Falling panel prices and increased competition have contributed to aggressive bids: Ind-Ra Updated On Thu, Aug 17th, 2017 by Saurenergy “An increase in panel conversion efficiency has contributed to a reduction in land required for panels and a fall in the balance of system cost, resulting in lower bids,” Ind-Ra said. With solar developers bidding aggressively at lower tariffs, they have little financial buffers to face challenges such as cost overrun, increased interest rate and […] Read more
Rural Electrification & Solar Updated On Wed, Aug 16th, 2017 by Saurenergy India is blessed with huge amount of natural resources. It observes around 300 sunny days a year on an average highlighting a huge potential of solar energy in India. Solar energy could play an important role in alleviating energy poverty. India receives solar radiation of 5 to 7 kWh/m2 for 300 to 330 days in […] Read more
Solar Energy Installed Capacity Touched 13652 MW : Piyush Goyal Updated On Thu, Aug 10th, 2017 by Saurenergy The minister also informed that the States of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Telangana have crossed the solar energy installed capacity of 1 GW, as on 31.07.2017. Piyush Goyal, Minister of State for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy and Mines in a written reply to a question […] Read more
India-China Tension at border to not affect Solar Sector: Industry Updated On Tue, Aug 8th, 2017 by Saurenergy Reports of the border stand-off between India and China continue to hog headlines, one of the concerns raised is whether this would have a bearing on the solar sector in India because local project developers are dependent on solar cells and modules imported from China. As reports of the border stand-off between India and China […] Read more
Haryana Waives Wheeling Charges on Power Generated From Solar Plants Updated On Tue, Aug 8th, 2017 by Saurenergy Any investor, who installs a solar power plant at any place in the state, can sell this power to any private entity within the state at mutually agreed tariff without paying these charges. The Haryana government has waived intra-state wheeling charges, cross subsidy charges, transmission and distribution charges on the electricity generated from solar power […] Read more
Subsidy of Rs. 246.84 crore disbursed under Decentralized Distributed Generation in last three years Piyush Goyal Updated On Fri, Aug 4th, 2017 by Saurenergy Under the Decentralized Distributed Generation (DDG) of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), electricity access is provided to all the villages/habitations where grid connectivity is either not feasible or not cost effective including those situated in backward and remote areas of the country. This includes mini grids and standalone systems. The Minister of State For Power, Coal, New & […] Read more
States under UDAY achieve improvement of 1.07% in AT&C losses in FY 2017 Piyush Goyal Updated On Fri, Aug 4th, 2017 by Saurenergy The participating States have achieved an improvement of 1.07% in Aggregate Technical & Commercial (AT&C) losses and Rs.0.13 a Unit in Average Cost of Supply (ACS) – Average Revenue Realized (ARR) gaps in FY 2017 The Minister of State for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Piyush Goyal, in a written reply to […] Read more
ContourGlobal Adds 20MW of Operating Solar Plants in Italy to European Solar Business Updated On Thu, Aug 3rd, 2017 by Saurenergy The acquisition further expands ContourGlobal’s Italian power business and leverages the company’s existing Italian thermal and renewable operating platform consisting of high efficiency QuadGeneration facilities. ContourGlobal has signed an agreement for the acquisition of a group of companies owning 20MW of operational solar photovoltaic (“PV”) plants in Italy from ErgyCapital S.p.A. The plants, located in […] Read more
SOLAR AND PAPER INDUSTRY ALIGNED Updated On Wed, Aug 2nd, 2017 by Saurenergy The paper industry in India has become more promising as the domestic demand is on the rise. Increasing population and literacy rate, growth in GDP, improvement in manufacturing sector and lifestyle of individuals are expected to account for the growth in the paper industry of India. Notwithstanding, paper sector is one of the most energy-critical […] Read more
