Efforts & commitment of stakeholders made RE targets achievable: Piyush Goyal Updated On Wed, Jun 8th, 2016 by Saurenergy Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy at first National Workshop on Rooftop Solar Power felicitated the stakeholders. He said efforts & commitment of all stakeholders made Renewable Energy (RE) targets achievable. During the event Goyal gave away 41 awards to the best performing Ministries/Departments, State/UT Governments, State […] Read more
SoftBank’s investments in India to surpass $10 billion in 5-10 years Updated On Wed, Jun 1st, 2016 by Saurenergy Japanese telecom and Internet giant SoftBank has announced that its investments in the country will surpass USD 10 billion in 5-10 years. Chief Executive Masayoshi Son to PTI said SoftBank will make its first USD 350 million investment in a solar project in India and expand in next 5-10 years, probably around USD 10 billion. […] Read more
OCI to develop 1 GW photovoltaic power plants in China and India by 2018: Report Updated On Wed, May 25th, 2016 by Saurenergy OCI Global Ltd. is reportedly planning to develop about 1 gigawatt of photovoltaic power plants in China and India by 2018. The company will be investing USD 400 million for the projects, while rest of the investment will come from elsewhere said Pranab Kumar Sarmah, unit’s chief investment officer in an interview to Bloomberg in […] Read more
GreatWall Energy announces availability of the Satcon Equinox 750kW inverters with Ampt Mode Updated On Tue, May 10th, 2016 by Saurenergy China Electronics GreatWall Energy has announced the availability of the Satcon Equinox 750kW inverters with Ampt Mode. These inverters with Ampt String Optimizers lowers the total system cost and improve lifetime system performance said the company. The Equinox inverter platform comes with industrial-grade engineering and a rugged design with advanced utility-ready features. With Ampt Mode […] Read more
India will lead the world towards clean energy: Piyush Goyal Updated On Sat, Apr 30th, 2016 by Saurenergy Minister for State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy, Piyush Goyal, felicitated 102 awardees at CST & Solar Cooker Excellence Awards- 2016 on Friday in National Capital. The minister also released 9 knowledge documents collated by several experts to provide information on Concentrated Solar Thermal Technology (CST) on the occasion. Speaking […] Read more
Delhi likely to get green power from Madhya Pradesh to run its Metro trains Updated On Fri, Apr 29th, 2016 by Saurenergy The National Capital of India will reportedly get green power from Madhya Pradesh starting next year to run its Metro trains. Manu Shrivastava, Principal Secretary of Madhya Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Department speaking to PTI said “we are charting out the power purchase agreement (PPA) to be signed between Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and developers of the world’s […] Read more
ICRA estimates the capacity addition in the renewable energy sector to increase to 8.8 GW in FY 2017 Updated On Thu, Apr 21st, 2016 by Saurenergy ICRA has estimated the solar capacity addition to increase to about 5.7 GW in FY2017 as against the 3.0 GW seen in FY2016 based on the tenders already floated and proposed for award of solar projects under various State and Central Government policies so far. However, ICRA in its report notes that in the wind […] Read more
India to become the 3rd Largest PV Market to overpower Japan – Reports Updated On Wed, Mar 23rd, 2016 by Saurenergy India’s overall solar project in pipeline now stands at a staggering 23 GW. More than half of it is expected to come online within two years. Bridge to India estimates capacity addition of 4.8 GW solar power plants by this year and over 9 GW in 2017 excluding capacity additions in the rooftop and open […] Read more
Govt to soon bring policy for Large-Scale Manufacturers Updated On Mon, Mar 7th, 2016 by Saurenergy Government is working on a policy to boost large-scale solar equipment production facilities that will be soon be sent for the Cabinet’s approval, New & Renewable Energy Minister Piyush Goyal said. “We are working on a policy to promote large-scale domestic manufacturing of solar equipment for making it more competitive,” Goyal said while addressing at SURYA KRANTI […] Read more