Green Jobs Are Finally A Mainstream Reality In India, Thanks To Solar Updated On Fri, Aug 5th, 2022 by Saurenergy The news of India’s ambitious solar and renewable energy targets has thrown up the possibility of as many as one million jobs in another three years’ time. These jobs matter, not only to an economy always seeking opportunities for its citizens, but also to ease the faster acceptance and spread of renewable energy, especially solar. […] Read more
MPUVNL Tender Invites Bids For 35 MW Rooftop Solar Systems Updated On Wed, Jun 29th, 2022 by Saurenergy Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam Limited has floated a tender inviting bids for installation of 35 MW grid-connected rooftop solar systems. The bids will extend to operations and maintenance of the project for 25 years. The tender mentions that the last date for online submission of the bids is July 13, 2022. The earnest money […] Read more
Airports To Become Carbon Neutral By December 2024 Updated On Wed, Jun 15th, 2022 by Saurenergy The government is aiming to make Most Indian airports carbon neutral by December 2024 and achieve Net Zero emissions by 2030. Rubina Ali, joint secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, recently wrote to the CEOs of the private airports and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to submit a plan to achieve net zero. Her letter […] Read more
J&K approves 200 MW rooftop solar project in Jammu city Updated On Mon, Jun 13th, 2022 by Saurenergy The Administrative Council (AC) headed by LG Manoj Sinha, has approved the development of 200 MW of grid-connected rooftop solar power plants in Jammu City. These plants hope to take the optimal advantage of the solar irradiance in the high resource region of Jammu and Kashmir. They will come up as part of the ‘Solar […] Read more
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