CESC, Exide Partner For First Large BESS Project In Bengal Updated On Thu, Jan 28th, 2021 by Saurenergy Kolkata Discom CESC and Exide, India’s largest battery manufacturer have partnered on a grid connected 315 kWh battery energy storage systems (BESS) at low tension (LT) distribution system for better peak load management. The project is the first of its kind for West Bengal at this scale. CESC is part of the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group. […] Read more
EV Sector Hopes For Charging Push, targeted Incentives From Budget 2021 Updated On Wed, Jan 27th, 2021 by Saurenergy With just 5 days to go for Budget 2021 every citizen, expectations have rarely been so high from the government. And the reason is not just the repair work from the shock of Covid 19 has delivered. For once, people seem to realise that the government will actually have some leeway to break some self […] Read more
Researchers Propose Zinc Based, Low-Cost Anode Free Batteries Updated On Wed, Jan 27th, 2021 by Saurenergy The researchers, Yunpei Zhu, Yi Cui, and Husam N. Alshareef from ACS’ Nano Letters, decided to make a battery in which a zinc-rich cathode is a sole source for zinc plating onto a copper current collector, for energy storage systems. While conventional lithium-ion batteries work efficiently enough but, the problem with those is the limited amount of […] Read more
Sterling And Wilson Completes 25 MW Oman Project for Shell Updated On Wed, Jan 27th, 2021 by Saurenergy Sterling and Wilson Solar Limited (SWSL) (BSE Scrip Code: 542760; NSE Symbol: SWSOLAR), has successfully commissioned its second project in Oman. The 25 MW solar project was awarded to SWSL by global energy company Shell. Creditably, SWSL commissioned this project on time with more than 300,000 safe manhours during the pandemic by following all the […] Read more
Electric Buses Start Off In Andaman, Supporting Emissions Clean Up Updated On Wed, Jan 27th, 2021 by Saurenergy The Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands flagged-off a fleet of 14 electric buses on Republic Day. The project for 40 electric buses is being executed by National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (NVVN Limited), a 100 percent subsidiary of NTPC Limited, a PSU under Ministry of Power, Government of […] Read more
Three Phase Inverter Launch Power up FIMER’s Range Updated On Wed, Jan 27th, 2021 by Saurenergy With renewable energy, led by solar power, potentially making up 80 percent of the growth in electricity generation over the next decade, FIMER has introduced its new PVS- 10/33-TL three-phase string inverter solutions for commercial and industrial applications. According to the International Energy Agency, it is now consistently cheaper to generate electricity by capturing the […] Read more
MNRE Extends Last Date for BIS Testing to June 30, 2021 Updated On Wed, Jan 27th, 2021 by Saurenergy Responding to pleas by multiple manufacturers and trade bodies, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has extended the last date for self certification for SPV (Solar) inverters has been extended yet again from December 31 2020 to June 30, 2021 now. This is subject to the condition that relevant manufacturers will have valid IEC […] Read more
With 120 MWh Storage Win, Israel’s Augwind Challenges Lithium-ion Storage Updated On Wed, Jan 27th, 2021 by Saurenergy Yakum, Israel-based Augwind has been claiming that its Air Battery energy storage system will be superior to Lithium battery storage. The firm got a big boost earlier this month when Israel’s Electric Authority awarded a big tender for 609 megawatts of solar and 2.4 gigawatt-hours of energy storage, of which at least 120 megawatt-hours of […] Read more
Gulf Oil Taps Into EV Charging For Future Growth Updated On Mon, Jan 25th, 2021 by Saurenergy A part of the Hinduja Group, Gulf Oil International Ltd (Gulf), has entered an agreement to co-invest with the Clean Growth Fund (GCF) in Indra, provider of fast-growing electric vehicle (EV) and innovative charging and energy storage solutions. For Gulf Oil, a well established downstream oil company, this is its first investment into the e-mobility/EV […] Read more
