Government has selected 60 cities to implement the ‘Solar Cities’ programme: Piyush Goyal Updated On Thu, Dec 15th, 2016 by Saurenergy Minister of State for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Piyush Goyal in Lok Sabha on Thursday said that the Centre has selected 60 cities nationwide to implement the ‘Solar Cities’ programme. The minister said “the cities having a population of 50-thousand to 50-lakh are selected under the scheme.” The cities have been […] Read more
Indian Government sanctions Rs 30 crore for solar cities programme Updated On Thu, Dec 15th, 2016 by Saurenergy Funds worth over Rs 30 crore have been sanctioned to 21 states and union territories under the solar cities development programme. These funds were sanctioned during the last three years till November 30 this year. Out of the total sanctioned amount of Rs 30.36 crore under the ‘Development of Solar Cities Programme’ for 21 states […] Read more
Global RE– INVEST 2017 postponed, new dates to be notified soon Updated On Thu, Dec 15th, 2016 by Saurenergy Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has postponed the 2nd Renewable Energy Global Investors Meet & Expo (Global RE-INVEST 2017) which was scheduled from 15-17 February 2017 in Gandhi nagar, Gujarat. The ministry notes that it is working on fresh dates and will notify shortly. Global RE-INVEST 2017 is being organised in partnership with […] Read more
Younicos to design and supply a 49 MW lithium-ion battery system for UK’s largest solar project Updated On Wed, Dec 14th, 2016 by Saurenergy Younicos has announced that it has been selected by Centrica to design one of the world’s largest and most sophisticated battery-based energy storage systems. According to the company the 49 megawatt (MW) lithium-ion system that will be completed by winter 2018, will respond to fluctuations in electrical demand in less than a second. The battery […] Read more
Infrastructure Delays Affecting Large-Scale Solar Project Development in India: Mercom Capital Updated On Tue, Dec 13th, 2016 by Saurenergy Modi government has set a 100GW target for solar power by 2022, out of which 20GW has been allocated to solar parks. India is expected to double the target for energy to be generated from solar parks by 2020, as roof-top installations progress has turned out to be slower than anticipated. Currently, there are 34 […] Read more
Solar Water Pumping System Market in India to Grow at a CAGR of 18%: Research and Markets Updated On Tue, Dec 13th, 2016 by Saurenergy Research and Markets in its latest report “India Solar Water Pumping System Market (2017-2022) forecasts the Indian solar water pumping system market to grow at a CAGR of 18% during FY 2017-2022 Currently, 26 million agricultural pumps are installed in India of which nearly 7 million pumps are diesel based and remaining are grid connected. However, due to unreliable […] Read more
Canadian Solar announces commencement of its solar module manufacturing in Sorocaba,Brazil Updated On Mon, Dec 12th, 2016 by Saurenergy Canadian has announced the commencement of solar module manufacturing in Sorocaba, Brazil. The new manufacturing facility will be Brazil’s largest, with 380 MW annual capacity of made in Brazil solar modules. The official inauguration of this state-of-the-art new solar module facility was attended by the Geraldo Alckmin, Governor for the State of Sao Paulo, Eduardo […] Read more
Emerging batteries and storage management strategies pave the way for microgrids Updated On Mon, Dec 12th, 2016 by Saurenergy It may sound ludicrous, but the concept of producing electricity is not very different from producing vegetables. It’s a different thing that the quality of one is increasing, the other in grave pity. We need more and more of electricity for our daily tasks – heating, cooling, cooking, commute (metro and electric vehicles); and so […] Read more
India’s 87% solar cell imports from China in Apr-Sept: Piyush Goyal Updated On Fri, Dec 9th, 2016 by Saurenergy India imported solar and photovoltaic cells worth about USD 826 million from China in the first six months of the current fiscal, which is over 87 per cent of the country’s total such imports. India’s total imports of these cells were worth USD 948.88 million, including USD 825.98 million from China, constituting 87.05 per cent, […] Read more
