Public and NBFCs commits investment of Rs 3.82 lakh crore for 76,352 MW Capacity – Piyush Goyal Updated On Fri, Mar 11th, 2016 by Saurenergy The indigenous renewable sectors have turned heads recently. With active participation from investors and integrators, India seems to lorry its promising solar mission. At the ongoing budget session of Parliament, New and Renewable Energy Minister Piyush Goyal elatedly states that public as well as private banks and non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) have committed for financing […] Read more
3000 Indian villages to get electricity through renewable energy sources under the DDUJGY scheme: Piyush Goyal Updated On Fri, Mar 4th, 2016 by Saurenergy Government is gearing up to electrify about 3000 villages through renewable energy sources. Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy- Piyush Goyal said that out of un-electrified villages, about 3000 villages to be electrified through renewable energy sources under the DDUJGY scheme. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his budget […] Read more
Govt likely to announce incentives to boost manufacturing of solar panels Updated On Sat, Feb 27th, 2016 by Saurenergy Government may announce inducements in the upcoming Budget to boost manufacturing of solar panels and achieve its objective of establishing 100 gigawatts of solar capacity by 2022. So far, solar t Finance minister Arun Jaitley may announce incentives, such as Viability Gap Funding (VGF) to help sprout manufacturing plants in the country and vow long-term […] Read more
CPWD to Generate 42.50MW of Green Energy in the Capital Updated On Fri, Feb 5th, 2016 by Saurenergy After the COP 21 Paris meet, Modi government has planned to keep the focus on utilization of renewable energy from 2016. As a part of the promotional program of Green Energy, the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) said that, ‘It plans to produce 42.50MW of solar power across the country besides replacing energy inefficient electrical […] Read more
South Eastern Railways to Bet on Solar Updated On Wed, Jan 27th, 2016 by Saurenergy Marking an occasion organized by the MCC Chamber of Commerce and Industry, South Eastern Railways (SER) GM Ashish Kumar Goel additionally declared the plans to dispose of more than 600 unmanned level intersections in the following three years. “Over 50 locations including stations, hospitals, running-rooms and facilities have been identified where solar energy will be […] Read more
Blue Star Enters ‘Save Energy’ Project Updated On Mon, Jan 25th, 2016 by Saurenergy As a part of Make in India policy, Blue Star is warming up to introduce solar power ACs, confining with the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M). “Company will elevate some new plants in Sri City of Andhra Pradesh and Jammu at expenses of around Rs.150 crore. We are tying up with IIT-M for development of […] Read more
$1.5 Billion International Aid for India’s Rooftop Solar Projects Updated On Fri, Jan 8th, 2016 by Saurenergy To uplift India’s rooftop solar initiative, the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and the New Development Bank formed by the BRICS Nations are opening loans for the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. Upendra Tripathy, secretary at the MNRE said, “We are getting $500 million (Rs. 3,345 crore) from each of them to fund rooftop […] Read more
Futuristic World of Solar Energy above The Sky Updated On Thu, Dec 17th, 2015 by Saurenergy An approach to enhance the productivity of solar energy is to place the panels where mists can’t interfere during the generation of energy. Indeed, even in the sunlit parts of the world, mists can still cause fluctuations in energy yield. So what better place to put solar boards than over the mists? The thought is […] Read more
Street Lights in South Delhi to be Supplanted with LEDs Updated On Tue, Dec 15th, 2015 by Saurenergy A strategic MoU has been inked between SDMC and Power Ministry’s Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL). Alarming to chop-off the prolonging emissions and power consumption – the partnership aims to supplant LEDs in the South Delhi Metropolitan Zones reducing street lighting power bills by 53.61% authorities said. So far 62,000 street lights have been fitted […] Read more