New Policy for Solar Panels in the Indian Railways Updated On Sat, Mar 5th, 2016 by Saurenergy With Indian government’s aim of making India the ‘clean energy’ kernel, the largest rail network has settled a policy for harnessing solar energy on rooftops of Railway premises. The policy will allow establishing solar power plants through developer mode with a long term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) by Railways. The existing policy pronounces rooftops of […] Read more
Chandigarh to make solar rooftop plants mandatory for building, houses having more than 100 square yards of plot soon: Report Updated On Sat, Mar 5th, 2016 by Saurenergy Chandigarh may make its mandatory for all houses and buildings’ having more than 100 square yards of plot to install solar rooftop plants soon, claims The EconomicTimes. Santosh Kumar, director of Chandigarh Renewable Energy Science and Technology Promotion Society (CREST) speaking to the publication said that “a notification to this effect is expected shortly, and […] Read more
ENGIE bags 40 MW solar power project in Peru Updated On Fri, Mar 4th, 2016 by Saurenergy French multinational electric utility company ENGIE through its subsidiaries Enersur and Solairedirect has won a 40 MW solar power project as part of the 4th nationwide call for tenders launched in Peru. The company in a statement said this performance in the context of a very selective bidding procedure, reflects the highly competitive price offered […] Read more
SunEdison’s poll result shows 74% of Maryland voters support the Clean Energy Jobs Act Updated On Fri, Mar 4th, 2016 by Saurenergy Sun Edison, Inc. and the Maryland Climate Coalition have released poll results showing that Maryland residents support legislation that would expand clean energy and clean energy jobs in the state. The Clean Energy Jobs Act promotes Maryland’s clean energy standard and entails the state to generate 25% of electricity by 2020 from clean sources. The act also sets […] Read more
NERD to conduct three-month training programme on “solar PV installer and service provider” Updated On Thu, Mar 3rd, 2016 by Saurenergy A training program on ‘Solar PV Installer and Service provider’ supported by central and state governments would be organised in Coimbatore to create more professionals in the field of solar energy. Training will include sessions on soft skills and entrepreneurship The program is sponsored by the National Institute of Solar Energy, the Ministry of New […] Read more
Govt announces to set up 33 solar parks across India to reduce production cost of solar power Updated On Thu, Mar 3rd, 2016 by Saurenergy To reduce the production cost of solar power the government has announced to set up 33 solar parks across the country. Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said Government will be setting up as many as 33 solar parks to reduce the production cost of solar power. So far steps taken by the Government to […] Read more
Borg Energy undertakes project to convert quarters of MPs into 100 % green energy efficient spaces Updated On Thu, Mar 3rd, 2016 by Saurenergy US-based Borg Energy Pvt Ltd has successfully completed a significant project to convert over 60 residential quarters of Members of Parliament into 100 % green energy efficient spaces. Borg Energy Pvt Ltd under its Solar Photo Voltaic Power Projects has been undertaken the initiative for the Central Public Works Department of New Delhi. The company […] Read more
Panasonic Corporation achieves photovoltaic module conversion efficiency of 23.8% Updated On Thu, Mar 3rd, 2016 by Saurenergy Panasonic Corporation has announced that it has achieved world’s highest photovoltaic module conversion efficiency of 23.8% (aperture area3: 11,562 cm2) at research level. It is a major increase over the previous world record for crystalline silicon-based photovoltaic modules. Earlier record of the conversion efficiency of a crystalline silicon-based photovoltaic module was 22.8%. Back in 2014 […] Read more
China cutting coal use, growing it’s solar and wind energy capacity fast Updated On Wed, Mar 2nd, 2016 by Saurenergy Figures released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics reveals that China is cutting coal and growing its wind and solar energy capacity fast. Last year China’s solar power generation capacity was up by 74% while wind power generation witnessed increase by 34 percent. Speaking to New Scientist, Tim Buckley of the Institute for Energy Economics […] Read more
