PV Installs Explode Despite Obstacles, Jump 87 GW Updated On Mon, Oct 3rd, 2022 by Saurenergy Despite ongoing price increases on polysilicon and other commodities, rising costs, sanctions against China for using Uyghur forced labor to produce solar panels, not to mention the US Department of Commerce block in early 2022 due to antidumping accusations in Southeast Asia, solar installations are likely to increase by 38% year over year. This is […] Read more
Hitachi Astemo Builds 3-MW Solar Power Plant in Maharashtra Updated On Fri, Sep 30th, 2022 by Saurenergy Japanese automaker Hitachi Astemo has announced that it has installed a ground mounted solar power plant of 3-MW at its manufacturing plant in Jalgaon, Maharashtra. The company said that the solar power plant is built in an area of 43301 sq meters employing 7128 ground mounted solar panels and 10 inverters. The 3-MW Jalgaon solar plant […] Read more
Rayzon Was The Second Largest DCR Module Supplier in Residential Rooftop Solar in Gujarat Updated On Thu, Sep 29th, 2022 by Saurenergy While solar has incubated many startups, manufacturing startups are relatively rare in the sector, as manufacturing remains the toughest part of the chain. Rayzon Solar, the Gujarat based startup that started in 2017 with a 40 MW capacity has expanded to 1.5 GW since then, with plans to go all the way to 5 GW […] Read more
Toledo Solar Announces Investment for Manufacturing Expansion in USA Updated On Wed, Sep 21st, 2022 by Saurenergy The US-based solar panel and solar glass manufacturer Toledo Solar has announced the company’s domestic manufacturing expansion plans. Toledo said that enhancing manufacturing capacity is part of its strategic initiative to expand the Perrysburg, Ohio, manufacturing facility to reach 2.8 GW of manufacturing capacity by 2027.This is due to surging demand for solar products and […] Read more
Burail Jail, Chd: India’s First Jail to Run Entirely on Solar Energy Updated On Tue, Sep 13th, 2022 by Saurenergy Model Burail Jail in Chandigarh has set its sights on becoming the first prison in India to be 100 per cent solar-powered. Chandigarh Renewal Energy Science and Technology (CREST) awarded the final tender for the addition of a 210-kilowatt solar power plant to the existing 500 kilowatt unit of the Burail Jail. This will bring […] Read more
Solar Powered Centralized Off Grid UPS for Lifts in Multi-Storey Buildings Updated On Mon, Sep 12th, 2022 by Saurenergy Lift is an invention that has effectively enabled urban development at scale worldwide, come with its own unique challenges. With perhaps the biggest being the issue of dependable power supply. As most people who have been using lifts for a long enough time know, lift power failures are a routine occurrence. From extreme weather conditions […] Read more
Govt OMCs to Run Retail Fuel Stations on Solar by ’24 Updated On Mon, Sep 12th, 2022 by Saurenergy Indian Government-owned companies are increasingly employing renewable sources of energy to decarbonise operations and add to the country’s target of achieving the net zero target by 2070. In a fresh announcement, Pankaj Jain, Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, has said that state run-oil marketing companies (OMCs) will operate their complete network of petrol […] Read more
Robotic PV Panel Cleaning Firm Airtouch Solar Signs Agreement with ReNew Power Updated On Tue, Sep 6th, 2022 by Saurenergy Israel-based robotic PV panel cleaning specialist, Airtouch Solar has signed an agreement with ReNew Power, a leading Indian start-up that delves into renewable energy. Airtouch Solar signed orders in an overall scope of approximately USD 3.3 million with the Indian mega-corporation ReNew Power for the supply, installation, operation and maintenance of solar panels cleaning robots […] Read more
Bangladesh Operationalises 30 MW Solar Power Project in Pabna Updated On Fri, Sep 2nd, 2022 by Saurenergy Giving a reasonable push to the renewable energy development in the country, the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has revealed in a filing before Dhaka Stock Exchange that a solar power project with a capacity of 30 MW is operationalised in the northern region of Bangladesh. Intraco Solar Power Ltd. (ISPL) has developed the said […] Read more