Austria will Release €250 million for Wind and Solar Projects Updated On Thu, Mar 24th, 2022 by Saurenergy Rising energy costs due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict have pushed up overall inflation in Austria and this has caused the Austrian government to come up with a plan to expand the renewable energy sector in the country. The government has revealed that it will provide financial assistance of €250 million for the development of solar […] Read more
China Aims to Produce 200,000 Tonnes of Green Hydrogen Annually by 2025 Updated On Thu, Mar 24th, 2022 by Saurenergy The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of China has come up with a target to manufacture 200,000 tonnes of green hydrogen annually by 2025. The NDRC has said in its press statement that China will have widespread industrial use of the clean fuel in the long run. NDRC is the top economic planning body […] 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
Arcelor Mittal, Greenko In $600 million deal for 975 MW RTC power Updated On Wed, Mar 23rd, 2022 by Saurenergy In one of the largest corporate deals to mitigate carbon emissions in India, metals major ArcelorMittal has announced it will invest $600 million (Over Rs 4500 crores) to develop, in partnership with Hyderabad based Greenko Group, a 975-MW ‘round the clock’ renewable energy project in Andhra Pradesh. ArcelorMittal had declared plans to foray into green […] Read more
CII Pitches for Free Access For Green EV Charging Updated On Tue, Mar 22nd, 2022 by Saurenergy Key Industry body Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has pitched to make Open Access almost free where EV charging stations are powered by green energy, namely solar or wind energy. The idea is already being tried out in many places worldwide. “The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has called for an early policy notification for […] Read more
Recruitment of Scientific/Technical & Support Staff Updated On Thu, Mar 17th, 2022 by Saurenergy National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) is an Autonomous Institute of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India to function as an apex national centre for Research and Technology Development in the areas of Solar Energy. NISE is located on a 200 Acre campus on the Gurugram- Faridabad Road, Gwal-Pahari, Gurugram (Haryana). The […] Read more
Tamil Nadu to Add 20,000MW Solar Power by 2030 Updated On Mon, Mar 14th, 2022 by Saurenergy The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) plans to spend about Rs 70,000 crore across Tamil Nadu to install 20,000 megawatt (MW) capacity of solar power plants by 2030. The DISCOM has come out with a tender inviting consultants for the project. A solar plant with a capacity of 1,000MW will be built by […] Read more
IREDA to be consultant to petrochemicals institute for campus solarisation Updated On Mon, Mar 14th, 2022 by Saurenergy Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology (CIPET) to provide its techno-financial expertise for the solarization of CIPET campuses. The two organisations are under the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy and the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, respectively. […] Read more
MNRE Amends Guidelines for Hybrid Projects Updated On Fri, Mar 11th, 2022 by Saurenergy The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued an office memorandum, modifying guidelines for the tariff based procurement from Wind and solar hybrid projects. These guidelines had originally been released on October 14, 2020, and amended subsequently on July 27, 2021. The purpose behind such hybrid projects is to seek RTC (Round the […] Read more
