India to quadruple its investment on R&D in the Renewable Energy section in next 5 years: Piyush Goyal Updated On Thu, Sep 15th, 2016 by Saurenergy Union Minister of State for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines- Piyush Goyal addressing a plenary session at the 11th Sustainability Summit said that “Climate change is a global challenge and we all should fight it here, now and today.” Restating the commitment of the Government of India towards the achievement of Sustainable […] Read more
Indian companies dominating the domestic solar market: Report Updated On Tue, Sep 13th, 2016 by Saurenergy Home grown companies are taking hold of domestic solar PV market reports consultancy firm Bridge to India in its ‘India Solar Map 2016”. According to the map with 460 MW capacity commissioned in the last year, Adani ranks number 1 amongst project developers followed by Acme and Welspun. Interestingly First Solar and SunEdison are the […] Read more
National Solar Energy Federation of India issues backing down instructions to TNERC Updated On Mon, Sep 12th, 2016 by Saurenergy The National Solar Energy Federation of India has moved the TNERC (Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission) against the State utility curtailing solar power generation and has also issued backing down (unplugging of solar power from the State grid) instructions, despite owing a must-run status. Solar developers in Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan have been facing evacuation […] Read more
Think out of the Box, Ideate and Innovate: Piyush Goyal Updated On Sat, Sep 10th, 2016 by Saurenergy Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines during the Ministerial review meeting of senior officers said “Work Cross Functional, think beyond these four Ministries and imbibe best practices, novel innovations and ideas so as to perform to the best of your potential.” The Minister while noting […] Read more
MNRE issue guidelines for smooth implementation of grid connected solar rooftop projects Updated On Sat, Sep 10th, 2016 by Saurenergy Ministry of New and Renewable Energy’s scheme for grid connected rooftop solar projects states that the Central Financial Assistance (CF A) would be 30% of the benchmark cost or actual project cost, whichever is lower, for such projects in residential, social and institutional sectors in General Category States/ UTs and 70% for such projects in […] Read more
The Impact of Semiconductors in Solar Power Conversion industry Updated On Tue, Sep 6th, 2016 by Saurenergy Solar Energy, amongst all non-conventional or renewable energy sources, still remains relatively easier to harness, store and use. While the usage of solar energy dates back to quite a few decades, powering space crafts and satellites, it has now reached a stage where even a backpacker uses it to charge his mobile phone while on […] Read more
MOIL commissions a 48KW capacity grid-connected rooftop solar system: Report Updated On Sat, Sep 3rd, 2016 by Saurenergy Manganese Ore India Limited (MOIL) has commissioned a 48KW capacity grid-connected rooftop solar system with net-metering claims TOI. The installed rooftop solar system is expected to bring in a saving of Rs10 lakh annually for the public sector enterprise The project developed in line with government’s policy to promote non-conventional energy is estimated to generation […] Read more
Premier Solar Limited to expand solar PV module manufacturing capacity by 200MW Updated On Sat, Sep 3rd, 2016 by Saurenergy Hyderabad based solar PV installation solutions provider Premier Solar is reportedly gearing up to expand its solar PV module manufacturing capacity setting up additional capacity of 200 MW by the year-end. The company currently has an installed capacity of 100 MW for module manufacture and 50 MW for solar cell manufacture, at Dundigal, near Hyderabad. […] Read more
Odisha Government faces hurdle in acquiring land for 1000MW solar park Updated On Sat, Sep 3rd, 2016 by Saurenergy Unable to acquire a single patch of 5000 acres for its ambitious 1000 MW solar park, the state government of Odisha is now looking for alternative different spaces in clusters to develop the proposed solar park. The chief secretary has asked the Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO), state’s nodal agency for land acquisition, to […] Read more
