Masdar Signs Agreement with Kyrgyzstan to Develop 1GW Renewable Projects Updated On Wed, Apr 20th, 2022 by Saurenergy The Central Asian economies are looking to diversify their energy basket in order to reduce their carbon emissions and reduce dependence on fossil fuels which are mostly imported. In the latest development, United Arab Emirates based clean energy company Masdar has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Energy of Kyrgyzstan in […] Read more
As Central Asia’s Fossil Fuels Near Expiry, Time To Look At Renewable Energy Updated On Tue, Apr 12th, 2022 by Saurenergy Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan constitute Central Asia. Out of these, the former three are graced with petroleum resources, while the latter two are endowed with water resources. Electricity generation in these countries has, naturally, long relied on their richness in one or the other of the two resources. The downstream countries tend to […] Read more
EU Will Increase Renewables Target: Timmermans, EU Climate Policy Chief Updated On Tue, Apr 12th, 2022 by Saurenergy Eliminating its dependence on Russian oil and gas seems to have a guaranteed a strong runway for renewables growth in the European Union. EU climate policy head Frans Timmermans has said that more ambitious targets are being developed for the EU for faster transition to renewable sources of energy. The announcement by Timmermans comes even […] Read more
SJVN, BHEL, REMC sign MoU to Develop Renewable Energy for the Railways Updated On Tue, Apr 12th, 2022 by Saurenergy Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with other two state owned companies – engineering firm Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) and Railway Energy Management Company (REMC) Limited for the development of renewable energy projects. In an official statement SJVN Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), Nand Lal Sharma […] Read more
CERC Deviation Settlement Mechanism To Hurt Renewable Players, Says NSEFI Updated On Mon, Apr 11th, 2022 by Saurenergy In a letter to Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi, Secretary, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, the National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI), a key developer body of renewable players has flagged major industry concerns on the Deviation Settlement Mechanism for renewable energy as notified by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC). The new rules […] Read more
CIP, NZ Pension Fund Explore Wind Farm To Support 100% Renewable Target By 2030 Updated On Fri, Apr 1st, 2022 by Saurenergy New Zealand Superannuation Fund has partnered with Denmark based Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to explore the potential for large-scale offshore wind farms in the country. The projects may come up in a large bay on the western coast of North Island – South Taranaki Bight. The pension fund can invest $1.75 billion in a wind […] Read more
Bulgaria May Add 4.9 GW of Renewable Energy by 2031 Updated On Wed, Mar 30th, 2022 by Saurenergy According to a draft plan created by the Electricity System Operator (ESO), the transmission authority of Bulgaria, the country is expected to see an increase of 5.9 GW in the overall national power capacity by 2031. Out of this, 4.9 GW is expected to come from renewable sources. The ESO document says that the total […] Read more
Tamil Nadu Reclaims No. 1 Spot for Renewable Energy Updated On Mon, Mar 21st, 2022 by Saurenergy Tamil Nadu has recently made it to the top of the list of Indian states ranked as per their overall installed renewable energy capacity, seizing the position from Karnataka. Interestingly, the latter toppled Tamil Nadu in 2018 to become the leader in total installed capacity in the clean energy sector, following big capacity additions in […] Read more
Mainstream Renewable, Aker buy 50% stake in 800MW offshore wind plant in Japan Updated On Tue, Mar 15th, 2022 by Saurenergy Wind and solar company Mainstream Renewable Power and Aker Offshore Wind have closed a deal which will give them a 50% stake in a 800 megawatt (MW) floating offshore wind project in Japan, the companies said on Monday. The other 50% stake in the project belongs to renewable energy project developer Progression Energy. Mainstream is […] Read more
