India’s Safeguard Duty Move has Not Helped Much: Sudhir Aggarwal Updated On Fri, Sep 27th, 2019 by Saurenergy India’s move to impose safeguard duty on import of solar cells and modules last year hasn’t helped domestic manufacturers much. While import of solar cells and modules from China have declined since the duty was implemented in July 2018, India still imported USD 1.9 billion worth of panels in the 11 months ended June 30, […] Read more
Tata Power Solar Wins 105 MW Floating Solar Project in Kerala Updated On Thu, Sep 26th, 2019 by Saurenergy The venture will be executed on the reservoir of NTPC Kayamkulam District Allappuzha, Kerala. Adding another feather in its cap, Tata Power’s solar arm has received a Letter of Award (LoA) to develop 105 MWp floating solar project in Kerala. Bangalore-headquartered Tata Power Solar has won this project under the reverse bidding auction of 70MWac/105MWp […] Read more
Will Rooftop Solar Rescue India’s Faltering Solar Target – Plus: 5 States Where The Numbers Will Matter Updated On Thu, Sep 26th, 2019 by Saurenergy Zero. That’s the number of fresh utility scale solar and wind projects commissioned in August 2019 through Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), India’s premier agency for executing them. While the corporation is not seeing a zero month for the first time, the fact remains that in 2016-17, when momentum was picking up sharply, not […] Read more
JinkoSolar Signs 300 MW Module Supply Agreement for Spanish Project Updated On Thu, Sep 26th, 2019 by Saurenergy JinkoSolar has signed a module supply contract with METKA EGN, for 300 MW of Cheetah modules to be installed at the Talasol solar plant in Spain. JinkoSolar, one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, has announced that it has signed a module supply contract with EPC contractor METKA EGN, for […] Read more
First Solar Signs 1.7 GW Module Contract With Intersect Power Updated On Wed, Sep 25th, 2019 by Saurenergy First Solar will supply more than 1.7 GW of its Series 6 PV modules to renewable energy developer Intersect Power as part of a multiyear supply agreement. US-headquartered First Solar has announced that it will supply more than 1.7 gigawatts (GW) of its high-performance Series 6 photovoltaic (PV) modules to utility-scale renewable energy developer Intersect Power as part of a multiyear supply […] Read more
NEXTracker Launches NX Gemini to Expand its Solar Offering Updated On Tue, Sep 24th, 2019 by Saurenergy Two-in-portrait system maximizes value on projects with challenging site conditions. In order to further expand solar tracker offerings, one of the leading solar tracking company NEXTracker has launched a new product for its smart single-axis solar tracker family—NX GeminiTM. The company said that, this is the next-generation two-module-in-portrait (2P) tracker and is optimized for customer […] Read more
Waaree Expands Module Manufacturing Capacity to 2 GW Updated On Tue, Sep 24th, 2019 by Saurenergy With this, it has now upgraded its module production capacity to 5.7 MW per day. With an aim to further expand its wings to achieve higher targets, country’s one of the leading PV module maker and EPC services provider, Waaree Energies has recently expanded its Gujarat based module manufacturing capacity to 2 GW from the […] Read more
Hanwha Q Cells Opens 1.7GW Module facility in the US Updated On Tue, Sep 24th, 2019 by Saurenergy Q cells, or Hanwha Q Cells as its known here, has opened a 1.7GW module manufacturing fab in the US. The South Korean firm, which operates in the top end of the market usually with more premium priced offerings, picked Dalton, Georgia, for the fab unit. The US market, which is projected to add almost […] Read more
MNRE Seeks to Attract Solar Manufacturers with Duty Cushion upto 2023 and beyond Updated On Tue, Sep 24th, 2019 by Saurenergy The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) under Minister R.K. Singh has set the stage for yet another round of blame games, by making case for duties on solar equipment imports, once the safeguard duty is over on Mar 31, 2020. The MNRE has recommended to the the Ministry of Finance to bring imports […] Read more
