Hawaiian Electric with Navy to build a 20MW solar facility at the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Updated On Fri, Jul 22nd, 2016 by Saurenergy Hawaiian Electric Company with Department of the Navy announced plans to build a 20 megawatt (28 megawatts DC) solar facility at the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, West Loch Annex. Hawaiian Electric will build, own and operate the solar facility at the joint base. In exchange for the land needed for the project, the base will […] Read more
SunPower sets a new solar power panel efficiency record of 24.1 percent Updated On Mon, Jun 27th, 2016 by Saurenergy SunPower has set a new solar power panel efficiency record of 24.1 percent, surpassing the previous world record for the highest efficiency of a solar panel using silicon cells. Early this year SunPower achieved 22.8 percent efficiency for its X-Series solar panel. “With greater efficiency, we can fit more watts on the roof with the outstanding […] Read more
Georgia Power’s 30-MW solar facility at Fort Benning starts operation Updated On Thu, Jun 2nd, 2016 by Saurenergy Georgia Power, the Army Office of Energy Initiatives (OEI), General Services Administration and the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) marked the start of operations of a new 30 megawatt (MW) solar project at Fort Benning, near Columbus, Georgia. The facility is the first of five on-base military solar projects currently being developed by Georgia Power […] Read more
SunPedal Ride of 70 days to raise solar awareness in India Updated On Thu, May 5th, 2016 by Saurenergy IIT Bombay alumnus from Energy Science Department, Sushil Reddy will be riding a solar powered electric bicycle across 5 states and 7000+ kms in India starting 7th May 2016 to raise solar awareness in the country. The SunPedal ride will be of approximately of 70 days which will be done with a support vehicle and […] Read more
SunPower to deliver 11.4 MW of solar power systems to power County of Santa Clara in California Updated On Wed, May 4th, 2016 by Saurenergy SunPower has announced that construction has started on 11.4 megawatts (DC) of solar power systems that will power public facility operated by the County of Santa Clara in California. SunPower will construct a total of six systems at County facilities which are expected to be operational by the end of 2016.The County will own the […] Read more
SECI asks World Bank to finance 50% of it solar projects Updated On Tue, May 3rd, 2016 by Saurenergy The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) set up originally to help the growth of solar power in the country by holding auctions and promoting projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, is now going ahead with plans of developing a second suite of PV projects in India claims a report. According to ET […] 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
SkyPower appoints Sterling and Wilson to Build 350 MW of Solar projects in India Updated On Fri, Apr 29th, 2016 by Saurenergy SkyPower and Indian solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company Sterling and Wilson has signed agreements for the EPC and operation and maintenance (O&M) of SkyPower’s recently awarded 350 MW (AC) solar projects to be built in India. The construction of the seven 50 MW projects, 150 MW in Madhya Pradesh and 200 MW in […] Read more
Sungrow announces that over 100MW of PV Inverters Connected to Grid in the UK during Q1 of 2016 Updated On Thu, Apr 28th, 2016 by Saurenergy Sungrow has announced that more than 100 MW of PV inverters have been connected to grid in the UK during Q1 of 2016.This takes Sungrow’s total installations in the UK to over 260 MW. The units deployed were a mixture of string and central inverters, including the SG2000/2500 10 feet compact container turnkey solution, the […] Read more