Key technology trends shaping the Global Solar Industry Updated On Mon, Oct 23rd, 2017 by Saurenergy Innovation in Finance When asked about the direction of innovation in financing for clean energy Manish Chaurasia, Managing Director, Tata Cleantech Capital Ltd. (TCCL) said, there is a lot of innovation happening in clean energy financing on a global scale. From securitization of assets to setting up of yield to monetize and plough back capital, […] Read more
PERSPECTIVE Updated On Mon, Oct 23rd, 2017 by Saurenergy The government of India has set an ambitious target of 175 GW of renewable power installed capacity by the end of 2022, of which 58 GW has been installed so far. The Indian solar market added 1,869 MW in the second quarter of 2017, bringing installations in the first half of the year to 4,765 […] Read more
ENGIE Accelerates Its Development in the Off-Grid Energy Market by Joining Forces with Fenix Updated On Mon, Oct 23rd, 2017 by Saurenergy Fenix will be the agile growth engine for ENGIE’s SHS business in Africa and enable us to become a leading profitable off-grid energy services company on the continent, reaching millions of customers by 2020. ENGIE and Fenix announced that they have agreed on a transaction in which ENGIE will acquire1 100% of Fenix International, a […] Read more
SunPower to Supply 291MW in Second Round CRE4 French Tenders for Solar Projects Updated On Mon, Oct 23rd, 2017 by Saurenergy The France’s CRE tender process includes ground mount, carport and roof top projects in continental France and storage and self-consumption in the country’s ZNI (non-interconnected zones). SunPower, a majority-owned subsidiary of Total SA has announced that it will supply 291MW of its high-efficiency solar panels to projects awarded in the second round of France’s CRE […] Read more
Mini Grid and Off-Grid – Determining the LastMile of Rural India Updated On Sat, Oct 21st, 2017 by Saurenergy India has huge and diverse geographical and economic diversity. The toiling rural electrification is on the provision by the current government exercise. Reaching the lastmile means that small, off-grid projects will become the most effective way to expand access to electricity. Micro grids provide an immediate solution for rural India to gain access to electricity […] Read more
Orange Renewable Commissions 140MW Solar Power Projects in Gujarat and Maharashtra Updated On Tue, Oct 17th, 2017 by Saurenergy The projects with respective capacity of 40 MW (Charankar Solar Park, Gujarat) and 100 MW (Dhule, Maharashtra) were bagged through a competitive bidding process in 2016 conducted by SECI. Orange Renewable, a 100% subsidiary of Singapore-based AT Holdings Pte. Ltd successfully commissioned a total capacity of 140 MW Solar PV Projects in the state of […] Read more
JinkoSolar Supplies 12.7 MW of PV Modules for a Solar Plant in Ulan Bator Updated On Tue, Oct 17th, 2017 by Saurenergy JinkoSolar delivered 12.7 MW of its high efficiency PERC modules and custom built 36-cell and 48-cell dual glass modules for a Solar Plant in Ulan Bator. This shipment marks JinkoSolar’s first to the country. JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd., a global leader in the photovoltaic (PV) industry has announced that it supplied 12.7 MW of PV […] Read more
First Utility Scale Storage Project in India Takes Off Updated On Mon, Oct 16th, 2017 by Saurenergy The 20MW solar power project is the first utility scale storage tender in India to announce results, and it includes provision of complete EPC and O&M services for twenty-five years. NLC India Limited, a government of India owned coal mining company, recently completed auction for a 20 MW solar project integrated with 28 MWh storage […] Read more
Prototype Shows How Tiny Photodetectors Can Double Their Efficiency Updated On Sat, Oct 14th, 2017 by Saurenergy Combining two distinct inorganic materials and producing quantum mechanical processes, the new Photodetectors could revolutionize the way solar energy is collected. Physicists at the University of California, Riverside have developed a photodetector – a device that senses light – by combining two distinct inorganic materials and producing quantum mechanical processes that could revolutionize the way […] Read more