Solar-led Renewables Sector Will Be A Top draw For Global Investors Updated On Sat, Oct 17th, 2020 by Saurenergy India’s renewable energy market led by solar energy will likely be one of the top five sectors for the country that will attract global investments, Deepak Bagla, chief executive officer of Invest India told a conference organised by the International Solar Alliance (ISA) on Friday. He said there was a high degree of innovation characterising […] Read more
Delhi CM Kejriwal Calls For Mass Movement for Solar, But Reality Stays Slow and Low Updated On Fri, Oct 16th, 2020 by Saurenergy When the Delhi government announced its first ever solar policy in 2015, the target was 1000 MW by 2020, and 2000 MW by 2025. Call it inexperience, lack of focus, or a rapidly changing policy environment, but the state is nowhere close to, or even on the path to, those ambitious numbers. The Delhi government […] Read more
MYSUN Commissions 897 kWp Rooftop Solar Plant in MP Updated On Thu, Oct 15th, 2020 by Saurenergy MYSUN has successfully commissioned a rooftop solar plant in Pithampur (near Indore), an industrial city of Madhya Pradesh. MYSUN, an innovative technology backed platform for rooftop solar energy solutions for industry, SMEs/MSMEs and homes has announced that it has successfully commissioned a rooftop solar plant in Pithampur (near Indore), an industrial city of Madhya Pradesh. […] Read more
As China Starts Giant Solar Park, Four Giant Parks For the Future Beckon Updated On Tue, Oct 13th, 2020 by Saurenergy The world’s largest single location solar plant, of 2.2 GW capacity was inaugurated in China’s Quinghai province this month. Built by state owned utility Huanghe Hydropower Development, the massive plant touts a special achievement along with its size . It has been built in the shortest time among plants of comparable sizes. That single fact […] Read more
Over 90% Families Have Electricity Meters, Billed Regularly: CEEW Updated On Thu, Oct 8th, 2020 by Saurenergy As many as 93 percent of families have metered electricity connections and 91 percent of households are billed regularly for power consumption, as per CEEW. As many as 93 percent of families have metered electricity connections and 91 percent of households are billed regularly for power consumption, as per two independent studies released by the CEEW. The studies are based on findings from India Residential […] Read more
Fimer Connects its Central Inverters at the 750 MW REWA Solar Park Updated On Tue, Oct 6th, 2020 by Saurenergy Fimer has installed its PVS980-58 2 MVA central inverters to power what is at the moment the country’s largest single-site solar power plant at REWA. As India aims to meet ambitious targets to achieve 175 GW (gigawatt) of installed renewable energy capacity by 2022, Fimer has announced that it has installed its PVS980-58 2MVA (megavolt […] Read more
PM-KUSUM – The Solar Saviour? Updated On Tue, Oct 6th, 2020 by Saurenergy The PM-KUSUM scheme seeks to be the ultimate gamechanger for energy security and the rural economy. We examine the early challenges that it is facing and come to a conclusion. It’s a great idea that will need tweaks to increase coverage, and some key policy interventions to get on schedule. By Prasanna Singh You know […] Read more
Power Trading in Power Exchanges Exempted From new TDS and TCS Updated On Mon, Oct 5th, 2020 by Saurenergy The Central Board of Direct Taxes of India (CBDT) has exempted power trading transactions through online exchanges like Power Exchange India Ltd (PXIL) from the newly imposed section 194 (O) – TDS on E-Commerce Transactions & section 206C (1H) – TCS on Sale of Goods on an E-Commerce platform, of Income-tax Act, 1961. The Finance […] Read more
EDEN Renewables India Adds 1.35 GW of new Solar Plants to its Portfolio Updated On Thu, Oct 1st, 2020 by Saurenergy EDEN Renewables India, the equally owned JV of Total and EDF RE has been awarded three solar projects for a total of 1.35 GW in Rajasthan, India. EDF Renewables and Total Eren, two world leaders in renewable energy, have announced that EDEN Renewables India, their equally owned joint venture dedicated to the Indian solar PV […] Read more
