Budget 2021 Highlights For Solar Sector Updated On Mon, Feb 1st, 2021 by Saurenergy In a budget speech that will eventually be termed as focused on fire-fighting and consolidating reforms, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced her budget today. For the solar sector, the big shock is undoubtedly the increase in customs duty on solar inverters from 20 percent. Including inverters, which have a much smaller share in overall project […] Read more
IRENA Members endorse launch of Global High-Level Forum on Energy Transition Updated On Fri, Jan 22nd, 2021 by Saurenergy New trend-setting platform aims to spur energy transition as integral part of COVID-19 recovery IRENA’s Members overwhelmingly approved the establishment of a new, vision-building Global High-Level Forum on Energy Transition, using IRENA’s knowledge and convening powers to centre-stage energy transitions at the heart of an effective post-COVID recovery. The decision concludes the Agency’s annual Assembly […] Read more
Total and 174 Power to Develop 1.6 GW Solar & Storage Projects in US Updated On Fri, Jan 15th, 2021 by Saurenergy Total and 174 Power Global will co-develop 12 utility-scale solar and energy storage projects of 1.6 GW cumulative capacity in the US Total and 174 Power Global, a wholly-owned Hanwha Group affiliate, have signed an agreement to form a 50/50 joint venture (JV) to develop 12 utility-scale solar and energy storage projects of 1.6 gigawatts […] Read more
Mitsubishi Power Bagged Storage Orders Worth 151,000 MWh in Americas in 2020 Updated On Fri, Jan 15th, 2021 by Saurenergy Mitsubishi Power has claimed the number one market share position in the Americas in 2020 with 151,000 MWh in energy storage orders Mitsubishi Power has claimed the number one market share position in the Americas in 2020 with orders for 151,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) of energy storage capacity of all durations. The all-duration category covers utility-scale […] 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
Vestas Completes Acquisition of MHI’s Shares in MHI Vestas Offshore Wind Updated On Thu, Dec 17th, 2020 by Saurenergy Vestas and MHI have closed the agreement for Vestas to acquire MHI’s shares in their offshore wind joint venture i.e. MVOW Vestas and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have closed the agreement to expand their partnership in sustainable energy. By closing the agreement, Vestas has acquired MHI’s shares in the MHI Vestas Offshore Wind (MVOW) joint […] Read more
NSEFI, SolarPower Europe Launch O&M Best Practices Guidelines for Solar in India Updated On Fri, Dec 11th, 2020 by Saurenergy NSEFI and SolarPower Europe have launched the Indian edition of the O&M best practices for solar during the Smarter E India conference. The National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI), along with SolarPower Europe, has jointly launched the Indian edition of the Operation and Maintenance (O&M) best practices for solar during the Smarter E India […] Read more
Can China Become ‘Carbon Neutral’ by 2060? Updated On Thu, Dec 10th, 2020 by Saurenergy Imagine China, the world’s top emitter of carbon emissions, which in 2019 released nearly double the emissions of the US which has barely any coal power plants. Now imagine it with zero gasoline-powered cars, and with more than four times the 1,200 gigawatts of solar and wind power capacity installed across the world today. This […] Read more
Preparing For a Renewable Future- The Business Models That Matter Updated On Tue, Dec 1st, 2020 by Saurenergy If there is one thing the renewable energy sector cannot be accused of doing, it is to look back too much. The solar sector in particular has everything to look forward to, considering the strong momentum it has built up globally. The Covid-19 crisis has only sharpened those opportunities, and possibilities of even more support […] Read more
