SunCable’s 14 GW Plan Inches Ahead With Move for Solar Mfg Plant in Darwin Updated On Tue, Apr 6th, 2021 by Saurenergy Sun Cable, the Singapore-based consortium handling the world’s largest electricity infrastructure project, aka the $22 billion Australia-ASEAN Power Link (AAPL), revealed this week that it had lodged an application with the Northern Territory’s Development Consent Authority for a facility in the region’s capital, Darwin. The said facility will manufacture Maverick solar array systems designed by […] Read more
EIB Provides Brenmiller Energy with €7.5 Mn for Innovative Thermal Storage Factory Updated On Mon, Apr 5th, 2021 by Saurenergy EIB and Brenmiller Energy have signed a €7.5 million financing agreement to back the company’s construction of the first large-scale factory for its bGen storage unit. The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Brenmiller Energy, an Israeli provider of industrial energy storage solutions, have signed a €7.5 million financing agreement to back the company’s construction of the […] Read more
Electric Vehicles Market Share to Exceed 50% From 2033: Rystad Updated On Mon, Apr 5th, 2021 by Saurenergy The share of electric vehicles in global passenger car sales is set to quadruple in 2026 from 4.6% last year and exceed 50% from 2033 onwards. The market penetration of electric vehicles (EVs) is increasing rapidly as a result of the accelerating energy transition, and demand for batteries is expected to skyrocket going forward for […] Read more
Airtel Commissions Captive Solar Plant for its Data Centres in Uttar Pradesh Updated On Sat, Apr 3rd, 2021 by Saurenergy Bharti Airtel has commissioned a 14 MWp captive solar plant to meet the energy requirements of its core and edge data centres in Uttar Pradesh As part of its mission to rapidly grow its green energy footprint, Bharti Airtel, one of India’s premier digital communications solutions providers, has announced that it has commissioned a 14 […] Read more
State NBFCs – PFC & REC Reduce Lending Rates by up to 2 Percentage Points Updated On Thu, Apr 1st, 2021 by Saurenergy State-owned non-banking financial corporations Power Finance Corporation (PFC) and REC will reduce lending rates by up to two percentage points from April 1, 2021. “PFC and REC as group companies have been aligning operations to realise synergies. As part of such effort, PFC and REC have now decided together to reduce lending rates up to two percentage points,” PFC said in a statement. […] Read more
Apple Commits to More Clean Energy, With Energy Storage Marking a new Frontier Updated On Thu, Apr 1st, 2021 by Saurenergy Apple has announced that it is investing in a major energy storage project in California to pilot new solutions for renewable infrastructure. Apple has announced that over 110 of its manufacturing partners around the world are moving to 100 percent renewable energy for their Apple production, with nearly 8 gigawatts (GW) of planned clean energy […] Read more
US Solar PV Project Order Worth Rs 890 Crore for Sterling and Wilson Updated On Wed, Mar 31st, 2021 by Saurenergy Sterling and Wilson Solar Solutions, the US subsidiary of SWSL has signed a solar project order worth ~ Rs 890 crore in the US Sterling and Wilson Solar Solutions (SWSS), the US subsidiary of Sterling and Wilson Solar Limited (SWSL) has announced that it has signed an order worth USD 121.7 million (~ Rs 890 […] Read more
Global Solar Installations to Grow 27% to Reach 181 GW in 2021: IHS Updated On Tue, Mar 30th, 2021 by Saurenergy According to a report by IHS Markit, the new global solar photovoltaic (PV) installations are expected to grow by 27 percent this year to a record 181 gigawatts (GW), led by China, the United States, and India. However, new solar PV installations were at 142 GW in the year 2020. Although this year the prices […] Read more
Unsustainable. 128 Non-functional Solar Plants in J&K due to Callous Attitude Updated On Tue, Mar 30th, 2021 by Saurenergy In a scathing indictment of the way taxpayer money is allowed to be wasted, including in renewable energy, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has highlighted the shocking state of 128 solar plants in J&K (Jammu and Kashmir). Set up at police establishments, these plants have been non-functional since 2014 due to non-settlement of payment […] Read more