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
Solar Accounts For 1% Of Total Power Generated In India In First Half Of FY 2016-17: Mercom Capital Updated On Mon, Dec 5th, 2016 by Saurenergy Marcom Capital in its latest report has revealed that solar energy accounts for almost 1% of total power generated in the country. 5,791.54 million Units of electricity produced in the country during the six-month period from April to September, 2016, the research firm quotes Central Electricity Authority (CEA) stated. The firm note that in the […] Read more
Will surpass $10 billion investment commitment for India in solar and Internet-led businesses: Softbank Updated On Sat, Dec 3rd, 2016 by Saurenergy Positive on India’s prospects, Japan’s SoftBank today pledged that it will “surpass” the stated commitment of investing $ 10 billion in the country as it ramps up investments in solar power generation and Internet-led businesses. “We have already invested $ 2 billion in last few years, and we will surpass my commitment of investing $10 […] Read more
RenewSys steps in to start PV cell production in India Updated On Tue, Nov 29th, 2016 by Saurenergy RenewSys India Pvt Ltd announces the start of its 100 MW brand-new PV Multi crystalline cell line at its Hyderabad factory. The European line has been commissioned with the help of Solsol, a leading German consultancy. Apart from the few Indian companies that have been making PV cells in India since many years, RenewSys believes […] Read more
French Company Webdyn brings efficient solar energy to India Updated On Tue, Nov 29th, 2016 by Saurenergy The French company, Webdyn of high customer value into the field of M2M connect and remote monitoring systems has entered in India with its product WebdynSun seeking India as the growing & hot market for Solar and hence the O&M activities for solar to get the maximum out of the solar energy. Webdyn is a […] Read more
ReNew Power to install solar rooftop for Indian Railways Updated On Mon, Nov 28th, 2016 by Saurenergy After successfully securing the highest subsidy allocation from SECI for rooftop solar projects, ReNew Power Ventures has won bids for 5MW solar installations across various locations for the Indian Railways. India’s leading renewable energy development company will invest around Rs 35 crore in these projects which will supply energy to Railways through a 25-year power […] Read more
