Subsidies & Fines Not The Only Prescription for Transport in India Updated On Mon, Jan 6th, 2020 by Saurenergy The United states environment Protection agency (EPA), in its greenhouse gas emissions report for 2017, had blamed Transportation for 28.9 percent of total US emissions, with electricity at 27.5 percent coming a close second. As an activity that services virtually every sector of the economy, getting a fix on this has been the obvious, and […] Read more
Installed Renewable Energy Capacity in India now at 84.39 GW: MNRE Updated On Thu, Jan 2nd, 2020 by Saurenergy The installed renewable energy capacity in India had crossed 84 GW mark by the end of November 2019, as per fresh data released by MNRE. The installed and operational renewable energy (RE) capacity in India had crossed 84 gigawatts (GW) mark by the end of November 2019, fresh data released by the Ministry of New […] Read more
Nagpur Municipal Corporation Tenders for 40 Electric Buses Updated On Thu, Dec 26th, 2019 by Saurenergy The Nagpur Municipal Corporation has issued an RfP for the selection of bus operators for the procurement of 40 electric buses The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has issued a Request for Proposal (RfP) for the selection of bus operators for the procurement of fully built pure electric buses and allied electrical and civil infrastructure on […] Read more
The Potholes of 2019 for India’s Solar Drive Updated On Tue, Dec 24th, 2019 by Saurenergy Looking back at 2019, there is absolutely no doubt today, that it has not been a memorable year for Solar power in India. Generators or manufacturers. With a closing installation figure of barely 7 GW as tracked by us, almost every hope from 2018 has been belied. The bad part? Some of the biggest obstacles […] Read more
MSEDCL Gets one Bid for 5 MW in Response to 1350 MW Solar Tender Updated On Mon, Dec 23rd, 2019 by Saurenergy MSEDCL has revealed that it received only one bid for 5 MW in response to its tender for procurement of 1350 MW of solar power from 30 Circles. The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (MSEDCL) had recently petitioned with the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) seeking approval for adoption of tariff discovered for long term […] Read more
Aquila Capital Acquires Rights for 400 MW Wind Project in Norway Updated On Mon, Dec 23rd, 2019 by Saurenergy Aquila Capital has acquired all shares in Øyfjellet Wind AS, which holds the rights to establish wind farm Øyfjellet with a capacity of 400 MW in Norway. Aquila Capital has acquired all shares in Øyfjellet Wind AS, which holds the rights to establish wind farm Øyfjellet with a capacity of 400 MW in Norway. Through […] Read more
Infrastructure Sector Makes the Case for Captive RE Policy and More Updated On Sat, Dec 21st, 2019 by Saurenergy The infrastructure sector has urged the government to bring captive renewable policy and exempt from cross-subsidy charges to make renewable energy more viable The infrastructure sector has urged the government to bring captive renewable policy and exempt from cross-subsidy and transmission charges to make renewable energy more viable for those willing to set up clean energy plants beyond factory […] Read more
MNRE Missing Yearly RE Targets, 175 GW by 2022 in Danger: Parliamentary Panel Updated On Mon, Dec 9th, 2019 by Saurenergy MNRE has continuously failed to achieve its yearly targets of clean energy capacity addition, which may hamper the mission of having 175 GW of RE by 2022. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has continuously failed to achieve its yearly targets of clean energy capacity addition, which may hamper the mission of having 175 […] Read more
Solar PV Energy Capacity to Exceed 8000 GW by 2050: Report Updated On Wed, Nov 27th, 2019 by Saurenergy A new report has predicted that while capacity additions in Asia, North America and Europe, the global PV solar capacity could exceed 8,000 GW by 2050. Wind energy and concentrated solar power (CSP) have reduced their costs significantly, but it is solar photovoltaic (PV) that has reduced its costs dramatically, thanks to rapid developments in […] Read more
