Africa’s First Commercial Floating Solar Farm Commissioned Updated On Wed, Mar 6th, 2019 by Saurenergy The plant, besides generating enough electricity to take the farm nearly off the grid will also reduce its carbon emissions by half. New Southern Energy, a leading South African-based, full-service renewable energy provider for distributed energy projects throughout Africa, has installed the continents first commercially operated floating solar PV power plant at the Marlenique fruit […] Read more
SECI Issues NITs For 1250 MW of Solar Projects in Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu Updated On Tue, Mar 5th, 2019 by Saurenergy The 1250 MW tendered capacity will be developed in the states of Rajasthan (750 MW) and Tamil Nadu (500 MW). The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has issued two Notice Inviting Tenders (NITs), inviting bids for the development of solar projects of 1250 MW capacity in Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. The first NIT has been […] Read more
Retrofit Transmission Lines and Wind Turbines to Avoid Bird Collision : MNRE Updated On Tue, Feb 26th, 2019 by Saurenergy Transmission agencies and wind energy developers may identify critical power transmission lines and wind energy farms passing through the GIB habitats and accordingly take up risk mitigation measures against bird hits. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued an order with compliance to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Changes (MOEF&CC) […] Read more
MEDA Issues Tenders For 175 kW Rooftop Solar Plants in Nagpur Updated On Fri, Feb 22nd, 2019 by Saurenergy The last date of bid submissions is, March 07, 2019, for the 100 kW system, and February 27, 2019, for the 40 kW system and 35 kW system. The Maharashtra Energy Development Agency (MEDA) has issued three tenders for setting up of 175 kW of cumulative capacity rooftop solar PV power projects under rooftop net […] Read more
Wind Now Provides 14% of Europe’s Electricity Updated On Fri, Feb 22nd, 2019 by Saurenergy Wind energy provided 14% of the EU’s electricity last year, up from 12% in 2017, according to statistics released by WindEurope. Wind power capacity rose in Europe by 11.3 GW in 2018. Continued growth in capacity and the use of more powerful turbines are helping to drive up wind’s share in the electricity mix. Denmark […] Read more
Innovation, Cooperation, and More at SECI’s Pre-Bid Meet for 7.5GW Leh-Kargil Tender Updated On Mon, Feb 18th, 2019 by Saurenergy At the pre-bid meeting called by SECI for the massive 7.5GW Leh-Kargil tender, interested bidders and a whole lot of other curious people turned up to know more. Pre-bid meetings for large projects are usually a place to get the nitty-gritty sorted and out of the way. Or in some cases, obvious mistakes or conditions […] Read more
Cost of Solar Power to Drop to Rs 1.9 Per Unit by 2030: Report Updated On Wed, Feb 13th, 2019 by Saurenergy By 2030, the report predicts the cost of wind and solar to be between Rs 2.3-2.6/kWh and Rs 1.9-2.3/kWh, while the cost of storage is expected to fall by about 70 percent. The cost of generation of solar power is set to fall to as low as Rs 1.9 per unit over the next decade through 2030 in India with […] Read more
MEDA Issues Tender For Rooftop Solar Plant Updated On Wed, Feb 13th, 2019 by Saurenergy The last date of bid submissions is February 21, 2019, and the technical bids will be opened on February 22, 2019. The Maharashtra Energy Development Authority (MEDA) has issued a tender for setting up of a 45 kW capacity grid-connected solar PV power plant under rooftop net metering at the Prabhat Kids School in Akola, […] Read more
CEL Floats Tender For 11 MW Rooftop Solar Systems at 35 CSIR Labs Updated On Tue, Feb 12th, 2019 by Saurenergy The last date of bid submissions is February 21, 2019, and the technical bid opening is scheduled for the same date. The Central Electronics Limited (CEL) has floated tender inviting bids for the implementation of 11.12 MW of grid-connected rooftop solar PV projects at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) premises across India. […] Read more
