Buying An EV in India: Tax, Incentives, Rebates Updated On Mon, May 23rd, 2022 by Saurenergy Switch to EVs in India has become a necessity as the nation aims toward its goal of carbon neutrality by the year 2070, as announced at CoP26, 2021. The recent upsurge in fuel prices has also smoothened the road for EV’s. And helping it along is a slew of incentives from the government to help […] Read more
CERC Allows Petition Of Karur Transmission Ltd Updated On Thu, May 19th, 2022 by Saurenergy The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) allowed on May 17 the petition of Karur Transmission Ltd that the transmission charges for the project should be adopted because it was selected through a competitive bidding process. Karur Transmission Ltd had moved the CERC to examine whether the process as per provisions of the guidelines has been […] Read more
Fresh CERC Regulations For RE Certificates for RE Market Development Updated On Thu, May 12th, 2022 by Saurenergy The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) released on May 9 a set of regulations for development of renewable energy market through renewable energy certificates, holding back the date of enforcement. The National Load Despatch Centre remains the mandated Central Agency to enforce a host of regulations like (i) registration of eligible entities, (ii) developing a […] Read more
Pumped hydro resurfaces when sun doesn’t shine and wind doesn’t blow Updated On Fri, May 6th, 2022 by Saurenergy When the sun doesn’t shine and the wind doesn’t blow, grid-scale energy storage will be a big challenge as climate neutrality increasingly presses for a massive scale-up. Pumped hydro is back and can catapult India into the big league to make up for the lost opportunities. Not just that, as we are seeing during the […] Read more
Crypto mining employing solar energy legalized in Uzbekistan Updated On Thu, May 5th, 2022 by Saurenergy A presidential decree published this week ben in Uzbekistan says that the companies in the country will be allowed to mine cryptocurrencies by employing solar power. The decree makes it clear that these solar powered crypto operations by both domestic and foreign companies will be exempt from the income tax. The objective behind this presidential […] Read more
Green ammonia from green hydrogen can reduce India’s fertiliser subsidy burden Updated On Thu, Apr 21st, 2022 by Saurenergy A shift to green ammonia would significantly reduce the Indian government’s massive fertiliser subsidy burden and boost energy self-reliance by cutting dependence on imports of expensive liquified natural gas (LNG) for fertiliser manufacturing, according to a new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). Of course, green ammonia itself would come […] Read more
CERC allows PXIL to introduce hydropower contracts in GTAM Updated On Tue, Apr 5th, 2022 by Saurenergy In a recent order, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has approved Power Exchange India Ltd.’s (PXIL) proposal to introduce Hydropower Contracts in existing Green Term Ahead Market (GTAM) on its platform for exclusive trading of hydro energy. CERC dealt with different aspects of the proposed contract keeping in view the submissions made by PXIL […] Read more
Indian Oil, L&T, ReNew Power in JV For Green Hydrogen Updated On Mon, Apr 4th, 2022 by Saurenergy In a bid to enable India’s decarbonization push, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., (IndianOil), the country’s top refiner and fuel retailer, Larsen & Toubro (L&T), India’s premier engineering & construction conglomerate, and ReNew Power (“ReNew”), India’s leading renewable energy company, announced signing of binding term sheet for the formation of a Joint Venture (JV) company to develop the nascent green hydrogen […] Read more
The Top 5: Why BMS Matters In a Lithium-Ion Battery Updated On Thu, Mar 31st, 2022 by Saurenergy The move to decarbonise our grid is increasingly using Lithium-Ion batteries. Starting with the transportation sector, where Lithium-Ion batteries remain the option of choice to power EV’s. But even the Lithium battery is critically dependent on a sound Battery Management System (BMS) to deliver. What Is the BMS? The performance of electric vehicles depends on […] Read more
