European Utilities, Strategic Vendors Dominate EV Charging M&A Activity Updated On Mon, Sep 9th, 2019 by Saurenergy Strategic vendors and European utilities were responsible for over 80 percent of EV charging M&A activity from 2010 through H1 2019 A new report has revealed that strategic vendors – companies that offer products or services in the EV market – and European utilities were responsible for over 80 percent of electric vehicle (EV) charging […] Read more
IFC Raises $569 mn From 1st Canadian Green Bond Updated On Sat, Sep 7th, 2019 by Saurenergy IFC has issued its 1st Canadian dollar green bond, raising USD 569 million for climate-smart business. The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has issued its first Canadian dollar green bond, attracting strong investor demand and raising CAD750 million (USD 569 million) for climate-smart business. The proceeds of the five-year […] Read more
Solar Leads as RE Investment Skyrocket Past $2.5 Trillion Updated On Fri, Sep 6th, 2019 by Saurenergy In the last ten years, the investments in the renewable energy sector have crossed the threshold of 2.5 Trillion dollars with solar at the top. The decade of investment (2010‐2019) quadruples renewables capacity from 414 GW to about 1,650 GW Solar capacity alone will have risen to more than 26 times the 2009 level — […] Read more
Terra-Gen Closes Financing for 400 MW Wind Facility Updated On Thu, Sep 5th, 2019 by Saurenergy Terra-Gen has closed construction financing of value USD 650 million for its 400 MW High Prairie Wind Power Facility under development in Missouri Leading independent renewable energy provider Terra-Gen has closed construction financing on its 400-megawatt (MW) High Prairie Wind Power Facility. The USD 650 million financing resulted from the attractive development attributes of the project, its […] Read more
Himachal Sign Pacts Worth 1000 Cr to Set up 250 MW of Solar Projects Updated On Wed, Sep 4th, 2019 by Saurenergy Himachal Pradesh has signed two pacts for setting up of two solar power plants worth 250 MW with an outlay of Rs 1,000 crore. Himachal Pradesh on September 3, 2019, signed two pacts for setting up two solar power plants worth 250 MW with an outlay of Rs 1,000 crore. The first pact with an estimated outlay […] Read more
ADB Pledges $12 bn to India’s New Flagship Initiatives Updated On Tue, Sep 3rd, 2019 by Saurenergy ADB President, Takehiko Nakao recently met with Narendra Modi and pledged to support the government’s new flagship initiatives led by the Prime Minister. Asian Development Bank (ADB) President, Takehiko Nakao recently met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and pledged to support the government’s new flagship initiatives led by the Prime Minister. Modi and Nakao discussed […] Read more
Railways to Go 100% Electric in 10 Years: Piyush Goyal Updated On Thu, Aug 29th, 2019 by Saurenergy In an effort to curb its carbon footprint, Piyush Goyal has announced that the Indian Railways will go 100 percent electric in the next 10 years Railway Minister Piyush Goyal announced that the government has decided to put a deadline for 100 percent electrification of the railways. He says that the government plans to complete […] Read more
International Solar Alliance Expands With Hungary Updated On Wed, Aug 28th, 2019 by Saurenergy After Haiti, Hungary announces to join the International Solar Alliance (ISA) during Jaishankar’s visit to the country. Hungary may be followed by 3 more central European countries which are a part of V4 Hungary has announced to join the International Solar Alliance during Indian foreign minister visit to the Visegrad group. During the visit, the […] Read more
EV’s Have Charmed The Government – Will The Markets Follow? Updated On Mon, Aug 26th, 2019 by Saurenergy On July 5, when Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman rose to present the Union budget for 2019, expectations were somewhat muted in the understanding that with an interim budget already presented, there was little scope for big announcements. As it turned out, the minister did make a few announcements on the taxation front as well as […] Read more
