Coronavirus Outbreak a Cause of Concern for Domestic Solar Energy Industry: ICRA Updated On Tue, Feb 25th, 2020 by Saurenergy ICRA has said that the outbreak of coronavirus in China poses a concern for domestic solar developers and OEMs due to disruption in the supply chain Rating agency ICRA has said that the outbreak of (COVID-19) coronavirus in China poses a concern for domestic solar developers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) due to disruption in the supply […] Read more
Flair Group to Solarise its Manufacturing Plant with SunAlpha Energy Updated On Wed, Feb 5th, 2020 by Saurenergy Rajasthan based SunAlpha Energy on Wednesday said that it has entered into partnership with Flair Writing Industries Ltd, country’s one of the leading manufacturers of writing instruments, to solarise its manufacturing facility. As per the deal, the company will install a solar plant of 150 kW capacity at the Flair’s manufacturing plant in Daman. Further, the […] Read more
There is Huge Potential for Cell and Wafer Manufacturing in India: Manish Gupta Updated On Wed, Jan 22nd, 2020 by Saurenergy Indian solar market has an immense potential with an average demand of 10 GW per year. India has set an ambitious plan for solar with a target of 100 GW capacity by 2022. Currently, the wafer production capacity in India is Nil and cell manufacturing capacity is nearly 3.5 GW. Of this only 1.50 GW […] Read more
China’s Module Market Grows Despite Slowdown in Domestic Solar Industry Updated On Tue, Dec 10th, 2019 by Saurenergy The decline in annual installations of solar in China did not seem to have had an impact on its module manufacturing industry, a new analysis has revealed The decline in annual installations of solar photovoltaics (PV) in China does not seem to have had an impact on the country’s solar module manufacturing industry. The country’s […] Read more
NTPC Issues 923MW Solar Tender under Domestic Competitive Bidding Updated On Wed, Dec 4th, 2019 by Saurenergy The last date and time for submitting bids including both Techno-Commercial Bids and Price Bids is January 03, 2020 at 2 p.m. State-run power producer NTPC has invited bids for the development of up to 923 MW of capacity grid connected solar photovoltaic (PV) projects under CPSU Scheme Phase-II (Tranche-II). As per the tender document […] Read more
Is Chindia the Answer to India’s Manufacturing Puzzle? Updated On Tue, Oct 29th, 2019 by Saurenergy When it comes to manufacturing in Solar, it is not a rankings fight globally. China settled that some time ago. By 2012 to be accurate. It’s a fight for the other 30 percent market share, be it with breakthrough innovations, temporary tariff protections or sheer cussedness as the US is doing right now. But eventually, […] Read more
Will The Recent Reduction in Corporate Tax Impact The Domestic Solar Market Too? Updated On Mon, Oct 28th, 2019 by Saurenergy With an aim to provide much needed support to boost manufacturing sector in the country and to make them more competitive in the global market, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman,in September, announced a significant reduction in corporate tax rate from 30 percent to 22 percent and for new manufacturing companies to 15 percent. Here are some […] Read more
Solar Manufacturing in India Updated On Thu, Oct 24th, 2019 by Saurenergy Global Overview Globally, over 100 GW of PV capacity was installed in 2018, with China continuing to take the lead, as it added 45 GW of capacities during the year. Other countries to install large solar capacities included Europe, the U.S. and India. China is also the world’s largest producer of solar cell/module, followed by […] Read more
MNRE Offers Clarification on Domestically Manufactured Solar Cells Updated On Mon, Oct 21st, 2019 by Saurenergy MNRE has issued a clarification in respect of domestically manufactured solar PV cells. In a major decision that is likely to give a further boost to domestic manufacturing of solar cells in India, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued a clarification in respect of domestically manufactured solar PV cells. It may […] Read more
