Aurangabad Municipal Corporation to Get Solar Panels on its Rooftop Updated On Tue, May 16th, 2017 by Saurenergy Solar panels will be installed on the rooftop of the main building of Aurangabad Municipal Corporation under the Centre’s Smart City scheme. Power failure disrupting the municipality’s functioning may soon be a thing of the past, as the civic body has decided to tap into solar energy at its main administrative building. D M Mugalikar, […] Read more
Solarpack Raises USD$104 Million in Financing for Solar Power Projects in Chile and India Updated On Tue, May 16th, 2017 by Saurenergy Six solar power projects in India has received $69 million through an Indian financial entity, while a group of Chilean banks has financed three of the Solarpack’s Chilean Small Means of Distributed Generation projects for $35 million. Solarpack has raised a total of USD$104 million for nine solar power projects in Chile and India. A […] Read more
Trina Solar panels powers Sunshine Coast Solar Farm Updated On Mon, May 15th, 2017 by Saurenergy Downer was awarded the contract to Design, Construct, Operate and Maintain (DCOM) the Sunshine Coast Solar Farm and appointed Trina Solar to supply 57,000 pieces of Duomax PEG14 315 W photovoltaic (PV) solar panel modules. Trina Solar has announced that 15 megawatt (MW) Sunshine Coast Solar Farm in Valdora powered by Trina Solar panels is […] Read more
Foxconn and SoftBank to Bring World’s Cheapest Solar Power in India Updated On Sat, May 13th, 2017 by Saurenergy SBG Cleantech Ltd., the clean-energy joint venture between Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp., India’s Bharti Enterprises Pvt. and Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology Group quoted 2.45 rupees to scoop up the 300 MW solar power project. Companies led by SoftBank Group Corp. of Japan and Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology Co. Ltd. are bringing India some of the cheapest solar […] Read more
NLC Invites Bids for 20 MW of Solar PV Project with BESS in South Andaman Updated On Fri, May 12th, 2017 by Saurenergy In its tender document, NLC mentions that the successful bidder will also provide for 33kV Switchyard and grid interconnection at the take off points of Electricity Department of Andaman & Nicobar Administration along with other scope of works for 20 MW of Solar PV Project with BESS. The Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) has tendered installation […] Read more
Piyush Goyal emphasizes on promoting indigenous solar equipment manufacturing Updated On Fri, May 12th, 2017 by Saurenergy The government’s main thrust would be to promote indigenous manufacturing of high quality solar equipments, Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal said India is looking forward to increase the capacity of renewable energy in the power sector to 225 Giga Watts by 2022, the government’s main thrust would be to promote indigenous manufacturing of high quality […] Read more
Ripple effect of India’s energy shift visible globally Updated On Fri, May 12th, 2017 by Saurenergy The Indian government’s striking policy shift towards renewable energy sources — away from more expensive and polluting fossil fuels — is a strong global endorsement of the country’s leadership,” Tim Buckley, Director at the Cleaveland-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) said India’s solar tariffs have fallen 40 per cent in just 16 […] Read more
Solar Street Lighting Market to Reach US$ 22.30 Bn by 2025: Transparency Market Research Updated On Fri, May 12th, 2017 by Saurenergy Solar Street Lighting Market was valued at US$ 3.47 Bn in 2016 and is anticipated to reach US$ 22.30 Bn by 2025, expanding at a CAGR of 23.4% between 2017 and 2025. Transparency Market Research has published a new market report titled “Solar Street Lighting Market 2017-2025”. According to the report, the Solar Street Lighting Market was valued at US$ 3.47 Bn in […] Read more
d.light Join Hands with Microfinance Institutions to Provide Solar Energy in Kenya Updated On Thu, May 11th, 2017 by Saurenergy Low-income earners in Kenya can now access solar energy through d.light Partnership with Microfinance Institutions Off-grid solar solutions provider d.light has signed a new partnership with micro lender Musoni to enable low income consumers in Kenya to access solar energy at affordable prices. More than 47 million households in Africa and Asia have no electricity […] Read more