Six Women-Led Energy-Linked Startups from POWERED Accelerator’s First Cohort to receive $10,000 Seed Fund Updated On Wed, Oct 17th, 2018 by Saurenergy First cohort of POWERED Accelerator showcase its business to a curated audience of investors, govt, corporates and influencers. 6 startups bag seed funding of $10,000 each from the Programme. POWERED Accelerator opens for applications for 2ndcohort POWERED Accelerator First Cohort and Jury on the Demo Day in New Delhi Mumbai, 8th October 2018, POWERED […] Read more
Punjab Solar Energy Policy Updated On Mon, Oct 8th, 2018 by Saurenergy 1. OBJECTIVES Objective of the state solar policy include:- 1.1 Punjab has considerable potential in NRSE sector which is being harnessed. With a view to maximize the utilization of these resources; this policy aims to achieve the following objectives: To maximise and improve the share of new and renewable sources of energy to 10% of […] Read more
Viz-A-Viz with Sushil Bansal, Founder & Managing Director, Novasys Greenergy Pvt Ltd Updated On Sat, Sep 29th, 2018 by Saurenergy Q. As initially, Novasys Greenergy was established for coal trading purpose. How the idea of diversifying into solar space came into existence? Our coal trading activity over past quarter of a century has been conducted under the aegis of Sangita group, which is operational in coal. Being engaged in Energy business as above, we realized […] Read more
IFGE Confers Green Energy Award on CleanMax Solar Updated On Mon, Sep 10th, 2018 by Saurenergy CleanMax Solar has won the award for its 145 MW solar farm at Sedam, Gulbarga District, Karnataka which supplies solar power to corporates like Adobe, ACC, United Breweries, SKF, Volvo and others. Achieving another milestone, sustainability partner for corporates, CleanMax Solar has won the ‘India Green Energy Award’ from country’s esteemed clean energy advisor Indian […] Read more
IEX, PXIL Green Certificate Sales Nosedive 49.34% in August Updated On Fri, Aug 31st, 2018 by Saurenergy The drop in the sales of RECs took place within a time period of 1 month as it was around 16.18 lakh in July, 2018. Sales of Renewable Energy Certificates (REC) plunged around 49.34 percent to 8.19 lakh units on the country’s REC Exchanges, Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) and Power Exchange of India (PXIL). The […] Read more
Facebook: Commits 75% Lower Emissions, Power 100% Renewable Energy by 2020 Updated On Tue, Aug 28th, 2018 by Saurenergy In a record-breaking year of corporate renewable energy purchases, Facebook is on track to be one of the largest corporate purchasers of renewable energy. Social media giant Facebook has committed to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 75 percent and powering its global operations with 100 percent renewable energy by the end of 2020. In a record-breaking year […] Read more
India Launches ‘Scale Up of Access to Clean Energy’ Scheme Updated On Mon, Aug 13th, 2018 by Saurenergy Aiming at providing ease of access to clean energy, the scheme is targeting the underprivileged areas of the states Assam, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha. In a bid to promote the use of clean energy, President has given nod to cabinet approved ‘Scale Up of Access to Clean Energy’ Scheme. Aiming at providing ease of access […] Read more
Green Certificates Sales Dip 32% on Power Exchanges in June Updated On Fri, Jun 29th, 2018 by Saurenergy The IEX and PXIL sold 5,09,744 and 3,86,485 RECs respectively, totalling 8,96,229 RECs in June during the recent auction. The sale of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) has dropped 32 percent to 8.96 lakh in June against 13.15 lakh in May this year on Indian Energy Exchange and Power Exchange India Ltd, according to an official data. Further, the Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) is […] Read more
Bangladesh, World Bank Ink $55 Mn Pact to Expand Renewable Energy Usage in Rural Areas Updated On Thu, May 31st, 2018 by Saurenergy The additional financing to the Second Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Development (RERED II) Project will install 1,000 solar irrigation pumps, 30 solar mini-grids, and about 4 million improved cookstoves in rural areas. In order to expand renewable energy usage in rural areas, the Bangladesh government has inked a USD 55 million financing pact with the World […] Read more
