Indian Railways to install 5GW of solar by 2025 in partnership with UNDP: Report Updated On Thu, Nov 17th, 2016 by Saurenergy Indian Railways is reportedly targeting to install 5GW of solar by 2025 in partnership with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). PV Tech reports that Prodyut Mukherjee, national technical consultant, UNDP at his presentation at the International Conference on Decarbonisation of Indian Railways stated that the target will be realized using vacant Indian Railways land and […] Read more
Sunew announces the largest global use of 3rd generation solar energy Updated On Thu, Nov 17th, 2016 by Saurenergy SUNEW, a Brazilian company located in one of the principal poles of solar energy on the planet, just announced the largest global use of OPV (Organic Photovoltaic) technology, considered to be the third generation in solar energy, installed on the outside of a commercial building. OPV used on glass is capable of transforming sunlight into […] Read more
National Energy Partners Secures $15 Million in Financing from Forum Equity Partners Updated On Thu, Nov 17th, 2016 by Saurenergy National Energy Partners (“NEP”) and Forum Equity Partners (“Forum”) announced that they had signed an agreement in which Forum will provide up to $15 million in growth financing for NEP, a leading developer of distributed Photovoltaic Solar Generation Systems for commercial and municipal customers. Under the agreement, Forum will provide development capital and construction equity […] Read more
Georgia Power dedicates new 30-MW solar facility at Fort Gordon Updated On Thu, Nov 17th, 2016 by Saurenergy Leaders from Georgia Power and the U.S. Army joined elected officials, community leaders and other dignitaries at Fort Gordon near Augusta, Ga. dedicated a new 30 megawatt (MW) on-base solar facility. The 30 MW alternating current, or 42 MW direct current, solar generation facility is the third completed by Georgia Power in collaboration with the […] Read more
Vasari Energy Doubles Solar Project Development in Arizona to 140 MW Updated On Wed, Nov 16th, 2016 by Saurenergy Vasari Energy has announces the expansion of its utility-scale solar project in Maricopa County and Gild Bend, Arizona, doubling the company’s solar generating projects within the state, and increasing capacity from 68 MW to 140 MW. The California based energy provider plans to construct and operate a solar facility on the 900 acre development site which will connect the Arizona transmission grid “The Maricopa […] Read more
Jinko Solar Announces Its Entire Portfolio of PV Modules Are In Compliance With IEC62804 Double 85 Anti-PID Standards Updated On Wed, Nov 16th, 2016 by Saurenergy Jinko Solar has announced that its entire portfolio of PV modules has passed the 96-hour Potential Induced Degradation (“PID”) resistance test. The modules were tested under the conditions of 85℃ degrees and 85% relative humidity (“double 85”) at +/-1,000V as required by IEC62804 standards with a degradation of less than 5%. The company touts that […] Read more
BHEL Commission 5mw Captive Solar Power Plant Updated On Wed, Nov 16th, 2016 by Saurenergy Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited has commissioned a 5 MW grid interactive solar power plant on its premises in Tiruchirappalli (Trichy). The solar power plant includes an array of 19,968 photovoltaic modules and spread across 25 acres. It also includes power conditioning units, high tension switch gear panels and the SCADA system which are manufactured and […] Read more
BUY or LEASE Your Solar panel system? Updated On Tue, Nov 15th, 2016 by Saurenergy Rooftop solar market in India is speculated to add new capacity of 700 MW in 2016 – 15% of total solar capacity addition this year. According to Bridge to India, the cumulative capacity crossed 1 GW by September and is growing at a sizzling 300% over last year. Ministry of Finance has reduced depreciation rate […] Read more
OPIC, ReNew Power enters into an agreement for 100 MW solar project in Telangana Updated On Tue, Nov 15th, 2016 by Saurenergy U.S. Government’s development finance institution, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) has signed an agreement with ReNew of approximately $74 million for a 100 MW solar project in Telangana. Announced during the 22nd session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP22), this project is expected to diversify the country’s power […] Read more
