RUMSL Floats Consultancy Tender for 950MW Solar+Battery Park in MP Updated On Mon, Oct 11th, 2021 by Saurenergy Rewa Ultra Mega Solar (RUMSL), a joint venture of the Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI) and Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam (MPUVNL), has invited bids from consultants for transaction advisory services for a 950 MW ground-mounted solar PV park with battery energy storage solution (BESS) at Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The deadline for […] Read more
Faster RE Adoption Can Cut Power Gen Cost by 50% by 2050: Wärtsilä Updated On Mon, Oct 11th, 2021 by Saurenergy Electricity production costs could be reduced by up to 50% by 2050 if countries and states adopt 100% renewable systems faster than currently planned, reports a new study by Wärtsilä. The technology group has issued the ‘Front-Loading Net Zero’ report ahead of COP26, the UN’s Climate Change Conference to be held in Glasgow this autumn, […] Read more
Nanotech Firm Log 9 Materials Raises $2 M from Petronas Ventures Updated On Mon, Oct 11th, 2021 by Saurenergy Bengaluru-headquartered advanced battery-tech and deep-tech start-up Log 9 Materials has concluded its Series A+ capital raise round of $10 Million by announcing $2 Million investment from PETRONAS Ventures – the venture capital arm of PETRONAS, a global energy and solutions company. PETRONAS is ranked amongst the largest corporations on Fortune Global 500. This Series A+ […] Read more
6 Myths Blown Away By India’s Power Crisis Updated On Thu, Oct 7th, 2021 by Saurenergy The power crisis in India has received enough coverage in the media, with focus now on the barely 3 days coal supplies with a significant segment (Over 40%) of the country’s thermal fleet of power stations. While the use of the word energy transition is designed to soothe nerves and allow the huge changes underway […] Read more
Spanish Firm Licenses its Patented ‘Continuous String’ Process Updated On Wed, Oct 6th, 2021 by Saurenergy Mondragon Assembly, a leading Spanish company dedicated to delivering solutions and equipment for the PV Industry, has secured a licensing agreement for its patent for “continuous string” process, which has been its intellectual property since 2013. “The current patent from 2013 provides us with some results not previously seen in the manufacture of strings,” claims the […] Read more
BASF Turns on 5.8MWh NAS Battery System in Belgium Updated On Tue, Oct 5th, 2021 by Saurenergy German chemicals company BASF’s subsidiary BNB has installed and switched on an energy storage system comprising four NAS battery containers, which have been integrated into the electricity grid at BASF’s Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium. NAS batteries are sodium-sulfur batteries with high energy content that are designed for stationary electricity storage. With this long-term project, […] Read more
Turkey Tenders 1.5 GW Solar Project for 5th Round of RE Auction Updated On Mon, Oct 4th, 2021 by Saurenergy Turkey has invited bids for a 1.5 GW solar tender for the fifth auction round of its Yenilenebilir Enerji Kaynak Alanları (YEKA) renewable energy program, the submission of which must be done on January 12, 2022. The country’s Ministry of Energy aims to select 76 large scale PV projects with capacities ranging from 10 to 30 […] Read more
Koch Invests in Li-Cycle and Other Firms in EV Value Chain Updated On Fri, Oct 1st, 2021 by Saurenergy US firm Koch Strategic Platforms (KSP) has announced a $100 million investment in Toronto-based Li-Cycle – the leading lithium-ion battery recycler in North America – to help meet the rapidly growing global demand to source and recycle critical and scarce battery-grade materials. This is only the latest investment in the EV value chain for Koch […] Read more
Sembcorp Raises S$675 M Sustainability-linked Bond, IFC Gives S$150 M Updated On Thu, Sep 30th, 2021 by Saurenergy Sustainable solutions provider Sembcorp Industries has launched a sustainability-linked bond (SLB) in Singapore, raising S$675 million for Pan-Asian energy, marking its latest phase in the transition to a net-zero future. Sembcorp received an investment of S$150 million from IFC, a member of the World Bank Group that is the largest global development institution focused on the […] Read more