Coal Use in China Declines in 2016 as Solar Capacity Rises 82% Updated On Sun, Apr 30th, 2017 by Saurenergy Significant investments in clean energy and favourable renewable energy prices continue to stifle the demand for coal in China. The world’s largest carbon emitter’s coal consumption fell in 2016 for the third consecutive year. The National Bureau of Statistics said the country’s consumption of coal fell by 4.7 per cent last year, according to preliminary […] Read more
Himachal Pradesh Solar Energy Policy Updated On Wed, Apr 26th, 2017 by Saurenergy OBJECTIVE Promote generation of electricity from solar energy for energy security for sustainable development, which is the core Development Policy of the State. Contribute to the National objective of increasing the share of Renewable Energy in total energy consumption, in accord-ance with climate, environment and macro-economic considerations. Strengthen and sustain the Policy of 100% clean […] Read more
SOLAR HOME STORAGE: IS INDIA READY? Updated On Wed, Apr 26th, 2017 by Saurenergy The solar industry is churning new dialogues to woo clean energy and become self-reliant for all the modern power needs. When modules gets nodal nudge the billion-dollar market influxes with a proficient game-plan. Climate change concerns, state initiatives including solar portfolio standards, and consumer efforts are resulting in increased deployments of clean technologies. Solar photovoltaics […] Read more
Ingot Carving the Future Updated On Mon, Apr 24th, 2017 by Saurenergy Silicon is the most abundant solid element on earth; it makes up more than 25% of the earth’s crust. However, it rarely occurs in elemental form, virtually all of it is existing as compounds. Solar cells are made from silicon boules, polycrystalline structures that have the atomic structure of a single crystal. The most commonly […] Read more
India shows path for cheaper solar energy: World Bank Updated On Fri, Apr 21st, 2017 by Saurenergy “The incentives are clear that moving towards solar energy is better than continuing with the building of coal plants. So we need to find ways of accelerating that process. We hope to come out of these spring meetings with a platform like that in place” It is better to move towards solar energy than to […] Read more
Half of India’s energy capacity will be from non-fossil fuel sources in 10 years Updated On Wed, Apr 19th, 2017 by Saurenergy If India achieves its target to install 175 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2022 — as committed under the 2015 Paris Agreement — it will not need to install, at least until 2027, any more coal-fired capacity than the 50 GW currently under construction. Non-fossil fuels — renewables, nuclear and large hydroelectric power plants […] Read more
India’s Solar Power Capacity Crosses 12 GW Updated On Tue, Apr 11th, 2017 by Saurenergy India has added 12 GW of solar capacity, of which 4800 MW has been contributed from rooftop and 7200 MW from large scale solar power projects. India added 5525 MW solar power generation capacity last fiscal, taking the total from this clean source to 12288 MW. The country has abundant solar power potential which has […] Read more
India and ADB Sign $175 Million Loan Agreement to help improve Solar Transmission System Updated On Fri, Apr 7th, 2017 by Saurenergy Asian Development Bank has granted $175 Million Loan Agreement to India for supporting construction of high voltage transmission systems to evacuate power generated from new mega solar parks. The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $175 million loan agreement to support construction of high voltage transmission systems to evacuate power […] Read more
European Investment Bank Sanctions EUR 200 Million for Indian Large-Scale Solar Power Projects Updated On Mon, Apr 3rd, 2017 by Saurenergy The State Bank of India gets EUR 200 Million long-term loan from European Investment Bank to fund five different solar power projects in Tamil Nadu and Telangana. The European Investment Bank has confirmed new support for solar power generation in India in partnership with the State Bank of India. The EUR 200 million (INR 1400 […] Read more
