PTC India aims to infuse Rs. 600cr into PTC Energy, eyes generating 300MW renewable energy: Report Updated On Mon, Dec 12th, 2016 by Saurenergy PTC India is reportedly planning to pump-in Rs. 600crore into PTC Energy to generate 300MW renewable energy by March under the wholly-owned subsidiary. A senior company official with the power trading company speaking to Moneycontrol said “We will capitalise it to set up another 250 MW capacity. Our objective is to make it a 300 […] Read more
Viz-a-Viz with Pradeep Sangwan-Country Head, ReneSola India Updated On Fri, Dec 9th, 2016 by Saurenergy ReneSola is one of the leading international brand and technology providers of energy efficient products. Leveraging its global presence and expansive distribution and sales network, ReneSola is well positioned to provide its highest quality green energy products and on-time services for EPC, installers, and green energy projects around the world. In an exclusive Interview Pradeep […] Read more
India’s 87% solar cell imports from China in Apr-Sept: Piyush Goyal Updated On Fri, Dec 9th, 2016 by Saurenergy India imported solar and photovoltaic cells worth about USD 826 million from China in the first six months of the current fiscal, which is over 87 per cent of the country’s total such imports. India’s total imports of these cells were worth USD 948.88 million, including USD 825.98 million from China, constituting 87.05 per cent, […] Read more
Government of India plans mega projects to overcome land problems for solar energy Updated On Thu, Dec 8th, 2016 by Saurenergy To overcome the scarcity of land for expansion of solar energy in the country, government is planning a number of initiatives like development of solar parks, ultra mega solar power projects and solar zones. “The government has planned to overcome the challenge by launching the schemes like development of solar parks and ultra mega solar […] Read more
Solar Imports in India Grew by 47 % In the First Half of FY 2016-17: Mercom Capital Updated On Thu, Dec 8th, 2016 by Saurenergy Mercom Capital in its latest report has revealed that Indian solar sector registered import and export activity worth over $1 billion (~Rs.67 billion) in the first half of financial year (FY) 2016-17, compared to $700 million (~Rs.44.5 billion) during the same period in 2015. The research firm notes that during the six-month period, India exported […] Read more
Ecoppia signs an agreement with Solairedirect India to deploy its automated system in Jodhpur, Rajasthan Updated On Wed, Dec 7th, 2016 by Saurenergy Ecoppia has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Solairedirect India, a subsidiary of ENGIE Group to deploy its automated system in the 10,000-hectare, 2,255 MW Bhadla Solar Park in Jodhpur, Rajasthan India. The company’s solution will be deployed on a production capacity of 168MWp out of the total 190MWp capacity. Ecoppia in […] Read more
Solar water pump market in India struggles to take off Updated On Tue, Dec 6th, 2016 by Saurenergy In 2014, PM Narendra Modi set a target to install 1 million solar water pumps, equivalent to approximately 3000 MW, for irrigation and drinking water by 2021. But actual cumulative installed base stood at merely 25000 pumps as of April 2016. The bleak performance is despite the government offering massive subsidies of as much as […] Read more
SMA Solar receives order for 616MW of solar inverters from Greenko in India Updated On Tue, Dec 6th, 2016 by Saurenergy SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA) and Greenko Energies Pvt Ltd, a market leader, owner and operator of clean energy projects in India, have signed contracts for the supply of 616 MW of Sunny Central 1000CP XT inverters from SMA. With the inverters, Greenko will realize PV power plants in the Indian states of Karnataka and […] Read more
Lightsource aims to setup 1GW of Solar PV Projects in India Updated On Tue, Dec 6th, 2016 by Saurenergy UK-based Lightsource has come out with plans to set up large-scale solar power projects in the budding solar power market of India over the next few years. Lightsource Renewable Energy Ltd Managing Director and Head India Operations Rupesh Agarwal has stated that the company is looking to invest Rs 6500 crore (US$960 million) over the […] Read more