Opus Materials Led-Consortium to Develop Dirt-Repellent Coating for Solar Panels Updated On Fri, Sep 21st, 2018 by Saurenergy Cutting edge technology underpinning a new industrial coating could alleviate water wastage in solar energy production Opus Materials Technologies, developers of industrial coatings based on “materials by design” principles, together with a consortium of academics and scientists, are set to transform solar energy generation through the development of a novel dirt-repellent coating for industrial-scale photovoltaic (PV) panels. […] Read more
‘Prefer Investing in India Over US for Solar Development’: Trina Solar Updated On Fri, Sep 14th, 2018 by Saurenergy Trina Solar has been critical of the solar development in US citing over protectionist measures undertaken by the government authorities. India’s leading solar solutions provider, Trina Solar has launched ‘Trinahome’, a solar initiative to foray the domestic and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) segment in India. In order to provide solar solutions to tier 2 […] Read more
Google Signs Renewable Energy Deal to Power Data Center Updated On Wed, Sep 12th, 2018 by Saurenergy In order to reduce its carbon footprint, Google has signed the deal under a power purchase agreement (PPA) which allows the technology giant to fetch energy directly from the generator. Internet related services and products provider, Google has signed a 10-year renewable energy deal to buy renewable energy from three upcoming wind farms of Finland […] Read more
Australia May Fetch 50% Power from Renewable Energy by 2025 Updated On Mon, Sep 10th, 2018 by Saurenergy The report suggests that even though the policy support 100 percent reliance on the renewable energy has collapsed following a voting, the solar developments have retained their unexpected pace. A report by a leading energy research, education and public policy organization, ANU Energy Change Institute has stated that if Australia maintains the current track of […] Read more
MNRE Opines Trimming Commissioning Period for Solar Projects Updated On Thu, Sep 6th, 2018 by Saurenergy The developers have put up concerns over the suggestion given by MNRE as shortening the period to develop solar projects would pressurize the developers and would pose quality issues. Making the solar developers unhappy, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has proposed to cut short the commissioning period for solar projects in order to […] Read more
EU Exempts China from Import Restrictions; Mulls Restricting US Updated On Tue, Sep 4th, 2018 by Saurenergy EU’s move of withdrawing restrictions came in after Brussels and Beijing mull to be more defensive of the U.S solar markets being more cooperative in their own trade policies. European Union (EU)has lifted five-year old protectionism restrictions on solar panel imports from China paving way to protecting the domestic developers and manufacturers from the U.S. […] Read more
Gov’t Cuts Component Manufacturing Requirement to Prevent High Tariff Bids in Solar Tender Updated On Mon, Sep 3rd, 2018 by Saurenergy The government has also brought down the maximum permissible tariff rate for the solar tender to Rs 2.75 per unit from an earlier cap of Rs 2.93. In a bid to attract healthy number of developers in a recent solar auction and prevent higher tariff bids from the bidders, the government has reduced the component […] Read more
MNRE Postpones Commissioning of 7,750 MW Grid-Connected VGF Solar Projects Updated On Sat, Sep 1st, 2018 by Saurenergy MNRE does not hold the developers responsible for the delay in the commissioning of solar PV projects but the supervisory authorities. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has in a row extended the commissioning deadlines of 7,750 MW grid-connected solar PV power projects under different batches of viability gap funding (VGF) planned under 2nd […] Read more
MNRE Seeks Upper Ceilings for Solar Tariffs Updated On Wed, Aug 29th, 2018 by Saurenergy MNRE has asked the Solar Energy Corporation of India to follow the ‘maximum permissible tariff rule’ for capping the solar tariffs at Rs. 2.5 and Rs. 2.6 per unit respectively for both categories. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has sought on the recommendations of advisers of National Solar Mission (NSM) an upper ceiling […] Read more
