Haryana Government to make installation of solar power plants mandatory Updated On Mon, Apr 4th, 2016 by Saurenergy Haryana Government has decided to make installation of solar power plants mandatory for housing societies, industries and other specified categories of buildings. Haryana Principal Secretary, Renewable Energy, Ankur Gupta said notification has been issued in this regard to promote green and clean power and set a high trajectory for solar power generation in the State. […] Read more
Telangana confident to achieve a target of generating 960 MW of solar power by next FY Updated On Sat, Apr 2nd, 2016 by Saurenergy Telangana government is confident of achieving 960 MW solar power generation target by end of the next financial year. Principal Secretary of Energy, Arvind Kumar informed about the solar power generation target to the Union Joint Secretary of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Tarun Kapoor, when officials of the Ministry met him at the […] Read more
TU Graz researchers developing solar cell + battery hybrid Updated On Fri, Apr 1st, 2016 by Saurenergy The SolaBat project backed by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), is entering into almost new research territory. A research team, led by Illie Hanzu from TU Graz’s Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Materials, is making battery and solar cell hybrid out of two single systems which will not only be able to convert […] Read more
Origin Energy inks deal with Moree Solar Farm to buy solar power output Updated On Thu, Mar 31st, 2016 by Saurenergy Origin Energy has signed an agreement to purchase electricity for 15 years from Moree solar farm in New South Wales. Origin Energy is touting the 15-year power purchase agreement (ppa) as a “landmark”. It is the first agreement that company has struck with a large scale solar facility. Under the agreement the utility will purchase […] Read more
SECI’s latest tender for solar plants in Uttar Pradesh find bidders at Rs. 4.43 per kwH Updated On Tue, Mar 29th, 2016 by Saurenergy The Solar Energy Corporation of India’s (SECI)’s latest tender for solar plants in Uttar Pradesh with base tariff of Rs 4.43 per kwH has managed to tug bidders, though many in the trade believed the price too aggressive. RattanIndia Solar Ltd has bagged 50 MW solar projects at the Allahabad solar park, while SolaireDirect bagged […] Read more
Solargise to invest Rs.900 crores to set up 500 MW module and cell manufacturing facility in Bengaluru Updated On Fri, Mar 25th, 2016 by Saurenergy Solargise India has signed MOU and EOI with government of Karnataka to invest over Rs. 3900 crores in the state and announced the commercial launch of operations has signed MOU and EOI with government of Karnataka to invest over Rs. 3900 crores in the state and announced the commercial launch of operations. The company said […] Read more
Greater Noida plans to turn waste land into power plant fueled by Sun Updated On Fri, Mar 25th, 2016 by Saurenergy The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) has announced to turn waste land into solar power plant. GNIDA will set up four solar plants of 1MW each on waste lands reports TOI. Currently six solar plants on rooftop of government buildings generate 2.65MW of solar power for the city. Waste lands for four plants will […] Read more
Domestic firms dominated Jharkhand‘s 1.2 GW Solar Tender Updated On Fri, Mar 25th, 2016 by Saurenergy Jharkhand’s first bulk tender of solar power projects of 1.2GW received interest from Indian companies. The state issued tender to allocate 1200 MW of solar power projects to private developers in December last year. Early this month Results announced by the Jharkhand government shows bids placed by successful project developers range between Rs 5.08/kWh and […] Read more
SolaireDirect bags 75MW solar power project in Uttar Pradesh Updated On Mon, Mar 21st, 2016 by Saurenergy French multinational electric utility company ENGIE through its subsidiary Solairedirect has won a 75 MW solar power project in Uttar Pradesh. The firm has quoted viability gap funding (VGF) of Rs.7.435 million/MW. Last week Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) awarded a 50MW project to Indian conglomerate RattanIndia Power in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh with VGF […] Read more
