TotalEnergies Mulls Over 1 GW Of Solar Power Development in 2023 Updated On Tue, Feb 7th, 2023 by Saurenergy French RE major TotalEnergies will be developing 1 GW of solar power in 2023 as the company has announced that it has reached a new milestone with the signature of 1 GW of green Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) for self-consumption on the sites of its B2B customers. TotalEnergies calls this performance the result of a […] Read more
China Fears Recede Somewhat, As EU’s Green Deal Industrial Plan Worries About US Updated On Mon, Feb 6th, 2023 by Saurenergy If you thought that the renewed push for manufacturing in the US, EU and even India for that matter, was linked to countering China’s dominance of global manufacturing, think again. The European Union has finally released details of its $270 billion Green Deal Industrial plan to spur manufacturing in the continent. In what many see […] Read more
Inox Green Acquires Wind O&M Firm I-Fox Windtechnik, Enters Multi Brand O&M Business Updated On Fri, Feb 3rd, 2023 by Saurenergy Renewable energy conglomerate Inox Green Energy Services Limited (IGESL) has said that it has acquired a majority stake in I-Fox Windtechnik India that will help the company in its wind energy business. Inox Green is a subsidiary of Inox Wind. With this, Inox has entered the market for multi brand O&M services in Wind Energy. […] Read more
Polysilicon Maker REC Silicon In 10 year Deal With Hanwha In US For Supplies Updated On Fri, Feb 3rd, 2023 by Saurenergy Norwegian Polysilicon manufacturer REC Silicon has entered into a 10-year agreement with South Korean conglomerate Hanwha Solutions to offer fluidised bed reactor (FBR) polysilicon. REC’s two U.S.-based plants have a capacity of more than 20,000 MT of high-purity polysilicon. Readers will recall that the US had imposed severe restrictions on sourcing modules from firms that […] Read more
China Seeks To Limit Technology Access For Solar Manufacturing, In Move Aimed at India Updated On Thu, Feb 2nd, 2023 by Saurenergy China, which built its imposing, world dominating solar manufacturing sector with a combination of technology purchases from the west, academic partnerships and joint research, seems to have lost the appetite to allow others to do the same. The country, which leads in global solar markets with its manufacturing firms enjoying an almost 80% market share, […] Read more
Budget 2023 Offers No Surprises, Focus On Continuity Updated On Wed, Feb 1st, 2023 by Saurenergy With the budget presented, it’s time to make a quick assessment of what it had for the renewable energy sector. With Green growth made a key pillar of the 7 focus areas for the government, it does seem like the government is looking at a broader push like enabling ease of doing business, skilling, rather […] Read more
As Global Wind Turbine Manufacturers Face Headwinds Over Failures, Should India Firms Worry? Updated On Tue, Jan 31st, 2023 by Saurenergy Last year, as turbine manufacturers in the US and Europe announced job cuts, the cuts were blamed on the increasing cost of raw materials (like microchips) and inflation putting pressure on bottomlines. GE Renewables and Siemens Gamesa were the headline grabbers, hoping they had seen the last of a tough year. Vestas, the third of […] Read more
As Adani Shares Drop, How Will It Impact Group’s Green Plans Updated On Tue, Jan 31st, 2023 by Saurenergy Shares of the Adani Group have been ambushed over the past week, dropping upto 40% in some cases. The report on the group by US based short seller Hindenberg research, a firm specialising in short selling shares with detailed public reports on their thesis, has done serious damage, coming as it did just before a […] Read more
Solar EPC: After Strong 2022, Industry Looks Ahead To Continuity in 2023 Updated On Tue, Jan 31st, 2023 by Saurenergy The Indian Solar EPC market looked good in the year gone-by as several EPC projects, both government and private, took off in 2022. Interestingly, even as large EPC firms with a global footprint like Sterling and Wilson Renewable Energy struggled with projects where they were on the hook for fixed price contracts, bearing heavy losses, […] Read more
