Rooftop Solar: Democratising Power Generation – One Roof at a Time Updated On Fri, Nov 30th, 2018 by Saurenergy Rooftop solar was the fastest-growing segment within India’s renewable energy sector last year, but it is still not growing fast enough. Capacity adwdition in rooftop solar stood at around 870 megawatt (MW) in 2017, a far cry from the ambitious target of 5,000 MW for FY 2017-18. As of December 2017, cumulative rooftop solar installed […] Read more
Unregistered Solar Rooftops in Capetown to Face Penalty Updated On Tue, Nov 27th, 2018 by Saurenergy The city administration has taken this decision after witnessing a huge spike in solar rooftops installed in Cape Town posing a safety and a legal risk. Residents of Cape Two who are using rooftop solar installations will have to pay a hefty fine if they fail to get their solar installation registered by February next […] Read more
Tata Power Solar Launches Residential Rooftop Solution in Bhubaneswar Updated On Wed, Nov 14th, 2018 by Saurenergy The consumers can avail a chance to earn from their idle rooftop space. Tata Power Solar has launched a complete residential rooftop solution in Bhubaneswar providing up to Rs 50,000 worth of saving annually for a period of 25 years. The consumers can avail a chance to earn from their idle rooftop space. To further […] Read more
Stanford Researchers Develop a Rooftop Device That can Make Solar Power and Cool Buildings Updated On Fri, Nov 9th, 2018 by Saurenergy A new rooftop device under development will be able to produce electricity from sunlight while also beaming heat directly into space to cool buildings. Stanford electrical engineer Shanhui Fan wants to revolutionize energy-producing rooftop arrays. Today, such arrays do one thing – they turn sunlight into electricity. But Fan’s lab has built a device that could have […] Read more
1,000 Apartments may Get Solar Panels on Rooftops in 2 Years Updated On Tue, Nov 6th, 2018 by Saurenergy Residents of apartments across Bengaluru can now reduce their dependency on Bescom by installing rooftop solar power plant. On Saturday, Bescom managing director C Shikha and mayor Gangambike Mallikarjun launched the rooftop solar project mooted by the Bangalore Apartments Federation (BAF) at the inaugural of the programme, Bengaluru Apartments Making Bengaluru Operationally Outstanding and Sustainable […] Read more
Fourth Partner Energy Commissions 980 kWp Rooftop Solar Carport for ŠKODA AUTO’s production facility in Aurangabad Updated On Tue, Nov 6th, 2018 by Saurenergy Fourth Partner Energy, India’s leading distributed solar energy company has commissioned a 980-kWp carport for ŠKODA AUTO India Private Ltd. at their manufacturing facility in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. This initiative, built in line with the ‘GREEN FUTURE’ strategy of ŠKODA AUTO and commissioned as part of the ‘INDIA 2.0’ project, is expected to reduce 922 tons […] Read more
India’s Rooftop Solar Market – High on Opportunities and Loaded with Challenges Updated On Wed, Oct 24th, 2018 by Saurenergy Experts from the industry, policy makers and market researchers will share their experience and views and suggest the ways to accelerate the market during three rooftop conference sessions at Intersolar India on December 11-13, 2018 in Bangalore. Net metering was introduced in India as a measure to make rooftop solar more accessible and economical for […] Read more
Bihar Gov’t Buildings to Get Rooftop Solar from November Updated On Mon, Oct 8th, 2018 by Saurenergy The center and the state government have to equally share the burden of installing similar rooftop solar systems on individual households, organizations and government buildings according to the scheme. Under its grid connected rooftop scheme, Bihar Government has handed-over the task of installing rooftop solar systems on government buildings to Bihar Renewable Energy Development Agency […] Read more
Tata Power Solar Launches Extensive Residential Rooftop Soln in Ajmer Updated On Sat, Oct 6th, 2018 by Saurenergy These residential rooftop solutions are expected to save upto Rs 50,000 annually for 25 years. Tata Power’s solar arm, Tata Power Solar, has launched the complete residential rooftop solution in Ajmer. These residential rooftop solutions are expected to save upto Rs 50,000 annually for 25 years. A votary of reducing carbon footprint, Tata Power Solar’s […] Read more
