Austria’s Verbund bags renewable portfolio in Spain Updated On Tue, May 10th, 2022 by Saurenergy Austrian hydropower utility Verbund said on Monday it had acquired a portfolio of renewable energy assets in Spain from local private equity fund Q-Energy for an undisclosed sum. The assets include operating photovoltaic power plants with a combined capacity of 82 megawatts (MW) and projects planned to have an eventual capacity of up to 4,000 […] Read more
Battery Boom Could Redraw Geopolitical Order Updated On Fri, May 6th, 2022 by Saurenergy Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has accelerated a shift to investment in renewables and storage batteries as a way to reduce dependence on imports of fossil fuels a large part of which comes from OPEC and Russia. Dependent on Russia for supply of gas everyday, Europe and USA are desperately trying to break free and access […] Read more
50% of Power In Spain Comes From Renewables In April Updated On Fri, May 6th, 2022 by Saurenergy Span’s national grid operator Red Electrica de Espana has informed in its estimates report that Spain had produced a little over half of its electricity from renewable sources of energy last month. It said that in April the Spanish power coming from clean sources was 50.1 per cent. It has higher than what was produced […] Read more
Pumped hydro resurfaces when sun doesn’t shine and wind doesn’t blow Updated On Fri, May 6th, 2022 by Saurenergy When the sun doesn’t shine and the wind doesn’t blow, grid-scale energy storage will be a big challenge as climate neutrality increasingly presses for a massive scale-up. Pumped hydro is back and can catapult India into the big league to make up for the lost opportunities. Not just that, as we are seeing during the […] Read more
Why do Lithium-ion Batteries Catch Fire? How to Avoid the Mishap? Updated On Thu, May 5th, 2022 by Saurenergy Lithium-ion batteries have become the backbone of every technology that needs battery support in the current space for innovations . With a wide range of areas of applications — from smartphones to electric cars (EVs) to even the International Space Station — li-ion batteries support them all. This is largely thanks to the high energy […] Read more
NTPC Hopes To Raise Rs 2,000 crore From Stake Sale In NGEL Updated On Thu, May 5th, 2022 by Saurenergy State owned National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) is planning to sell a stake in its subsidiary NTPC Green Energy (NGEL) that was formed to develop renewable energy projects. NTPC is expected to raise about Rs 2,000 crore from the sale of the stake. The corporation has earlier indicated that the sale was likely by October […] Read more
Nitin Gadkari Is Sold On the Future of Storage Updated On Wed, May 4th, 2022 by Saurenergy Union Minister for Road Transport and Highway (MoRTH) Nitin Gadkari gave a ringing endorsement for the future of storage in India, while inaugurating the 8th edition of the India Energy Storage Week (IESA) in New Delhi on May 3. The event formally started on May 2nd and is set to culminate on 6th May at […] Read more
Vedanta Aluminium will source 380 MW green power to achieve Net Zero by 2050 Updated On Wed, May 4th, 2022 by Saurenergy Vedanta Aluminium, one of India’s largest producers of aluminium, has confirmed plans to source 380 MW of green power on a long-term basis for its smelters. Charting its roadmap to Net Zero by 2050, the green power is going to reduce the company’s greenhouse gas emissions by 15,00,000 tonnes CO2 equivalent every year. Released by […] Read more
Germany Pledges €10 billion support for India to achieve 500GW RE by 2030 Updated On Wed, May 4th, 2022 by Saurenergy Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz signed a joint declaration in Berlin according to which Germany has pledged €10 billion ($10.52 billion) support to India until 2030 to help the country meet its target of raising its non-fossil energy generation capacity to 500 GW. PM Modi and Chancellor Scholz signed a joint […] Read more
