CERC Stays Close to Staff Paper Recos In Methodology For Computing Escalation For RE Projects Updated On Mon, May 31st, 2021 by Saurenergy In a suo moto (An order decided of its own accord, without a petitioner), the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has decided on a key aspect of Renewable Energy projects. That is, the methodology for Computing the Escalation Rates and other Parameters for the Purpose of Bid Evaluation and Payment for Procurement of Power from […] Read more
APTEL Asks KERC to Decide Compensation owed to Fortum by DISCOMs Updated On Wed, May 26th, 2021 by Saurenergy The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) recently gave a judgement in favour of Fortum Solar India Private Limited after the solar power developer petitioned it, seeking compensation from various DISCOMs. The full judgement can be read here. The tribunal not only directed the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) to determine the incremental tariff payable to Fortum, […] Read more
US-UK Companies Launch JV for 10 GW Wind Turbines in North Atlantic Updated On Mon, May 24th, 2021 by Saurenergy Anglo-US renewable energy company Hecate Independent Power Ltd (HIP) and UK power plants developer Independent Power Corporation PLC announced on Friday the launch of their joint HIP Atlantic Project, under which 10 GW of fixed and floating offshore wind turbines will be installed in the North Atlantic to supply electricity to the UK power grid. The project’s total […] Read more
TrinaTracker Agile 1P Gains IEC Certification, Compatible With 600W+ Modules Updated On Thu, May 20th, 2021 by Saurenergy Trina Solar, the world-leading PV and smart energy total solutions provider, has obtained IEC certification for its dual-row one in portrait (1P) tracker, Agile 1P, from the Certification Entity for Renewable Energies (CERE), a leading independent testing, simulation, certification and inspection organization in Europe. The IEC certification further underlines the industry’s high regard for TrinaTracker’s […] Read more
UK Researchers Use Compressed Air for Cooling and Cleaning PV panels Updated On Tue, May 18th, 2021 by Saurenergy In a paper entitled ‘Study on the Cleaning and Cooling of Solar Photovoltaic Panels Using Compressed Airflow’, published in the journal Solar Energy in June 2021, U.K. researchers from the University of Warwick made a case for using the airflow produced from compressed air for cleaning and cooling solar panels simultaneously. The authors of the […] Read more
ReNew Power Goes with Gujarat For Solar Component Manufacturing Plant Updated On Tue, May 18th, 2021 by Saurenergy Leading renewable energy firm ReNew Power has announced that it will be going to Gujarat for the development of a solar cell and module manufacturing plant. The manufacturing plans had been announced by ReNew Power last year, and it has picked the Dholera Special Industrial Region (DSIR), about 100 km away from Ahmedabad . Gujarat, […] Read more
CERC Judgement on SB Energy’s 300 MW Bhadla Project Compensation Updated On Tue, May 18th, 2021 by Saurenergy A plea by SB Energy at the CERC, with SECI and Rajasthan Urja Vikas Nigam as respondents, was disposed off by the commission with a now predictable template on most of the contentions. In doing so, the CERC has served to iterate what seems to be well established rules for such situations. The final order […] Read more
SkySpecs Acquires Wind Energy Tech Companies Fincovi and Vertikal AI Updated On Mon, May 17th, 2021 by Saurenergy Michigan-headquartered wind energy technology company SkySpecs announced today that it has acquired two of Europe’s premier wind energy companies: Fincovi, a leader in financial asset management, and Vertikal AI, a pioneer in predictive maintenance for wind energy. The combined entity brings together world-class data insight and automation to help wind farm owners and operators to […] Read more