Statkraft to Build Three Wind Farms Worth 102 MW in Chile Updated On Tue, Apr 13th, 2021 by Saurenergy European renewable energy generator – Statkraft has announced that it will build its first wind farms in Chile, expanding its renewable energy generation capacity in the South American country amid increasing demand for hydro, wind and solar power in the southernmost nation in the world. Combined with the company’s existing hydropower assets, Statkraft will reach […] Read more
Carbon Dots From Human Hair Used to Boost Perovskite Solar Cells Updated On Tue, Apr 13th, 2021 by Saurenergy Researchers have used carbon dots created from human hair to create a kind of “armour” to improve the performance of perovskite solar cells Researchers at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Australia have used carbon dots, created from human hair waste sourced from a Brisbane barbershop, to create a kind of “armour” to improve the […] Read more
India’s First Li-ion Battery Plant in Karnataka Updated On Tue, Apr 13th, 2021 by Saurenergy Vikram Handa, son-in-law of steel tycoon Sajjan Jindal, set up Epsilon Advanced Materials Pvt in Karnataka in August last year to become the first manufacturer of lithium-ion battery parts in India. Handa’s investment in the plant will be a whopping Rs 60 billion ($807 million) so that 1 lakh tonnes of synthetic graphite anode can […] Read more
New Solar Projects Accelerate Saudi Vision 2030 Updated On Sat, Apr 10th, 2021 by Saurenergy Saudi Arabia is on its way to achieving its ‘Vision 2030’ goal, which aims at diversifying the Kingdom’s economy away from dependence on oil and towards renewable energy. In addition to announcing the opening of the ACWA Power-developed Sakaka solar power plant, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman also revealed that agreements for 7 new […] Read more
And the 2021 BNEF Pioneers Are… Updated On Fri, Apr 9th, 2021 by Saurenergy The BloombergNEF Pioneers Competition– an annual technology and innovation contest started in 2010has announced the 12 winners of the 2021 edition of the competition. The winners list includes Convoy, Nautilus Labs, and EConcrete among others which were chosen from over 250 applications received from 36 countries. Previous winners have ensured the award is a […] Read more
IIT-Guwahati Team Develops new Technique to Boost Li-ion Batteries Performance Updated On Fri, Apr 9th, 2021 by Saurenergy A new technique has been developed at IIT-Guwahati which can help boost the performance of Li-ion batteries that are widely used in EVs A new and advanced technique has been developed by a team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology – Guwahati (IIT) that can precisely estimate one of the most important internal […] Read more
Agrivoltaics Promise Coexistence With Agriculture For Solar Updated On Fri, Apr 9th, 2021 by Saurenergy Solar, despite great progress for towards becoming the cheapest, greenest and cleanest source of power, still has one weak spot. The large tracts of land that are needed for every MW of solar produced on the ground. At almost 5 acres per MW, this has regularly been pointed out as the biggest achilles’ heel for […] Read more
Will EV’s Need Solar To Stretch Range To 1000 miles? Updated On Thu, Apr 8th, 2021 by Saurenergy Range anxiety, or the fear of running out of charge on your electric vehicle (EV) with not a charger in sight, or the thought of waiting for hours to get a full charge, has been a real issue for EV’s to manage. While it is not faced by manufacturer’s selling EV’s for dense urban environments, […] Read more
ECP Announces Closing of $1.2 Bn Continuation Fund for RE Platform Terra-Gen Updated On Tue, Apr 6th, 2021 by Saurenergy ECP today announced the successful completion of its first Continuation Fund with $1.2 billion in capital commitments, and the closing of the fund’s subsequent acquisition of the remaining 50% interest held by ECP’s third fund, ECP III, in Terra-Gen (the “Company”), a leading renewable energy developer and operator. ECP previously sold a 50% stake in the Company […] Read more
