Full Electrification of Railways in Next 4 Years: Piyush Goyal Updated On Mon, Nov 25th, 2019 by Saurenergy Union Minister Piyush Goyal has informed that a target has been set for full electrification of Indian railways within the next four years. “Railways is continuously increasing electrification for a better, pollution-free future. The target of electrification of the entire railway in the next 3-4 years has been set, making it the world’s first carbon emission-free railway, along […] Read more
Macquarie Integrates Savion Acquisition, Commercialises 1 GW of RE in North America Updated On Sat, Nov 23rd, 2019 by Saurenergy GIG, a subsidiary of the Macquarie, has announced that it has commercialised over 1 GW of new renewable energy projects via PPAs or sales in North America. The Green Investment Group (GIG), a subsidiary of the Macquarie Group, has announced that one year following the establishment in the US, it has built a national development […] Read more
Facebook Signs PPA for Procuring 61.6 MW Solar Energy Updated On Sat, Nov 23rd, 2019 by Saurenergy Apex Clean Energy has announced that Altavista Solar has executed a PPA with Facebook for a 61.6 MW portion of the project. Apex Clean Energy has announced that Altavista Solar has executed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Facebook for a 61.6 MW portion of the project. Altavista Solar will become the first solar energy […] Read more
Eastern Railways Sets Ambitious Solar Energy Generation Target for 2020 Updated On Sat, Nov 23rd, 2019 by Saurenergy The Eastern Railways has informed that the organisation has set an ambitious plan to generate nearly 300 million watts of solar energy by 2020. In an effort to minimise carbon footprint and contribute towards a reduction in global warming, the Eastern Railways (ER) has informed that the organisation has set an ambitious plan to generate […] Read more
Total Adds 6 New Projects to its Distributed Solar Portfolio in SE Asia Updated On Sat, Nov 23rd, 2019 by Saurenergy Total Solar Distributed Generation, an arm of energy giant Total, has added six new distributed solar projects having capacity of 10 MWp in Southeast (SE) Asia region. Through this move, the energy giant has continued its strategy of expansion of footprints in the distributed solar sector by adding 10 MWp to its renewables portfolio in […] Read more
Will the ban on ‘Blue Wafer Cell’ help in boosting the domestic solar manufacturing? Updated On Sat, Nov 23rd, 2019 by Saurenergy Recently, government had imposed restrictions on the use of imported ‘blue wafer/ diffused silicon wafer’ for the manufacturing of solar PV cells, as such PV cells will not qualify under the category of domestically manufactured solar cells under various government schemes. Here’re some views and voices from the solar industry on its impact: Manish Aggarwal, […] Read more
We are Mulling to Further Increase Our Installation Capacity: Imaan Javan Updated On Sat, Nov 23rd, 2019 by Saurenergy We are looking forward for the instalment of another 2 MW by the end of this year and 5 MW by 2020. To facilitate this, we are recruiting more sales personnel, engineers and business developers. The future looks bright for solar industry, as new technologies are coming in this sector. From bio-solar cells, energy harvesting […] Read more
SECI Revises Bid Submission Date for 1.95MW Solar, 1.2GW Wind Projects Updated On Fri, Nov 22nd, 2019 by Saurenergy State-owned Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has extended the bid submission deadline for its two renewable energy projects i.e. 1.95 MW solar energy project and 1200 MW wind project. The last date for submitting bids for 1200 MW ISTS connected wind power projects (Tranche-IX) has been extended till December 05, 2019. However, the last […] Read more
MNRE Invites Bids for Publication of its ‘Akshay Urja’ Magazine Updated On Fri, Nov 22nd, 2019 by Saurenergy The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued a tender inviting sealed bids from reputed organisations located within Delhi and NCR, for the publication of its bi-monthly magazine ‘Akshay Urja’ in electronic format. As per the tender document, the magazine will be published both in Hindi and English separately in e-book format. Initially, it […] Read more
