Mytrah Energy Proposes Review Of Old Order, CERC Disposes Updated On Mon, Jun 6th, 2022 by Saurenergy In a recent order, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission ordered as dismissed the petition of Mytrah Energy (India) Pvt. Ltd. (MEIPL) praying for review of the order dated 6.8.2019. The Commission had ordered on 6.8.2019 that the review petitioner, as the generating station of the review petitioner was not ready on the date of commercial operation […] Read more
Kerala Invites Bids for Wind Energy Projects Worth 65 MW Updated On Wed, Jun 1st, 2022 by Saurenergy For the development of 65 MW of wind power projects, the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEBL) has invited bids for the selection of developers under tariff-based competitive bidding. The last day for the submission of bids is June 20, 2022 and the tendered bids will be opened on June 23. As per the notification by […] Read more
South India’s Second Big Renewable Push Starts Now Updated On Mon, May 30th, 2022 by Saurenergy Introduction Back in 2014-15, when the new government of Prime Minister Modi first took stock, and hiked India’s renewable energy target 5 fold to 175 GW by 2022, a number of assumptions were made. From the share of solar (100 GW), to the share of rooftop solar within that (40 GW), Wind energy (60 GW) […] Read more
KSEB Invites Bids For Supply of 150 MW Solar Power Between June’22 and March’23 Updated On Tue, May 24th, 2022 by Saurenergy Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB), the govt owned entity with a distribution license for all of Kerala, has invited bids for supply of solar power to the state. The 150 MW requirement will need to be supplied between June 15, 2022 and March 31, 2023. According to the bid document, all the generators /State Utilities […] Read more
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