Will CoronaVirus Prove To Be The Force Majeure Of 2020 for Indian solar? Updated On Sat, Feb 15th, 2020 by Saurenergy India’s renewable, and especially the solar sector, has had a tough time since 2018. In 2018, it was the Goods and Services Tax (GST) which upended calculations of bid winners, especially those who signed their PPA’s just before the GST came in. If that wasn’t enough, it was followed by the Safeguard Duty, which muddied […] Read more
SECI Signs PSA for 100 MW Solar Power With Storage With Chhattisgarh Discom Updated On Fri, Feb 14th, 2020 by Saurenergy SECI has signed a PSA worth 100 MW solar power clubbed with 50 MW/100 MWh Energy from Battery Storage with the Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company Power Purchase Agreement for 100 MW Solar Power with 50MW/150 MWh Energy from Battery Storage was signed with Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company Limited at Vidhyut Sewa Bhawan at […] Read more
IEEFA Report on India’s Renewable Energy Policy Headwinds Updated On Fri, Feb 14th, 2020 by Saurenergy After the addition of on average 13GW of renewable energy capacity in FY2016/17 and FY2017/18, India’s renewable capacity additions were expected to grow on average at 20-25GW in line with the target of 175GW by December 2022. However, less than 10GW of on-grid renewable capacity and installs were added in FY2018/19. This is expected to […] Read more
SECI Reissues NIT for 1200 MW Wind Power Projects (Tranche-IX) Updated On Fri, Feb 14th, 2020 by Saurenergy SECI has issued a new NIT for procurement of wind power through an RfS for setting up of 1200 MW Wind Power Projects in India The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has issued a new notice inviting tender (NIT) for procurement of wind power through a Request for Selection (RfS) document for setting up […] Read more
Policy Certainty Will Increase Renewable Investment in India: IEEFA Updated On Fri, Feb 14th, 2020 by Saurenergy Policy certainty will increase domestic and international investment in India, a new report issued by the IEEFA has found. Policy certainty around renewable energy will increase domestic and international investment in India, a new report issued by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) has found. The new report ‘India’s Renewable Energy Policy […] Read more
Tariff of Renewable Plus Storage Tenders now Competing With Thermal Updated On Thu, Feb 13th, 2020 by Saurenergy In the last one year in India, there has been a growth spurt in storage tender issuance, however, only for a few small tenders, the auctions are successful. In most other tenders, the storage capacity was so high that it leads to infeasible tariffs, and eventually to cancellations of many of these tenders, JMK Research […] Read more
Difficult to Meet India’s 175 GW Renewable Energy Target by 2022: CSE Updated On Wed, Feb 12th, 2020 by Saurenergy India’s renewable energy sector seems to be losing steam and may find it tough to meet its 175 GW target by 2022, claims a new report India’s renewable energy sector seems to be losing steam and may find it tough to meet its 175 gigawatt (GW) target by 2022, even as its total capacity reached almost 86 GW […] Read more
Tata Power-DDL Tenders for 150 MW Non-Solar Renewable Power Updated On Tue, Feb 11th, 2020 by Saurenergy Tata Power-DDL has issued a tender for procurement of 150 MW of non-solar renewable power on a short term basis to meet its RPO for the fiscal year. Tata Power-Delhi Distribution Limited (TP-DDL) has issued a tender, inviting bids from eligible firms for procurement of 150 MW of non-solar renewable power on a short term […] Read more
Global CO2 Emissions Flatlined in 2019, Thanks to Expanding Role of Renewables Updated On Tue, Feb 11th, 2020 by Saurenergy Despite widespread expectations of another increase, global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions stopped growing in 2019, according to the IEA Despite widespread expectations of another increase, global energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions stopped growing in 2019, according to new IEA data released recently. After two years of growth, global emissions were unchanged at 33 gigatonnes in 2019 […] Read more