MNRE Leads from the Front to Push Solar Sector Updated On Sat, Feb 24th, 2018 by Saurenergy The latest move by MNRE should be seen at a time when India had failed to comply with a World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling on solar power. The government of India, through its MNRE, seems to have woken up by issuing the latest amendments to accelerate the growth of the solar photovoltaic sector. The recent […] Read more
Govt Extends Transmission Charge Waiver Period for Solar Projects Till March 2022 Updated On Mon, Feb 19th, 2018 by Saurenergy The waiver will be available to these projects for 25 years from the date of commissioning provided the developers sign power purchase agreements with entities, including discoms, for sale of power for compliance of their renewable purchase obligation. The government has extended the window to avail waiver of inter-state power transmission charges and […] Read more
The Dark Truth of QCA: Who is Paying Whose Penalty? Updated On Tue, Feb 6th, 2018 by Saurenergy By Abhk Kumar Das, Del2infinity Energy Consulting The solar and wind power generation shows a promising future in India. But due to the variability and intermittency, large scale renewable energy penetration in existing grid is a challenge and the proper policy and regulatory mechanisms, technological solutions and institutional structures are key issues in solar and […] Read more
Haryana & Uttarakhand Regulators to Remove Restrictions: Solar Companies Updated On Fri, Jan 5th, 2018 by Saurenergy Prior to September last year, DISPA had to had to move to the Gujarat Power Administration Commission (GERC) to supply net metering and other motivating forces for putting up solar rooftop plants. Solar developers have moved the power controllers of Haryana and Uttarakhand to smoothen out irregularities which are obstructing the development of solar capacity in these two states. In one […] Read more
Year End Review 2017 –MNRE Updated On Wed, Dec 27th, 2017 by Saurenergy Government is on its way to achieving 175 GW target for installed Renewable Energy capacity by 2022 India attains 6th position in global Solar Power installed capacity By November 2017, a total of 62 GW Renewable Power installed, of which 27 GW installed since May 2014 and 11.79 GW since January 2017 Historic Low Tariffs […] Read more
EnSync Energy and Spectrum Solar Plus’ Storage Project Commissioned and Operational in Hawaii Updated On Mon, Dec 18th, 2017 by Saurenergy Spectrum’s Kailua-Kona facility, the flat load is usually between 90 to 100 kilowatts (kW) and is now being supplied with 400 kW of carport-mounted photovoltaics. EnSync Energy Systems, a leading developer of innovative distributed energy resources (DERs), announces the full commissioning and live operation of an advanced energy generation, storage and management system at a Spectrum headend facility in Kailua-Kona, […] Read more
New Technologies Projected to Make Renewable Energy Sources More Affordable Updated On Wed, Nov 8th, 2017 by Saurenergy According to a research by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), significant advances continue to work their way through the Solar industry. An important technological development is expected to make renewable energy more affordable. BNEF pointed out the introduction of diamond wire saws to slice multicrystalline silicon ingots into wafers can reduce the amount of […] Read more
Saubhagya Scheme to Be in Spotlight at Power Ministers’ Meet Updated On Tue, Nov 7th, 2017 by Saurenergy Four crore households are estimated to be electrified under the Saubhagya scheme. Around 90 per cent of these are located in 7 States namely Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Assam. The Centre is expected to ask states to submit their plans and funding requirements for providing electricity to four crore families […] Read more
Europe’s First Blockchain Project to Stabilize the Power Grid Launches Updated On Sat, Nov 4th, 2017 by Saurenergy The blockchain solution was developed by IBM while sonnen provides the pool of home energy storage systems that form the network and are operated by sonnen e-Services. The intelligent management of the energy storage systems adapts individually to the respective situation in TenneT’s grid. The first pilot project in Europe using decentralized networked home energy […] Read more