Vestas Claims An Answer To Recycle All Wind Turbine Blades Updated On Thu, Feb 9th, 2023 by Saurenergy Wind turbines have become a crucial component in the fight against climate change, but what happens to the massive blades at the end of their lifespan? Landfills were the only answer, until now. Vestas Wind Systems is claiming a game-changing chemical process that it says could eliminate the need for landfill disposal and transform used […] Read more
Longroad Announces Financial Close On & Begins Construction of 202 MW Umbriel Solar Project Updated On Wed, Feb 8th, 2023 by Saurenergy American renewable energy player Longroad Energy has announced the financial close of Umbriel Solar which is a 202 MWdc (150 MWac) solar PV project in Polk County, Texas. The firm said that the construction of the solar project has also commenced. Umbriel is sixth greenfield RE project of Longroad in Texas to reach financial close […] Read more
Enel Adds 5.2 GW Renewables World Over In 2022, 2 GW In North America Only Updated On Wed, Feb 8th, 2023 by Saurenergy North American clean energy firm Enel North America has announced that it has built 1.98 GW of utility-scale wind, solar and battery storage capacity across the US and Canada in 2022 alone. Worldwide, Enel built over 5.2 GW of new renewable capacity over the course of the year. Starting as an Italian utility firm, ENEL […] Read more
China Fears Recede Somewhat, As EU’s Green Deal Industrial Plan Worries About US Updated On Mon, Feb 6th, 2023 by Saurenergy If you thought that the renewed push for manufacturing in the US, EU and even India for that matter, was linked to countering China’s dominance of global manufacturing, think again. The European Union has finally released details of its $270 billion Green Deal Industrial plan to spur manufacturing in the continent. In what many see […] Read more
ENERCON, Enerjisa Üretim to Install 1000 MW Onshore Wind in Turkey Updated On Thu, Feb 2nd, 2023 by Saurenergy Wind energy player ENERCON has announced that it has joined forces with Enerjisa Üretim, a joint venture of the E.ON – SABANCI Holding, which delves in energy generation, for the implement the YEKA RES 2 wind energy project in Turkey. ENERCRON said that the tender will play a major role in increasing the clean energy […] Read more
China Seeks To Limit Technology Access For Solar Manufacturing, In Move Aimed at India Updated On Thu, Feb 2nd, 2023 by Saurenergy China, which built its imposing, world dominating solar manufacturing sector with a combination of technology purchases from the west, academic partnerships and joint research, seems to have lost the appetite to allow others to do the same. The country, which leads in global solar markets with its manufacturing firms enjoying an almost 80% market share, […] Read more
Amazon Adds Record 8.3 GW of Renewables in 2022 Updated On Wed, Feb 1st, 2023 by Saurenergy Global e-commerce giant Amazon has added a remarkable capacity of 8.3 GW in 2022 in terms of renewable energy. The company has made these additions through 133 new projects in 11 countries. The official statement, the company held that now the total portfolio is over 20 GW which is enough to power 5.3 million U.S. […] Read more
“A thriving urban mining ecosystem is essential to reduce reliance on imports”, Saurav Goyal, Metastable Materials Updated On Tue, Jan 31st, 2023 by Saurenergy Bengaluru-based battery recycling startup Metastable Materials is pioneering a first-of-its-kind, chemical-free technology and system named ‘Integrated Carbonthermal Reduction’ (ICR) for ‘recycling’ of Li-Ion batteries in a sustainable and eco-friendly manner that can extract a wide range of materials from batteries, with more than 90% recovery rate. We caught up with co-founder and COO Saurav Goyal […] Read more
As Global Wind Turbine Manufacturers Face Headwinds Over Failures, Should India Firms Worry? Updated On Tue, Jan 31st, 2023 by Saurenergy Last year, as turbine manufacturers in the US and Europe announced job cuts, the cuts were blamed on the increasing cost of raw materials (like microchips) and inflation putting pressure on bottomlines. GE Renewables and Siemens Gamesa were the headline grabbers, hoping they had seen the last of a tough year. Vestas, the third of […] Read more
