Vantage Data Centers Source Green Energy from SolarAfrica Updated On Thu, Jun 9th, 2022 by Saurenergy In a significant development, Vantage Data Centers have signed a 20-year PPA with South Africa’s solar energy financing player – SolarAfrica – to enable Vantage to supplement the local grid that powers its Johannesburg (JNB1) data center campus with renewable energy. This investment will further drive the creation of renewable energy in the region by […] Read more
VRF Batteries Set to Boost Demand For Vanadium Massively Updated On Wed, Jun 8th, 2022 by Saurenergy Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries, (VRFB) have definitely brought Vanadium to the centre stage. It is a classified critical raw material in several countries around the world. Back in 2017, the European Commission identified and formally registered vanadium on the 2017 list of Critical Raw Materials for the European Union. Further, the United States, Canada and […] Read more
Norway Launches New Renewable Energy Investment Fund For Developing Countries Updated On Thu, Jun 2nd, 2022 by Saurenergy South Africa is expected to get a fresh spell of investments in the renewable energy segment that will help the country to increase the green energy in its energy basket and decrease carbon emission. This is because Norway will make funds available from its climate investment fund to the developing countries for the development of […] Read more
Siemens Gamesa, Greenalia To Install 3 Wind Farms of 110 MW in Spain Updated On Wed, Jun 1st, 2022 by Saurenergy Global renewable energy player Siemens Gamesa and independent power producer Greenalia have announced that they will install a hat-trick of wind farms in the province of A Coruna in Spain. The total capacity of the project will be 110 MW. According to the official statement by Siemens Gamesa, the three wind farms will be equipped […] Read more
Disruption In Supply Chain Doubles Downtime Days For Solar Developers Updated On Mon, May 30th, 2022 by Saurenergy Disruption in supply chain has reversed the downward trend in average business interruption (BI) claims for renewables developers, according to a report attributing the disruption in supply to surge in energy prices and the COVID-19 pandemic. The average number of downtime days has nearly doubled in the solar sector globally, surging beyond the renewable sector-wide […] Read more
Google Has Invested $3.5 B In RE Projects, Will Invest More Worldwide Updated On Fri, May 27th, 2022 by Saurenergy Google is going to pursue new technologies that advance the clean energy mission and run 24/7. It will invest in onsite green energy, battery storage, and micro grids, according to We Mean Business Coalition. Google has signed contracts to procure at least 3,000 megawatts across 26 projects and three continents investing $3.5 billion since 2007. […] Read more
Tesla Nears Setting-up Electric Vehicle & Battery Factory in Indonesia Updated On Tue, May 24th, 2022 by Saurenergy Leading EV seller Tesla is close to inking a pact that will allow the US-based company to set up an electric vehicle factory in Indonesia. The facility may come up in Central Java’s Industrial complex and it may also host manufacturing of EV batteries. As per reports, the construction could start by the end of […] Read more
India says BRICS countries should explore cooperation in solar energy, climate resilience Updated On Mon, May 23rd, 2022 by Saurenergy Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav has suggested to the BRICS countries to explore cooperation in areas of solar energy, infrastructure, industry transition and climate resilience. Interestingly, the BRICS grouping, besides having the world’s no. 2 and no. 2 emitter in the form of China and India, is also notable for […] Read more
EU Hikes Solar Target to 600 GW By 2030, 320 GW by 2025 Updated On Thu, May 19th, 2022 by Saurenergy Still reeling from the aftershocks of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and it’s struggle to punish Russia adequately with trade sanctions on fossil fuel exports, the EU’s updated REpowerEU strategy has reworked the maths to raise its solar targets by a 10 to 20% by 2025 and 2030 respectively. The new targets are 320GW of […] Read more