Industry Hails New Open Access Rules, Hopes For Turbocharged Solar Growth Updated On Wed, Jun 8th, 2022 by Saurenergy The notification of the Electricity (Promoting Renewable Energy through Green Open Access) Rules 2022 or the Green Open Access Rules as the industry is calling it, has easily been the biggest policy move for the sector this quarter. A quick perusal of the messages of welcome indicate that optimism rules high, and the Corporate and […] Read more
South India’s Second Big Renewable Push Starts Now Updated On Mon, May 30th, 2022 by Saurenergy Introduction Back in 2014-15, when the new government of Prime Minister Modi first took stock, and hiked India’s renewable energy target 5 fold to 175 GW by 2022, a number of assumptions were made. From the share of solar (100 GW), to the share of rooftop solar within that (40 GW), Wind energy (60 GW) […] Read more
California revisits proposal on reforming rooftop solar policy Updated On Tue, May 10th, 2022 by Saurenergy California is asking solar companies, utilities and others to weigh in yet again in a long-standing process to reform the state’s key rooftop solar power incentive, the state’s public utilities regulator said in a document filed on Monday. The California Public Utilities Commission is seeking additional input into a proposal issued last year that was […] Read more
Cleantech Solar Commissions 625 kWp Rooftop Solar for Yachiyo India Updated On Fri, Apr 29th, 2022 by Saurenergy Cleantech Solar has announced that it has commissioned a 625 kWp rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) system at the manufacturing facility of Yachiyo India Manufacturing Private Limited in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan. Cleantech Solar said that the project was executed in record time, taking just 59 days from PPA signing to commissioning, including obtaining all regulatory and net […] Read more
Deferment of ALMM Policy: A much awaited but temporary relief to the solar market Updated On Mon, Apr 11th, 2022 by Saurenergy India had ambitioned to achieve 100 GW of solar installation by 2022. However, as per MNRE, we had achieved only 51 GW of solar by Feb 2022. While we haven’t met the goal, there has been meaningful and significant growth in the overall solar industry. Also, the Government has set a steeper target of 280 […] Read more
Lead – Technical Sales & Project Management Updated On Wed, Apr 6th, 2022 by Saurenergy The company is looking to recruit an ambitious and energetic President for the Solar Solutions team to co-lead candi’s BD efforts with the President of Business Development, driving candi’s project growth in India. This is a critical position for the company as the candidate will lead all technical aspects of solar project delivery, including contract […] Read more
Italy Signs € 1.5 Billion Support for Rooftop Solar in Agriculture Sector Updated On Tue, Mar 29th, 2022 by Saurenergy Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry Policies of Italy, Stefano Patuanelli has signed a new rebate scheme under which € 1.5-billion worth support will be given to the country’s agricultural sector for installing rooftop solar. This is distinct from Agrivoltaics, which involve a more integrated approach of combining solar power installations with agriculture. The financial […] Read more
DISPA recommends keeping C&I projects outside ambit of ALMM List Updated On Mon, Mar 28th, 2022 by Saurenergy In response to a petition filed by the Distributed Solar Power Association (DiSPA), the Delhi High-Court has sought clarification from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), on the provisions they have made to protect ongoing projects, which could be negatively impacted with the extension of ALMM to projects under open access and net […] Read more
Mauritius Invites Tenders for 140MW Solar Plus Storage Updated On Wed, Mar 23rd, 2022 by Saurenergy Island nation Mauritius’s Government is looking to expand its solar power capacity by 140MW. The Central Electricity Board (CEB) of Mauritius has issued two separate tenders for the development of 140MW of solar-plus-storage capacity. The authority has not specified the separate capacity of the storage systems in the two projects. In the first tender, the […] Read more