Jordan confirms its lead role in solar energy among the Arab countries with the Falcon Ma’an plant Updated On Fri, Dec 2nd, 2016 by Saurenergy The Falcon Ma’an solar photovoltaic (PV) plant, one of the largest in the Middle East has been connected to the Jordanian national grid. The 23.1 MWp PV plant – executed by the Italian company Enerray, a global EPC contractor, and Saudi renewable energy company Desert Technologies – puts Jordan on the map as a leading […] Read more
5791.54 MU electricity generated by cumulative solar installations from April to September 2016: Piyush Goyal Updated On Thu, Dec 1st, 2016 by Saurenergy New and Renewable Energy Minister, Piyush Goyal in Lok Sabha on Thursday citing an information received from Central Electricity Authority (CEA) stated that 5791.54 MU electricity is produced by cumulative solar installations in the country from April 2016 to September 2016. Quantum of electricity produced by cumulative solar installations in the country:- Year Energy generation […] Read more
What’s Stored in the Solar Storage Updated On Thu, Dec 1st, 2016 by Saurenergy The war of storage is no novice in the generation of digital transformation. Perhaps, the word storage can be framed with human evolution as we dignified civilization and society further to individual home, hence imagining a home is also a fact of storage where it composites humans and their endeared beholdings. Now, the fact of […] Read more
Jharkhand To Sign PPAs For A Total Of 1.1 Gw Solar Projects By Third Week Of December: Report Updated On Thu, Dec 1st, 2016 by Saurenergy Jharkhand is expected to sign power purchase agreements (PPAs) for a total of 1.1 GW solar projects by the third week of December 2016. These solar PV projects were auctioned early this year but were stalled due to differences between DISCOMs and developers over the quoted tariff. A Jharkhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (JREDA) official […] Read more
DEWA signs PPA with Masdar for third phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park Updated On Wed, Nov 30th, 2016 by Saurenergy Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Abu Dubai Future Energy Company (Masdar), for the 800MW third phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. The agreement was signed by Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA, and Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE […] Read more
GERMI signs MoU with SCGJ to provide training in solar Updated On Wed, Nov 30th, 2016 by Saurenergy Gujarat Energy Research & Management Institute (GERMI) and Skill Council for Green Jobs (SCGJ) have signed an agreement to provide training in solar power across the country. In line with the National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2015, SCGJ and GERMI will collaborate to mould skilled manpower for the renewable energy sector in general […] Read more
Infosys generates solar energy at 2.85/kWhr, plans expansion Updated On Wed, Nov 30th, 2016 by Saurenergy The cost of solar power has dipped well below the 3-mark, if software major Infosys is any example. Infosys’ Executive Vice-President, U Ramadas Kamath said that the company has 6.6 MW of ground mounted solar capacity (and another 600 kW on the roofs) at its Hyderabad facility. The cost of generation of electricity, averaged over […] Read more
USAID to aid African off-grid solar startups with 4 million dollars funding Updated On Wed, Nov 23rd, 2016 by Saurenergy United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced the recipients of $4 million in new funding for African off-grid solar energy startups at the UN Climate conference held in Marrakech earlier this month. America’s foreign aid agency sanctioned the seed funding to the eight companies through the Scaling Off-Grid Energy: Grand Challenge for Development […] Read more
Revive Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone: GCL-SI to Build PV Plant in Ukraine Updated On Tue, Nov 22nd, 2016 by Saurenergy GCL System Integration Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the world’s leading energy group GCL, recently announced the cooperation with China National Complete Engineering Corporation (CCEC) in the Chernobyl PV plant project. To help rebuild the “exclusion zone” with solar power thirty years after the Chernobyl accident marks another important move of GCL-SI toward global […] Read more
