UAE’s Yellow Door Energy Raises $65 Million Updated On Wed, Jan 30th, 2019 by Saurenergy The investment comes from IFC, Mitsui, Equinor, APICORP and Adenium and will be used to expand distributed solar and energy efficiency solutions into new markets. Yellow Door Energy, a UAE-based leading solar developer, announced that it has raised $65 million in Series A financing to scale its investments in solar energy and energy efficiency solutions […] Read more
Samsung’s Bengaluru R&D Centre Switches to Solar Energy Updated On Wed, Jan 30th, 2019 by Saurenergy Through ‘energy wheeling’, the solar farm adds the required power to the state electricity grid and SRI-B in turn, receives an equal amount of power from the local electricity grid. Samsung’s R&D centre in Bengaluru (SRI-B) has switched to solar power to light up its campus situated in the country’s IT capital. The campus which […] Read more
Government Lowers Import Duty on EV Components Updated On Wed, Jan 30th, 2019 by Saurenergy The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has carved out a separate category for parts and components of an electric vehicle for which customs duty has been lowered to 10-15 percent. To promote domestic assembling of electric vehicles, the government has lowered customs duty on import of parts and components of such vehicles […] Read more
SolarMaxx Celebrates 10 Years of Excellence Updated On Wed, Jan 30th, 2019 by Saurenergy SolarMaxx is celebrating 10 years of its continued mission of delivering highly efficient, clean energy systems. It is celebrating the hundreds of customers across India who had been empowered in the last decade to rethink their energy strategy, reduce energy expenses and transform how they do business by switching to clean energy. The company is […] Read more
SECI Issues Tender for 3 GW Solar Linked with 1.5 GW Manufacturing Updated On Wed, Jan 30th, 2019 by Saurenergy The detailed RfS document will be available for download from 18:00 hrs on January 30, 2019. The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has issued a tender for selection of solar power developers for setting up of a 3 GW ISTS connected solar PV power plant linked with setting up of 1.5 GW (per annum) solar […] Read more
Viz-A-Viz with Ashit Maru, Co-founder, MYSUN Updated On Wed, Jan 30th, 2019 by Saurenergy Quality Manufacturing and Easy Financing Needs Serious Attention Local manufacturing and the quality standards of local make has to be addressed and scaled-up as well, if we are to see any major boost as a manufacturing hub for rooftop solar. Quality manufacturing and easy financing are the two factors that have to be taken very […] Read more
Farmers Granted Option to Pick Solar-Powered Tube-Wells Updated On Tue, Jan 29th, 2019 by Saurenergy 75 percent cost of the solar connection will be borne by the state government in the form of subsidy. The Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) has rolled out the facility of solar-powered tube wells for farmers across the state. At a price point which will be nearly 40 percent less than the conventional systems […] Read more
Solar Energy Brings Electricity to Coastal Village in Odisha Updated On Tue, Jan 29th, 2019 by Saurenergy The government is providing solar energy to the families of Charigharia under the Deen Dayal Upadhaya Grameen Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) with the Centre’s help. For the Charigharia village located inside the Bhitarkanika National Park (BNP) in Gupti gram panchayat under Rajnagar block in Odisha, access to electricity was a distant dream. But now under a […] Read more
Corporate Clean Energy Buying Surged to New Record in 2018 : BNEF Updated On Tue, Jan 29th, 2019 by Saurenergy Corporations bought a record amount of clean energy through power purchase agreements (PPA) in 2018, shattering the previous record set in 2017 a new report by BNEF found. BloombergNEF has revealed in its 1H 2019 Corporate Energy Market Outlook, that around 13.4 GW of clean energy contracts were signed by 121 corporations in 21 different […] Read more
