently released a consultative paper on the draft Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission (BERC) terms and conditions of green energy open access regulations, 2024. The draft aims to provide connectivity and open access to electricity generated from green energy sources. The rules include energy generated from non-fossil fuel-based waste-to-energy plants for use in an Intra-State […] Read more
SJVN Green Invites Bids For 1.352 GW PM-KUSUM Comp-C Project In Maharashtra Updated On Mon, Dec 23rd, 2024 by Saurenergy As part of its efforts to increase the implementation of feeder-level solarization under Component-C of PM-KUSUM, SJVN subsidiary SJVN Green has now released a tender to install 1,352 MW capacity through solar power projects across 102 locations in four districts of Maharashtra. These districts are Pune, Nashik, Ahmednagar, and Solapur. SJVN Green is accepting bids […] Read more
