e-Zinc Raises $2.3 Mn to Accelerate Commercialization of its Energy Storage Tech Updated On Tue, Jan 19th, 2021 by Saurenergy e-Zinc, a Toronto-based energy storage innovator, announced today it has raised $2.3 million in a closed round led by BDC Capital’s Cleantech Practice. e-Zinc has developed a breakthrough technology for grid-scale energy storage that stores energy in physically-free zinc metal. By decoupling power and energy, the company scales energy capacity at a fraction of the cost of lithium-ion […] Read more
Oxford University Study Predicts 10% Renewable Share in Africa By 2030 Updated On Tue, Jan 19th, 2021 by Saurenergy Africa, which has for some time now carried the tag of ‘promising‘ for non hydro renewable energy, might yet be the continent with the lowest share of non hydro renewable energy by 2030. Even as some countries within the continent will break away from the rest to have a much more robust contribution from solar […] Read more
New York Awards Equinor and bp 2490 MW in Offshore Wind Contracts Updated On Fri, Jan 15th, 2021 by Saurenergy Equinor and bp have been selected to provide New York State with offshore wind power in one of the largest renewable energy procurements in the US to date. Equinor, along with incoming strategic partner bp, has been selected to provide New York State with offshore wind power in one of the largest renewable energy procurements […] Read more
Canadian Solar Breaks Ground on 300 MW Solar Plus 561 MWh Storage Project in California Updated On Fri, Jan 15th, 2021 by Saurenergy Canadian Solar has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Recurrent Energy, completed the sale of the Slate project to Goldman Sachs Renewable Power (GSRP). The project is a 300 MWac solar plus 140.25 MW / 561 MWh storage project located in Kings County, California, and has commenced construction. Canadian Solar’s majority-owned energy storage subsidiary, System Solutions and […] Read more
New Policies Aid 25-fold Jump in Rooftop Solar Installations in Vietnam: IEEFA Updated On Thu, Jan 14th, 2021 by Saurenergy A new IEEFA note details that there are now over 101,000 rooftop solar systems deployed over residential, C&I premises across Vietnam A new research note from IEEFA details that as of December 31, 2020, the closing date for eligibility to the second solar feed-in-tariff program, a total of 9.3 gigawatts peak (GWp) (or 7.4 GW) […] Read more
Sterlite Power Completes Merger of Subsidiary; Announces Annual Results Updated On Wed, Jan 13th, 2021 by Saurenergy Sterlite Power has announced the completion of the merger of its wholly-owned subsidiary Sterlite Power Grid Ventures with the parent entity. Sterlite Power, a leading global power transmission player, has announced the completion of the merger of its wholly-owned subsidiary Sterlite Power Grid Ventures Ltd. with the parent entity. With this merger, the company further […] Read more
2021: Counting On PSU’s To Flex Solar Muscles Updated On Wed, Jan 13th, 2021 by Saurenergy Just 5 years ago, if you had looked around at India’s largest energy public sector firms or PSU’s, be they energy producers or consumers, you would have struggled to see ambition, when it came to their renewable energy plans. However, more has changed in the preceding 5 years than any 5 year plan devised by […] Read more
cKers Finance Ties Up with OTO Capital, Promoting E2Ws in India Updated On Tue, Jan 12th, 2021 by Saurenergy cKers Finance, a ‘sustainable energy finance firm” yesterday announced its debt financing tie-up with OTO Capital, a finance startup for two-wheelers, for its electric two-wheelers (E2Ws) leasing program in India. cKers has set-up an initial line of INR 30 million for OTO. OTO will use this facility to purchase E2Ws in India, which will then be […] Read more
ReneSola Power Announces Sale of 12.3 MW of Projects in Hungary Updated On Mon, Jan 11th, 2021 by Saurenergy ReneSola Ltd, a leading fully integrated solar project developer, today announced that it entered into an agreement to sell a portfolio of projects located in Hungary to Obton, a leading international solar investment company headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark. The portfolio comprises 20 solar plants in five locations, including Sárbogárd, Kömlöd, Szajol, Lukacshaza, and Törökszentmiklós, with a combined capacity […] Read more
