EPRI Selected for 3 US DOE Awards for Advancing Energy Storage Updated On Tue, Dec 29th, 2020 by Saurenergy EPRI will lead 3 projects for advanced, bulk energy storage following selection by the US Department of Energy (DOE) for awards totaling USD 600K The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has announced that it will lead three projects for advanced, bulk energy storage following selection by the US Department of Energy (DOE) for awards totaling […] Read more
Australia Solar Plant Ropes In Singapore’s Keppel Renewable As Partner Updated On Mon, Dec 28th, 2020 by Saurenergy Singapore-based Keppel Renewable Energy 9KRE), is investing for a 45% stake in Harlin Solar, which is developing a 500 MW solar farm at Harlin, about 100 kilometers northwest of Brisbane, Australia. This is KRE’s first large scale solar plant anywhere. The group has a 2030 target of 7 GW of renewable energy projects. The investment, […] Read more
Asia to Remain ‘Mother of Batteries’, Producing 1 TWh pa by 2025: Rystad Updated On Thu, Dec 24th, 2020 by Saurenergy In its monthly energy transition report, Rystad Energy has found that Asia, is, and will remain the mother of batteries over the coming decade. The report details that the world’s current total battery cell production capacity is about to exit 2020 at around 617 gigawatt-hours (GWh) per year. Most of this capacity, 516 GWh, comes […] Read more
IndiGrid Partners With IBM to Build AI-Enabled Asset Management Platform Updated On Fri, Dec 18th, 2020 by Saurenergy IndiGrid has signed a multi-year collaboration agreement with IBM to build Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled asset management platform. India Grid Trust (IndiGrid) has announced that it has signed a multi-year collaboration agreement with tech-giant IBM to build Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled asset management platform. The IBM Maximo Application Suite will allow IndiGrid to become future-ready by improving the overall health […] Read more
Demand for Hydrogen in India can Grow 5-Fold by 2050: TERI Updated On Thu, Dec 17th, 2020 by Saurenergy A new report by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) suggests that the demand for hydrogen in India can grow 5-fold by 2050. The demand for hydrogen in India can grow five-fold by 2050. Further, by 2030, the costs of “green hydrogen” from renewables will fall more than 50 percent and start to compete with […] Read more
SECI Extends Deadline for 100 MW Solar Plus 40 MW Storage Tender Updated On Tue, Dec 15th, 2020 by Saurenergy SECI has extended the bid submission deadline for its tender for commissioning of 100 MW solar plus 40 MW Storage project in Chhattisgarh. The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has announced that it has extended the bid submission deadline for its tender for commissioning of a 100 MW (ac) solar project (160 MWdc) along […] Read more
Siemens Energy teams up with Duke Energy, Clemson University to study hydrogen use Updated On Fri, Dec 11th, 2020 by Saurenergy Siemens Energy, Duke Energy and Clemson University have teamed up to study the use of hydrogen for energy storage and as a low- or no-carbon fuel source to produce energy at Duke Energy’s combined heat and power plant at Clemson University in South Carolina. The U.S. Department of Energy announced today that it awarded Siemens Energy a $200,000 grant for the research […] Read more
Okinawa Shifts To ‘Lithium Only’ For Its Two Wheelers Updated On Fri, Dec 11th, 2020 by Saurenergy NCR based electric two-wheeler maker Okinawa Autotech private Limited (Okinawa) announced today (Thursday) that it is stopping the sale of lead-acid battery-based scooters. The company will focus only on lithium-ion battery-based variants from now on, said the firm in a statement. Incidentally, under the FAME2 guidelines for two-wheeler subsidies, electric vehicles based on lead-acid batteries […] Read more
ARENA to Fund USD 12.9 million to AEMO for its Distributed Energy Project Updated On Thu, Dec 10th, 2020 by Saurenergy The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today announced USD 12.9 million in funding to the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) for the development of a major Victorian Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Marketplace trial named Project EDGE (Energy Demand and Generation Exchange). Project EDGE is a multi-year project to demonstrate an off-market, proof-of-concept Distributed Energy […] Read more
