SECI Extends Deadline For its Floating Solar Plus Storage Tender at Lakshadweep Updated On Mon, Apr 1st, 2019 by Saurenergy The last date of bid submission has been extended from April 1, 2019, to May 5, 2019. The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has extended the deadline for bid submission on its tender for setting up of 20 MW floating solar PV power plants with associated 60 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at […] Read more
Sprng Buys Shapoorji Pallonji’s 194 MW Operational Solar Assets Updated On Mon, Apr 1st, 2019 by Saurenergy Shapoorji Pallonji Infrastructure Capital (SP Infra) has sold 194 MW of operating solar portfolio to Sprng Energy, a renewable energy platform in India by London-based private equity firm Actis. The deal size has not been disclosed. However, media reports suggest that solar asset’s enterprise value is close to $200 Million or over Rs. 13.8 […] Read more
Lubi Solar Bags Order for 500 Solar Water Pump Installations in Rajasthan Updated On Sat, Mar 30th, 2019 by Saurenergy The company spokesperson when contacted said that, with this order in Rajasthan, Lubi Solar will grab other solar water pump projects such as RHDH soon. Lubi Solar, which is a division of Lubi Electronics, has won the prestigious order for supply, installation and commissioning of 500 Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) water pumping systems in various parts […] Read more
Kochi Metro Plans to Double its Solar Power Usage to 40 Percent Updated On Sat, Mar 30th, 2019 by Saurenergy The panels will be installed at four hectares of the marshy land at the Muttom Yard, adjacent to the Muttom Station on the KMRL metro line. The second phase powering of Kochi Metro with solar power will soon be inaugurated with the installation of panels at Muttom yard. The latest capacity additions are expected to bump the metro rail corps solar […] Read more
CEL Issues Tender For 300 kW Solar Power Plant For Sahibabad Campus Updated On Fri, Mar 29th, 2019 by Saurenergy The last date of bid submission is March 30, 2019 The Central Electronics Limited (CEL) has issued a tender inviting online bids from eligible parties for the deployment of 300 kWp grid-connected solar PV power plant at its campus in Sahibabad, Uttar Pradesh. The brief scope of work for selected bidder(s) will include the design, […] Read more
Plunging Costs of Lithium-Ion Batteries on the Verge of Displacing Coal, Gas Updated On Fri, Mar 29th, 2019 by Saurenergy Two technologies that were immature and expensive only a few years ago but are now at the center of the unfolding low-carbon energy transition have seen spectacular gains in cost-competitiveness in the last year. The latest analysis by research company BloombergNEF shows that the benchmark levelised cost of electricity, or LCOE, for lithium-ion batteries has […] Read more
Siemens Gamesa Commissions Lakshmi Machine Work’s 10 MW Solar Plant Updated On Thu, Mar 28th, 2019 by Saurenergy Clean energy solutions provider Siemens Gamesa has commissioned 10 MW solar power project for Lakshmi Machine Works (LMW) in Tamil Nadu. As part of the contract, Siemens Gamesa provided an EPC (engineering procurement and construction) solution that included engineering and design of the solar farm, procurement, erection and commissioning of the 10 MW photovoltaic (PV) solar farm near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, […] Read more
Interview with Rajendra Kumar Parakh, CFO, Vikram Solar Updated On Thu, Mar 28th, 2019 by Saurenergy Availability of Domestic Finance at Viable Cost is Still a Distant Dream The only challenge that we can foresee is in terms of availability of finance and cost of finance available for renewable energy sector. Sources of finance for both solar manufacturing industry and solar deployment industry are scarce, a large part of funding comes […] Read more
Interview with Mohua Mukherjee, Program Ambassador Pro-Bono, International Solar Alliance Updated On Wed, Mar 27th, 2019 by Saurenergy Next Generation Women will have Opportunities to Involve in Different Parts of Solar Value Chain Women of the next generation will have opportunities to be involved in many different parts of the solar value chain, including designing these new, energy-efficient solar gadgets or appliances, as well. We just need to start their familiarity with solar […] Read more