Govt Owned Firms Install Just 1,632 MW of RE Capacity In India As On April ’23 Updated On Fri, May 12th, 2023 by Saurenergy The National Power Portal has released its latest report for the renewable capacity that India installed at the close of April 2023. The cumulative installed capacity stood at 125692 MW as on April 30, 2023. Not surprisingly, of this, solar power claims a large chunk of 67077.88 MW, while wind stands at 42868.08 MW. Notably, […] Read more
TP Saurya Joins Hands with Tata Power Trading Company for 200 MW Solar Project in Rajasthan Updated On Fri, May 12th, 2023 by Saurenergy TP Saurya Limited (TPSL), a subsidiary of Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL) has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Tata Power Trading Company Limited (TPTCL) to set up a 200 MW (280 MW) solar project at Bikaner in Rajasthan. The plant will be commissioned by March 2024. TPTCL has entered into a PPA […] Read more
MSEDCL Gets Nod For Long-Term Solar Power Procurement At Rs 2.90/unit Updated On Fri, May 12th, 2023 by Saurenergy The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC), in its latest judgment, allowed the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (MSEDCL) to procure solar energy from the state’s 500 Megawatt (MW) grid-connected intra-state solar projects (Phase-IX) at the rate of Rs 2.90 per kilowatt. The decision came after the discom moved the Commission seeking their approval. The discom, earlier […] Read more
Ireland First Offshore Wind Auction: 3.1 GW Awarded in Four Projects Updated On Fri, May 12th, 2023 by Saurenergy Ireland has awarded four offshore wind energy projects of capacity nearing 3,100 Megawatt (3.1GW) in its first offshore wind auction conducted under Renewable Electricity Support Scheme ‘ORESS 1.’ The 1,300 MW Codling Wind Park will be owned and developed by a joint venture of Fred. Olsen Seawind and EDF Renewables. RWE has said it will […] Read more
MNREDA Issues Tender for Supply of Grid-Connected Solar & Solar Plus Battery Storage Projects Updated On Fri, May 12th, 2023 by Saurenergy MNREDA (Meghalaya New and Renewable Energy Development Agency) has issued a tender for the design, supply, installation, and maintenance of grid-connected solar and solar plus battery storage projects. The said project is under the Meghalaya Community Intervention Project. The scope of the project extends to the installation of solar LED lighting, grid improvement, and buildings. […] Read more
Indian EV Sector Registered 170% Growth In FY23: CEEW-CEF Report Updated On Thu, May 11th, 2023 by Saurenergy A latest analysis report by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water’s Centre for Energy Finance (CEEW-CEF) claimed that sales of Electric Vehicles (EVs) in India grew exponentially in FY23. It claimed that the Indian EV sector witnessed a growth of 170 percent (compared to FY22). It also crossed the one million mark during the […] Read more
Solis Launches New Advanced Power Hybrid Inverter ‘S6’ Updated On Thu, May 11th, 2023 by Saurenergy Chinese solar and energy storage solutions major Solis recently launched its latest advanced power hybrid inverter, ‘S6’. The company said that these inverters could work well with both lead acid batteries and lithium-ion batteries. Solis said that the S6 inverters allow automatic switching of UPS and up to 10 seconds of 200 percent surge of […] Read more
Corporate PPA Contracts Added 148 GW of RE From 2015 to 2022: WBSCD Updated On Thu, May 11th, 2023 by Saurenergy As per a recent report shared by World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBSCD), 23% of the firms that aimed for 100% renewable energy have achieved their goal of 100% renewable energy. Furthermore, by 2021, companies committing to procure 100% renewable power through RE100 were procuring 49% from renewable sources, equating to 184 TWh of […] Read more
Amritsar To Be ‘Solar City’ As Punjab Launches Action Plan Updated On Thu, May 11th, 2023 by Saurenergy The Punjab government has announced that the cultural city of Amritsar will be now developed as a ‘Solar City’ of the north-western state as state’s Renewable Energy Minister Aman Arora launched the Punjab State Energy Action Plan. The action plan is being implemented to ensure promotion of energy efficiency in buildings, industries, municipalities, agriculture, transport […] Read more
