Gov’t Cuts Component Manufacturing Requirement to Prevent High Tariff Bids in Solar Tender Updated On Mon, Sep 3rd, 2018 by Saurenergy The government has also brought down the maximum permissible tariff rate for the solar tender to Rs 2.75 per unit from an earlier cap of Rs 2.93. In a bid to attract healthy number of developers in a recent solar auction and prevent higher tariff bids from the bidders, the government has reduced the component […] Read more
Kerala Floods Spare Wayanad’s Floating Solar Power Plant Updated On Mon, Sep 3rd, 2018 by Saurenergy The KSEB’s floating solar plant at Banasura which survived kerala floods was the largest floating solar power plant in the country until August 23 when the 2MW floating solar project commissioned in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh displaced it. The Banasura Sagar Dam floating solar power plant in Wayanad has survived the recent flood ravage in […] Read more
Bengaluru Commuters May Travel on Electric Buses in 5 Years Updated On Thu, Aug 30th, 2018 by Saurenergy The authority has started an electric bus in 2014 on pilot bases but shut the service citing high costs. In a bid to reduce the environmental pollution caused by worn diesel buses, state’s Deputy Chief Minister, G. Parameshwara has affirmed that the authorities will discontinue the use of all diesel buses over the next five […] Read more
Amplus Energy Bids Lowest-Ever for MPUVNL’s RESCO Tender Updated On Thu, Aug 30th, 2018 by Saurenergy Amplus Energy offered tariffs in the range of Rs 1.69 per unit to Rs 2.71 per unit with a record low of Rs 1.69 per unit for the 5.2 MW aggregate capacity for the State Municipal Corporations. Amplus Energy Solutions has emerged as a front runner by winning 10.25 megawatts (MW) of solar rooftop plant […] Read more
Floating Solar Panels to Power Maharashtra Updated On Wed, Aug 29th, 2018 by Saurenergy A study on the development of the projects for Maharashtra is in an advanced stage at the Ujani dam, while the Jayakwadi dam was later added to the project. Marathwada Statutory Development Corporation (MSDC), a body formed by the state government, has come up with a plan to erect floating solar panels in the backwaters […] Read more
MSEDCL, MEDA Disagree over Solar Power Development Updated On Mon, Aug 27th, 2018 by Saurenergy MSEDCL’s sister concern Maharashtra Energy Development Agency (MEDA) has been in comprehensive support to the solar developments with deciding to provide a subsidy on solar power from 2018-19. Maharashtra’s state-run electricity distribution company MSEDCL has been reluctant in supporting the development of solar power in the state by proposing a surcharge to be levied on […] Read more
Viz-A-Viz with Saurabh Bhandari, Founder & CEO, SolarMaxx Updated On Mon, Aug 27th, 2018 by Saurenergy Q. To begin with can you give our readers a brief overview of SolarMaxx including the vision behind its formation and its current role in the market? SolarMaxx, established in 2008, is a leading manufacturer and supplier of high efficiency Solar PV Modules suitable for utility scale power plants as well as rooftop solar. SolarMaxx […] Read more
HC Stays Wind Power Tariff Reduction by APERC Updated On Fri, Aug 24th, 2018 by Saurenergy The ‘tariff reduction’ order is seen making the financial procedures of the wind power generators a cumbersome process. Coming as a relief for the clean energy players, Andhra Pradesh High Court has stayed an Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission’s order reducing tariffs of the wind power projects that received generation based incentives (GBI) from the […] Read more
Rays Power Infra Enters Solar Retail Segment Updated On Thu, Aug 23rd, 2018 by Saurenergy Rays Power Infra plans to launch around 10 operational stores in the first year of its operations, and expand to over 70 stores by 2020 covering major cities in India. Delhi based solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company, Rays power Infra has ventured into the retail sector of the solar market after being a […] Read more