BCD Decision Sparks Predictable Reactions, Costs To Go Up By 50 p/unit Updated On Fri, Mar 12th, 2021 by Saurenergy Three days after the formal confirmation of government plans to impose an enhanced Basic Customs Duty (BCD) of 25 per cent and 40 per cent on imported solar cells and modules, respectively, the reactions have started coming in thick and fast. Dedicated developers, both those on record and off the record, have expressed their views […] Read more
Renewables not Coal & Gas Should be Focus of Vietnam’s Latest PDP: IEEFA Updated On Thu, Mar 11th, 2021 by Saurenergy Vietnam’s draft PDP8 has failed to acknowledge the need of developing a more flexible system that can accommodate a changing technology mix Vietnam’s recently published draft power development plan for 2021-2030 (PDP8) has failed to acknowledge the importance of developing a more flexible system that can accommodate a changing technology mix, according to a new report from […] Read more
Longi Solar Top Module Supplier to India In 2020, Says Report Updated On Tue, Mar 9th, 2021 by Saurenergy China’s LONGi Solar, a global leader in high-efficiency mono-crystalline solar cells and modules, has been named India’s market leader based on module shipments in 2020, according to a recent study by Gurugram-based research firm JMK Research. For LONGi, the numbers will be gratifying, as it has taken the firm just over 2 years to make […] Read more
Average Rural Power Supply Duration has Increased to 18.5 Hours Updated On Fri, Mar 5th, 2021 by Saurenergy RK Singh has informed that the average rural power supply duration increased from 12.5 hours in 2014-15 to 18.5 hours in 2019-20. Addressing the Power Ministry Parliamentary Consultative Committee in a meeting, Power Minister RK Singh has informed that the average rural power supply duration increased from 12.5 hours in 2014-15 to 18.5 hours in […] Read more
Waaree Subsidiary Sangam Renewables Commissions 16 MW Solar Plant Updated On Fri, Mar 5th, 2021 by Saurenergy Sangam Renewables, a publicly listed subsidiary of Waaree Energies, has announced on March 4 that it has commissioned a 16 megawatt (MW) solar project in Gavhankund, Maharashtra. The project has been commissioned through subsidiary Waacox Energy Private Limited, Sangam Renewables said in an exchange filing. “Waacox Energy Private Limited, a material subsidiary, of the company […] Read more
Karnataka Issues Renewable Energy Policy 2021-26, Targets 20 GW of RE Projects Updated On Fri, Mar 5th, 2021 by Saurenergy Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited (KREDL) has drafted the “Karnataka Renewable Energy Policy 2021-26” to strengthen the Renewable Energy markets in the state. Being one of the leading States in Renewable Energy (RE) sector in the country with a RE generation capacity of about 15,037 MW, the KREDL has drafted the policy with a foremost […] Read more
Tabreed and IFC to set up a District Energy Investment Platform Updated On Thu, Mar 4th, 2021 by Saurenergy National Central Cooling Company PJSC (Tabreed), the leading UAE-based international district cooling developer and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, are planning to establish a district energy investment platform in Singapore that will invest in district cooling, trigeneration and cooling as a service offering with primary focus on India […] Read more
As Solar Spreads, Shrinking Space for Wind Updated On Wed, Mar 3rd, 2021 by Saurenergy It was one of the lesser noticed misses caused by the 2020 pandemic. In fact, we had predicted it in our own January 2020 issue. When Solar capacity would overtake wind in India. But come 2021, and wind energy has finally been overtaken. The news, when it was finally confirmed, couldn’t have been announced with […] Read more
BCD Announcement This Week? Speculation Reaches Fever Pitch, Again Updated On Tue, Mar 2nd, 2021 by Saurenergy A report in BusinessLine, quoting sources in the MNRE, has speculated on the possibility of Basic Customs Duty (BCD) on modules and solar cells finally being announced this week. Readers will recall that the announcement was widely expected in the Union Budget in February, but was conspicuously missing. The report quotes its sources as saying […] Read more
