CERC Rules With NTPC in Dispute Involving Solar Firm at Bhadla Updated On Mon, Aug 9th, 2021 by Saurenergy In a petition filed by Solaire Surya Urja Private Limited, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has ruled in favour of NTPC. At issue was a plea to condone delays in the commissioning of these (70×2) 140 MW solar projects or which NTPC had enforced liquidated damages of over Rs 7 crores. Filed under Section […] Read more
India’s Energy Storage Tech Capacity to Reach 180-800 GW by 2050 Updated On Fri, Aug 6th, 2021 by Saurenergy During the last decade, the cost of energy storage technologies, primarily lithium-ion battery energy storage systems (BESS), has declined rapidly and is projected to decline further over the next decade. This comes at a time when electricity grid flexibility is being recognised as an essential resource for reliable operations and for integrating high amounts of […] Read more
APTEL Orders Rs 8.40/unit Payment to Karnataka Developer, Reversing KERC Order Updated On Wed, Aug 4th, 2021 by Saurenergy In a major win for developer Clearsky Solar Private Limited (CSPL), the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has ruled in favour of the solar developer and directed Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company Limited (GESCOM) to pay it compensation on account of delays in the commercial operation of a solar project in Karnataka. The present ruling came […] Read more
Fire at Tesla Big Battery in Victoria Puts The Spotlight On Risks Updated On Mon, Aug 2nd, 2021 by Saurenergy A major fire broke out at Tesla’s 300 MW (450 Mwh) big battery, called the Victoria Big Battery, in Australia’s Victoria state. Starting on Friday, the fire was eventually controlled only today, after a three day struggle. The fire apparently started after initial testing was started to sync the battery with the grid. Fire fighters […] Read more
Key Policy Challenges To a Thriving C&I Market for Solar In India Updated On Mon, Aug 2nd, 2021 by Saurenergy The Solar Energy sector has emerged as a potential green technology to address climate change issues by reducing dependence on conventional fossil fuel-based energy. India has a target to install 100 GW of solar energy capacity with a commitment to increase the renewable sources-based energy capacity to 175 GW by 2022. Under this, 40 GW […] Read more
S&W Solar Expands Menu, Adds Hybrid energy, Storage and Waste To Energy Updated On Fri, Jul 30th, 2021 by Saurenergy Sterling and Wilson Solar Limited (S&W Solar) has announced that it will be expanding its EPC (Engineering, Procurement and construction) solutions offerings to cover Hybrid energy projects as well now. Besides this, it will double don further on its energy storage solutions and waste to energy offering now. Hybrid energy solutions involve combining two or […] Read more
REC Limited Issues 125 MW Solar tender for Uttar Pradesh Districts Updated On Fri, Jul 30th, 2021 by Saurenergy REC power Distribution company Limited (RECPDEL), a subsidiary company of REC Limited has issued a notice or two solar projects in UP’s Kanpur Dehat and Jalaun District, for solar projects. The size of the solar projects has been pegged at 50 MW ac for Kanpur and 75 MW ac for Jalaun. The location f the […] Read more
Floating Solar On A Growth Path Updated On Thu, Jul 29th, 2021 by Saurenergy In Solar’s rise to pre-eminence from a fringe renewable energy option just a decade back, it’s time to consider the rise of floating solar (also called floatovoltaics in many cases). To think that it did not even exist at any scale till 2013. The earliest patent on floating solar was taken out only in 2008. […] Read more
SECI Finally Finds The First Buyer for Manufacturing Linked Tender- GRIDCO Updated On Thu, Jul 29th, 2021 by Saurenergy Late last week, SECI (Solar Energy Corporation of India) announced the first power supply agreement (PSA) in connection with its manufacturing-linked solar tenders, floated in November 2019. These were won by Adani Green and Azure Power finally. Signed in Bhubaneshwar between SECI and GRIDCO Limited (or Grid Cooperation of Odisha), a subsidiary of Odisha Electricity […] Read more
