Budget Reactions- Industry Hopes Green Credit, Transmission Focus And More Will Deliver Updated On Thu, Feb 2nd, 2023 by Saurenergy Budget 2023-2024, lacking any big ticket announcements save the focus on green growth has been welcomed guardedly by industry. Plaudits have come from the EV sector, where the exemptions granted for Lithium Ion battery manufacturing have been welcomed. However, solar developers have been left hoping that the focus on transmission will strengthen the grid, helping […] Read more
Greek Firm OET Seeks to Mass Produce Flexible Multicolour Solar Panels Updated On Thu, Feb 2nd, 2023 by Saurenergy As the world is honking towards the renewable sources of energy – primarily targeting the solar irradiance to generate electricity – a new player is mulling to bring out flexible solar panels that would further enhance the expansion of solar power world over. In a key development, Greek start-up Organic Electronic Technologies (OET) has said […] Read more
Budget 2023 Offers No Surprises, Focus On Continuity Updated On Wed, Feb 1st, 2023 by Saurenergy With the budget presented, it’s time to make a quick assessment of what it had for the renewable energy sector. With Green growth made a key pillar of the 7 focus areas for the government, it does seem like the government is looking at a broader push like enabling ease of doing business, skilling, rather […] Read more
Juniper & Solarcraft Win 50 MW, EDF & ACME Pokharan 100 MW Each in GUVNL 300 MW Wind Auction Updated On Tue, Jan 31st, 2023 by Saurenergy In the fresh auction by Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam (GUVNL) for the power supply of 300-MW grid connected wind energy projects, Juniper Green Energy, WYN Renewables, EDF Renewables, ACME Pokharan Solar and Solarcraft Power India have emerged as winners. As per the results by GUVNL of the Phase-IV wind energy projects, the players also have […] Read more
“A thriving urban mining ecosystem is essential to reduce reliance on imports”, Saurav Goyal, Metastable Materials Updated On Tue, Jan 31st, 2023 by Saurenergy Bengaluru-based battery recycling startup Metastable Materials is pioneering a first-of-its-kind, chemical-free technology and system named ‘Integrated Carbonthermal Reduction’ (ICR) for ‘recycling’ of Li-Ion batteries in a sustainable and eco-friendly manner that can extract a wide range of materials from batteries, with more than 90% recovery rate. We caught up with co-founder and COO Saurav Goyal […] Read more
Boost to SMEs, Easy Imports, Cheaper Financing: Solar Expectations from Budget ’23 Updated On Tue, Jan 31st, 2023 by Saurenergy Budget 2022 made major announcements. Primary among them was the earmarking of Rs 19,500 crore for production linked incentives towards the manufacturing of high efficiency solar photo voltaic modules. While this has been a source of hope for the industry, a major mood dampener has been the imposition of duties on solar cells and modules. […] Read more
As Global Wind Turbine Manufacturers Face Headwinds Over Failures, Should India Firms Worry? Updated On Tue, Jan 31st, 2023 by Saurenergy Last year, as turbine manufacturers in the US and Europe announced job cuts, the cuts were blamed on the increasing cost of raw materials (like microchips) and inflation putting pressure on bottomlines. GE Renewables and Siemens Gamesa were the headline grabbers, hoping they had seen the last of a tough year. Vestas, the third of […] Read more
Solar EPC: After Strong 2022, Industry Looks Ahead To Continuity in 2023 Updated On Tue, Jan 31st, 2023 by Saurenergy The Indian Solar EPC market looked good in the year gone-by as several EPC projects, both government and private, took off in 2022. Interestingly, even as large EPC firms with a global footprint like Sterling and Wilson Renewable Energy struggled with projects where they were on the hook for fixed price contracts, bearing heavy losses, […] Read more
GE Mulls Building 2 New Offshore Wind Factories in New York Updated On Tue, Jan 31st, 2023 by Saurenergy Clean energy conglomerate GE Renewable Energy has said that it has submitted a plan to construct two new manufacturing facilities in New York if the company wins a sufficient volume of orders from customers in the State’s ongoing solicitation for up to 4.6 GW of offshore wind. GE said that it will be building the […] Read more
