Indian Navy pledges 1.5% of its works budget towards renewable energy generation Updated On Mon, Jun 6th, 2016 by Saurenergy Indian Navy completed two years of its Green Initiatives Programme on World Environment Day. On the occasion the Navy has set itself an aggressive target of 21 MW Solar PV installations, to be implemented in three phases. The initiative is in line with the National Mission of Mega Watt to Giga Watt towards achieving 100 […] Read more
Daimler India augments solar power production capacity at its Chennai plant Updated On Sat, Jun 4th, 2016 by Saurenergy Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler AG made additions to photovoltaic installations at its Oragadam Plant, near Chennai. With the addition of photovoltaic installation to the existing solar plant, the overall technical capacity has increased from 0.8 to 3.3 megawatts. The plant consists of over 10,000 solar panels. With this upgrade […] Read more
India to double its investment in next 5 years on clean energy research Updated On Fri, Jun 3rd, 2016 by Saurenergy Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan at the 7th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM7) and the Inaugural Mission Innovation Meet at San Francisco, stated that the Mission Innovation (MI) is the noblest mission which will help humanity in the future. It is an effort to accelerate public and private global […] Read more
India and US signs MoU to enhance cooperation on energy security, clean energy & climate change Updated On Fri, Jun 3rd, 2016 by Saurenergy Indian government and US signed Memorandum of Understanding ( MoU) on 2nd June, 2016, to enhance cooperation on energy security, clean energy and climate change through increased bilateral engagement and joint initiatives for promoting sustainable growth. These activities are intended to increase incentives for innovation including research and development, and voluntary and mutually-agreed technology transfer, […] Read more
World Bank approves $750 Million loan to Support India’s Grid Connected Rooftop Solar Program Updated On Tue, May 17th, 2016 by Saurenergy The World Bank Board has approved a $625 million loan to support the Government of India’s grid connected rooftop solar programme to generate clean energy. World Bank has also approved a co-financing loan of $120 million on concessional terms and a $5 million grant from Climate Investment Fund’s (CIF) Clean Technology Fund. The project will […] Read more
Government to set up a pool of capital to fund research on green energy technologies: Piyush Goyal Updated On Wed, May 11th, 2016 by Saurenergy Minister of Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy, Piyush Goyal delivering Keynote address on Tuesday at a conference on ‘The Future of Electricity’ said “the future of electricity in India rest on the pillars of affordability, sustainability and country’s energy security.” India’s electricity consumption is going to increase fourfold from 1.1 trillion units to […] Read more
Delhi likely to get green power from Madhya Pradesh to run its Metro trains Updated On Fri, Apr 29th, 2016 by Saurenergy The National Capital of India will reportedly get green power from Madhya Pradesh starting next year to run its Metro trains. Manu Shrivastava, Principal Secretary of Madhya Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Department speaking to PTI said “we are charting out the power purchase agreement (PPA) to be signed between Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and developers of the world’s […] Read more
Energy Efficiency Services limited gearing up to set up its 21st overseas office in New York Updated On Fri, Apr 22nd, 2016 by Saurenergy Capitalizing on the tag line, ‘I led the way’, the government owned company, Energy Efficiency Services limited (EESL) is gearing up to set up its 21st overseas office in New York in the near future. Union Minister of State for Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy, Piyush Goyal speaking at the Renewable Energy Investors Roundtable […] Read more
SkyPower seeking local partners for India solar projects: Report Updated On Fri, Apr 22nd, 2016 by Saurenergy Canada based solar power firm SkyPower is looking for local partners for its India solar projects claims ET. The firm has hired Greenstone Energy Advisors to act as interface with the interested parties and filter, on behalf of the company. SkyPower CEO Kerry Adler Speaking to the publication said that the company has entered every […] Read more