Kenya’s State-Owned Utility Ken-Gen to Add 3000 MW RE to National Grid in Decade Updated On Fri, Jan 6th, 2023 by Saurenergy Kenya Electricity Generation Company (KenGen), which is a power utility owned by the State, has revealed that it has planned 3000 MW of renewable energy to the national over the span of the decade. Currently, KenGen has an installed capacity of 1,904 MW. It will look into tapping another 10,000 MW of clean energy. “The […] Read more
RE Firm Green Genius Expands Solar Portfolio in Poland Updated On Fri, Jan 6th, 2023 by Saurenergy Renewable energy firm Green Genius and Poland-based banking group mBank have entered into a financial transaction worth PLN220m (€46m) that will pave the way for the establishment of a 69 MW solar portfolio. Currently, Green Genius has large presence in the Polish market and this is the largest deal by the firm here. The first […] Read more
Spain’s Iberdrola Has Brazil For Its First Floating Solar Project Updated On Fri, Jan 6th, 2023 by Saurenergy The first floating solar power facility of global energy conglomerate Iberdrola will be coming up in Brazil soon. Iberdrola group has announced its plans to install the its first floating photovoltaic plant in the world in Brazil, through its subsidiary Neoenergia. The official statement held that the floating solar project will be built on the […] Read more
L&G NTR Acquire Three Solar Power Projects Of 115 MWp In Spain Updated On Thu, Jan 5th, 2023 by Saurenergy The L&G NTR Clean Power Fund has announced that it has acquired three Spanish pre-operational solar power projects from BayWa r.e. L&G NTR Clean Power Fund is managed by Legal & General Investment Management and NTR which again is a renewable energy specialist. The three solar power projects, two of which are located in Castilla […] Read more
Sila: Leading Clean Transition With Silicon Anode-Lithium-ion Batteries Updated On Mon, Jan 2nd, 2023 by Saurenergy In our continuing series on battery tech and other firms to watch in the energy space, today we place the spotlight on Sila. Sila is a battery tech company co-founded by a former Tesla engineer Gene Berdichevsky, also the CEO of Sila, Gleb Yushin, a Professor of Materials Science at Georgia Institute of Technology and […] Read more
Draft Solar Policy of Delhi Wants 6000 MW Installation by 2025 Updated On Mon, Jan 2nd, 2023 by Saurenergy The Delhi government has accorded approval to the draft Solar Policy 2022 under which the state wants to install solar capacity to 6,000 MW by 2025. In the previous solar policy released in 2016, Delhi had targeted to install solar power of a cumulative capacity of 2,000 MW of solar power by 2022. Readers will […] Read more
2022 For Solar: Solarisation, PLI Scheme, Transmission were Buzzwords Updated On Thu, Dec 29th, 2022 by Saurenergy As we head into year 2023, here is a review of 2022 in terms of policy-level initiatives with a lowdown on where the country stands with regards to renewable energy capacity as the year comes to a close. Impetus to RE transmission projects 2022 began with the Intra-State Green Energy Corridor Phase-II (InSTS GEC-II) scheme […] Read more
Malaysian Power Firm TNB Enters UK Solar Power Projects Updated On Thu, Dec 29th, 2022 by Saurenergy Malaysian multinational electricity conglomerate Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) has announced that it has signed an Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) contract with BELECTRIC GmbH (BELECTRIC) for the construction and commissioning of 102 MW solar farms in the United Kingdom (UK). The official statement of TNB held that the deal was signed on December 14, 2022, […] Read more
Walla Walla Solar Farm Helps Australia’s GRS Seal Year with Almost 2 GW Pipeline at Hometurf Updated On Wed, Dec 28th, 2022 by Saurenergy Australia’s largest EPC firm GRS, a part of Gransolar Group, has entered into an agreement with renewable energy Independent Power Producer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures Australia (FRV Australia) to build the Walla Walla solar plant. The plant, which is to come up in New South Wales, will boast of a capacity of 300 MWac. Walla Walla […] Read more