The Place of Renewables in India’s Future Power Grid Updated On Fri, Jun 18th, 2021 by Saurenergy Indian power sector, one of the largest in the world, comprises one synchronised national grid that serves the entire nation. In the last decade, the transmission system has expanded from 2.4 L circuit kilometres in 2011 to 4.4 L circuit kilometres in 2021, with inter-regional transfer capacity growing to 105 GW. A recent energy event […] Read more
Amid Renewable Energy’s Expansion, Gas is Losing Traction: IISD Report Updated On Mon, Jun 14th, 2021 by Saurenergy The Step Off the Gas report, published earlier this month by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), examines international public finance for natural gas expansion in the Global South and the choices countries face in how to develop their energy systems while meeting socio-economic needs. The report assesses economic and environmental risks from gas […] Read more
Solar Generated Maximum Electricity Among all Renewables in Australia Updated On Thu, Jun 10th, 2021 by Saurenergy Solar passes all other renewable resources in terms of Australia’s electricity generation in 2020. According to ‘Australia Energy Statistics’ 2020, published by the Department of Industry, Science, Energy, and Resources, the total electricity generation in Australia was estimated to be 265,232 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in the calendar year 2020, remaining materially unchanged since 2019. Interestingly, solar […] Read more
World’s 1st Solar-Hydro Plant for Longer Duration Energy Storage: ARENA Updated On Thu, Jun 10th, 2021 by Saurenergy On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today announced $15 million in funding to RayGen Resources Pty Ltd (RayGen) to construct its first of a kind ‘solar hydro’ power plant comprising 4 MW of solar PV generation and 3 MW / 50 MWh (17 hours) of dispatchable storage capacity […] Read more
5 Energy Megatrends for Latin America- Chinese Dominance, Cyberattacks And More Updated On Mon, Jun 7th, 2021 by Saurenergy Americas Market Intelligence (AMI), a strategic research and business intelligence firm has released a new report, 5 Megatrends For Latin Americas Energy Sector for 2022 and Beyond in which it has highlighted five major changes taking place in Latin America’s energy sector: Cleaner fossil fuels gaining traction as Latin America’s green energy market expands. China’s control […] Read more
Global Energy Investments Far From a Net Zero Pathway: IEA Updated On Thu, Jun 3rd, 2021 by Saurenergy As spending rebounds towards pre-crisis levels, not enough is going into clean energy, especially in emerging market and developing economies, new IEA report finds Global investment in energy is set to rebound by nearly 10% in 2021 to USD 1.9 trillion, reversing most of last year’s drop caused the Covid-19 pandemic, but spending on clean […] Read more
GE Energy & Glosten Build a 12 MW Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Updated On Fri, May 28th, 2021 by Saurenergy Researchers working at California-based GE Renewable Energy, one of the world’s leading wind turbine suppliers, recently unveiled details of an ongoing two-year, $4 MM project to develop advanced technology to support a 12 MW floating offshore wind turbine. For this project, which comes under the ARPA-E’s ATLANTIS (Aerodynamic Turbines Lighter and Afloat with Nautical Technologies and […] Read more
GE Renewable Energy Bags Big Onshore Wind Contract in Southeast Asia Updated On Fri, May 28th, 2021 by Saurenergy California-based GE Renewable Energy announced yesterday that it has secured a contract with BIM Wind JSC to supply, install and commission GE Cypress onshore wind turbines for BIM Wind’s 88 MW wind farm located in Ninh Thuận Province, South Central Vietnam. Combining onshore and offshore wind, blades, hydro, storage, utility-scale solar, and grid solutions as […] Read more
EDP Group to Invest Over €1 Billion in Green Energy in Galacia, Spain Updated On Thu, May 27th, 2021 by Saurenergy Lisbon-headquartered electric utilities company EDP- Energias de Portugal recently announced its plans to invest more than 1 billion euros in Galicia, Spain, over the next 10 years, to develop renewables and support the region’s on-going transition to a new energy and economic model, within the framework of the European Next Generation funds. The Portugal company […] Read more
