United States forces India at WTO to open up $1 billion solar power market Updated On Sat, Jan 7th, 2017 by Saurenergy The US successfully challenged India’s local content conditions in its solar power policy at the WTO which sent a message to the rest of the world that it would not tolerate “new form of protectionism”, outgoing American Trade Representative Mike Froman has said. Further, this also helped the US to get India to open up […] Read more
Toll booths in India to run on solar power soon Updated On Sat, Jan 7th, 2017 by Saurenergy Toll booths in the country solar power and operators will be informed to install solar panels Toll booths in India will soon run on solar power. Minister for road transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari recently at an event said that the government is planning to make all toll booths in the country solar powered and […] Read more
India’s Two Renewable Energy Projects contributes towards Climate Battle Updated On Fri, Jan 6th, 2017 by Saurenergy Two world-leading renewable energy projects have opened in the Tamil Nadu contributing towards Climate Battle. A £3m industrial plant is capturing the CO2 emissions from a coal boiler and using the CO2 to make valuable chemicals. It is a world first. And just 100km away is the world’s biggest solar farm, making power for 150,000 […] Read more
US By challenging India’s Local Content Conditions in Its Solar Policy Has Sent a Message to The World: Mike Froman Updated On Fri, Jan 6th, 2017 by Saurenergy “We also brought economically significant cases against India’s illegal, non-science-based ban on US poultry, European subsidies to civil aviation, and Argentina’s import restrictions” By Challenging India’s policy of local content requirements was not just about increasing solar panel exports to India, but was intended to send a message to governments all over the world that […] Read more
Solar’s Share in India’s Power Generation on the Rise: Accounts for 1 Percent of Total Electricity Generated Updated On Thu, Jan 5th, 2017 by Saurenergy Solar share in India accounts for 1 percent of total power generated With increasing installation activity, the solar sector has come a long way in the past two years in India. Solar share in India now accounts for almost 1 percent of total power generated and 13 percent of the total renewable power generated in […] Read more
India positions itself as key player in 2016 on climate issues Updated On Wed, Jan 4th, 2017 by Saurenergy Countries including India at the Marrakesh climate change summit agreed to conclude the framing of rules for the implementation of Paris agreement by 2018. India emerged as a major player in 2016 in the fight against global warming, ratifying the historic Paris agreement and also playing a “constructive” role in the Marrakesh climate summit to […] Read more
Mercom Capital forecasts solar capacity addition of more than 9GW in India in 2017 Updated On Tue, Jan 3rd, 2017 by Saurenergy Solar installation of over 9 GW in 2017 would put the Indian solar sector in the big leagues along with China, the United States, and Japan Global clean energy communications and consulting firm, Mercom Capital forecasts solar capacity addition in India of over 9 GW during the current calendar year 2017. 2016 saw solar installations […] Read more
Solar market in India to grow by 90% in 2017: Bridge to India Updated On Tue, Jan 3rd, 2017 by Saurenergy 2017 will be a bumper year for the sector in India with total installed capacity reaching around 18 GW by the end of the year Indian solar market to witness stellar growth in 2017 with total installed capacity reaching around 18 GW by the end of the year claims Bridge to India. According to the […] Read more
2.51 Lacs Renewable Energy Certificates were traded in December at Indian Energy Exchange Updated On Sat, Dec 31st, 2016 by Saurenergy Renewable Energy Certificates are aimed at providing an easier avenue for various entities to meet their green energy obligations. A total of 251,000 Renewable Energy Certificates were traded in the REC trading session held on 28th December, 2016 at Indian Energy Exchange (IEX). The purchase this month has been on account of few utilities such […] Read more
