U.S. to consider tariffs on solar panels made in Southeast Asia Updated On Tue, Mar 29th, 2022 by Saurenergy U.S. trade officials on Monday said they will launch an investigation that could result in tariffs on solar panels imported from four Southeast Asian nations, a blow to clean energy project developers that rely on cheap imports to keep costs down. The Commerce Department’s decision regarding imports from Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia was a […] Read more
CSIR-CMERI and their record-breaking solar trees need a pause Updated On Tue, Mar 29th, 2022 by Saurenergy Earlier this month on March 14th, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research’s Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-CMERI) unveiled the world’s largest solar tree, officially certified by the Guinness World Records (GWR), which has been installed at its Centre of Excellence for Farm Machinery in Ludhiana, Punjab. Rated for a capacity of 53.6 kW, […] Read more
Sungrow Expands UK Presence With 362 MW/391 MWh Storage Project For Statera Updated On Tue, Mar 29th, 2022 by Saurenergy Sungrow, the global leading inverter solution supplier for renewables, announced that the company’s project with Statera Energy, a market leader in the provision of flexibility to the UK grid, to supply a 362 MW/391 MWh energy storage project in the UK is on schedule. The first phase of the project was grid-connected in Q1, 2022, […] Read more
Japanese Researchers Discover More Sustainable Way for Producing Green Hydrogen Updated On Mon, Mar 28th, 2022 by Saurenergy As per a study published in Nature Catalysis, researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Japan, have found a more sustainable and efficient method for producing green hydrogen from water. The team of researchers has employed cobalt and manganese in electrolysis instead of rare earth materials to produce green hydrogen which is required […] Read more
BMRCL to Run Metro Trains on Solar Power Updated On Mon, Mar 28th, 2022 by Saurenergy Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) is mulling over harnessing solar power to run metro rail services. BMRCL is formulating plans for the installation of solar panels in all metro stations that will be built in phase 2, 2A and 2B. The upcoming phases of the BMRCL are expected to be implemented by 2023. BMRCL says […] Read more
BHEL Floats Inverter Transformers Tender for Raghanesda Solar Park Phase II Updated On Mon, Mar 28th, 2022 by Saurenergy Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has issued a tender for the development of ONAN type, 8.8 MVA & 6.4 MVA, 33kV/690V-690V, 3-phase, 3-winding, inverter duty transformers for Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited’s (GSECL) 100MW Phase-II Raghanesda solar PV project. This details concerning the technical specifications, supply conditions, erection and commissioning and post-commissioning requirements for the project are […] Read more
Renewables Face An Oil Slick Updated On Mon, Mar 28th, 2022 by Saurenergy A month after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the geo-political crisis has taken a heavy toll on human life, Ukrainian cities and infrastructure, and of course the Russian economy. If anything, the cost of the crisis for both the countries in the weeks succeeding February 24 — the day Russia first sent its forces into […] Read more
Half of Coal Mines in Turkey Could Power 7 Million Household With Solar Power Updated On Fri, Mar 25th, 2022 by Saurenergy A new report ‘Solar Potential of Coal Sites in Turkey’ by campaign group – Europe Beyond Coal – has revealed that more than half of the coal mines of Turkey are suitable for conversion into solar power farms. The coal mines, most of which are open cast mines and the improvement in solar technologies and […] Read more
OX2 Buys 500 MW Wind and Solar Projects in Greece Updated On Fri, Mar 25th, 2022 by Saurenergy OX2 AB has announced that it has acquired two important portfolios of wind and solar development projects in Greece. The Swedish renewables developer said that the combined capacity of the two is in excess of 500 megawatt (MW). OX2 informed that the wind and solar projects are located in different regions of Greece. They are […] Read more