Corporate Clean Energy Buying Surged to New Record in 2018 : BNEF Updated On Tue, Jan 29th, 2019 by Saurenergy Corporations bought a record amount of clean energy through power purchase agreements (PPA) in 2018, shattering the previous record set in 2017 a new report by BNEF found. BloombergNEF has revealed in its 1H 2019 Corporate Energy Market Outlook, that around 13.4 GW of clean energy contracts were signed by 121 corporations in 21 different […] Read more
Liberty Global to Trial Turning Broadband Infrastructure into EV Charging Stations Updated On Tue, Jan 29th, 2019 by Saurenergy Liberty hopes to have up to six trial charging points set up by mid-April. UK-based Liberty Global, the parent firm of Virgin Media is testing a secondary use for its broadband infrastructure using street-side boxes that link internet connections from exchanges to homes and businesses to build electric vehicle charging stations in the U.K. The […] Read more
Tamil Nadu Working To Revise its Solar Policy : CM Updated On Tue, Jan 29th, 2019 by Saurenergy A revised state solar policy is going to be released soon, Tamil Nadu CM L. Palaniswami has confirmed. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister L. Palaniswami, speaking at the inauguration ceremony of float glass major Saint-Gobain India’s third manufacturing plant, said that the state government will soon come out with a revised solar energy policy. The floating […] Read more
BESCOM Floats Tender For 100 EV Charging Stations in Bengaluru Updated On Mon, Jan 28th, 2019 by Saurenergy The last date of bid-submission is February 20, 2019. The Bangalore Electrical Supply Company (BESCOM) has recently issued a tender for setting up of 100 electric vehicle charging stations in Bengaluru. With this, it joins other neighbouring states which have started pushing out for EV charging in key cities, notably Hyderabad in Telangana. While the […] Read more
Power Distribution Sector Needs Skill Development and Soon! Updated On Mon, Jan 28th, 2019 by Saurenergy Distribution companies need to undertake measures like smart metering, smart grid technology, switching to renewable sources of energy, adoption of blockchain in managing distributed energy resources and Artificial Intelligence. All of this calls for upscaling of existing workforce and preparing future power sector professionals to make strong impacts in the power sector. The need of […] Read more
NLC India to Set Up 1 GW of Solar Projects in Tamil Nadu Updated On Mon, Jan 28th, 2019 by Saurenergy NLC India’s MoU envisages close to Rs 23,800 crores investment in TN NLC India (NLCIL), state-owned mining and power generating company, has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Tamil Nadu government to develop 2,640 MW of lignite-based thermal power projects and 1,000 MW of solar energy projects in the state. […] Read more
Viz-A-Viz with Dr. Rahul Walawalkar, Executive Director | India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) Updated On Mon, Jan 28th, 2019 by Saurenergy High Time for Policymakers to take Decisive Action If we really want to tap into the country’s estimated 300GWh of storage opportunity in the next four years for domestic manufacturing, this is high time for policymakers to take decisive action, believes Dr. Rahul Walawalkar, Executive Director, India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA), a membership driven alliance […] Read more
Rooftop Solutions Provider ZunRoof Raises Third Round of Angel Funding Updated On Mon, Jan 28th, 2019 by Saurenergy Cleantech startup Zunroof has raised its third round of angel funding, looking to double its business in 2019. Gurgaon-based Rooftop Solar solutions provider Zunroof has announced that it has raised an undisclosed amount in its third round of angel funding from Livspace founder Ramakant Sharma and Arun Diaz of IntelleGrow, along with lead investors off […] Read more
Growth in Renewable Energy Investment Slowing Due to Grid Limitations: IEEFA Updated On Fri, Jan 25th, 2019 by Saurenergy An investment of US$ 60-80 billion will be needed in the next five years to keep pace with growing generation capacity. A brief report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, authored by Tim Buckley and Kashish Shah has revealed that India’s grid transmission infrastructure needs urgent modernisation to not limit the growth […] Read more
