Conti Solar to Construct 35 MW Solar Portfolio for Southern Sky Renewable Energy Updated On Wed, Sep 5th, 2018 by Saurenergy Further, the portfolio which Conti Solar will develop contains 5 projects including brownfield, landfill, and greenfield projects and are located in the towns of Warwick, Cranston and Johnston in central Rhode Island. Solar EPC, O&M and energy storage company Conti Solar was selected to provide full turnkey EPC services for Southern Sky Renewable Energy’s 35 MW […] Read more
‘Black Silicon’ Helps Reduce Solar Panel Cost Updated On Wed, Sep 5th, 2018 by Saurenergy The black silicon technology can only reduce the costs of solar components till a certain limit. Taking a step towards cost considerations of solar modules, researchers at Aalto University have found a way to reduce production costs of solar cells by more than 10 percent by using ‘black silicon’. Moreover, creating Nano-textures on silicon with […] Read more
DEGER, KAVITSU Group Sign Joint Venture to Make Solar Trackers Updated On Tue, Sep 4th, 2018 by Saurenergy The joint venture with KAVITSU Group has marked DEGER’s debut in the Indian solar market. World’s leading solar tracking systems provider, DEGER Energie and Maharashtra based gear drives manufacturer, KAVITSU Group India have entered in a joint venture (JV) to developing solar tracking systems. The joint venture with KAVITSU Group has marked DEGER’s debut in […] Read more
India’s Solar Race toward Next Decade Updated On Tue, Sep 4th, 2018 by Saurenergy Buoyed by the quite impressive performance of India’s renewable energy sector and especially in the solar space in recent years, the Government of India took a daring move and revised its ambitious renewable energy targets from 175 GW to 227 GW by 2022. Following the move, it also aimed to auction 40 GW of renewable […] Read more
UAE, IRENA Partners to Track Solar Energy Concentration Updated On Mon, Sep 3rd, 2018 by Saurenergy Collaboration with IRENA and KUST aims to identify solar energy concentrations across the country and keep a check on air pollutants in the country. UAE’s Ministry of Climate Change and the Environment have collaborated with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Khalifa University of Science and Technology (KUST)to establish artificial intelligence laboratory in a […] Read more
Gov’t Cuts Component Manufacturing Requirement to Prevent High Tariff Bids in Solar Tender Updated On Mon, Sep 3rd, 2018 by Saurenergy The government has also brought down the maximum permissible tariff rate for the solar tender to Rs 2.75 per unit from an earlier cap of Rs 2.93. In a bid to attract healthy number of developers in a recent solar auction and prevent higher tariff bids from the bidders, the government has reduced the component […] Read more
MNRE Postpones Commissioning of 7,750 MW Grid-Connected VGF Solar Projects Updated On Sat, Sep 1st, 2018 by Saurenergy MNRE does not hold the developers responsible for the delay in the commissioning of solar PV projects but the supervisory authorities. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has in a row extended the commissioning deadlines of 7,750 MW grid-connected solar PV power projects under different batches of viability gap funding (VGF) planned under 2nd […] Read more
Malaysia Seeks Relief on India’s Solar Safeguard Duty from WTO Updated On Fri, Aug 31st, 2018 by Saurenergy India had imposed safeguard duty of up to 25 per cent on solar cells imports from China and Malaysia for two years to protect domestic players from steep rise in inbound shipments. Malaysia has sought consultations with India under the WTO’s safeguard agreement against New Delhi’s decision to impose import duty on solar cells, the World Trade Organisation […] Read more
Orissa HC Hearing on ‘Solar Safeguard Duty Case’ on Sept’ 19 Updated On Thu, Aug 30th, 2018 by Saurenergy The new hearing date manifestly shows that the safeguard duty is yet to be implemented on the solar imports from China and Malaysia. Nearing the safeguard duty verdict, Orissa High Court has set September 19th, 2018 as the next date for the hearing of ‘Safeguard Duty on Solar Imports Case’. Coming as a historic wrestle […] Read more
