The banking system in India is not well developed compared to other countries: Gautam Mediratta, Manager-BD, Rays Power Infra. Updated On Wed, Aug 31st, 2016 by Saurenergy RPIPL is one of the snowballing EPC Companies of India. The company leverages Consulting-Engineering-Contracting-Commissioning services with practicing expertise in the renewable power plant and transmission industry. Gautam Mediratta, Manager-BD, Rays Power Infra takes us inside the Industry’s temporal lobe. What is stopping us from building a Truly Massive solar power plant in India when this […] Read more
India planning to build large-scale floating solar power projects Updated On Fri, Aug 12th, 2016 by Saurenergy With the huge target of adding 40 GW of rooftop solar power capacity by March 2022 turning out to be more difficult, the Government of India has started looking at other unconventional options to expand the solar power capacity base in the country. The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has agreed to a […] Read more
Rural Women solar engineers demonstrates their skills to PM Modi in Dar-es-Salaam Updated On Mon, Jul 11th, 2016 by Saurenergy PM Narendra Modi interacted with ‘Solar Mamas’, a group of 30 rural rural women solar engineers from Tanzania and a few other African countries who have been trained under programmes supported by India for harnessing solar energy. Solar Mamas demonstrated their skills in fabrication, repair and maintenance of solar lanterns and household lighting systems to […] Read more
Indian Council of Medical Research with CEEW launches ‘Solar for Healthcare’ Initiative Updated On Wed, Jun 29th, 2016 by Saurenergy The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has signed a MoU with the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) to launch ‘Solar for Healthcare’ Initiative. The synergy between health and energy are the two specific goals of this initiative, and the efforts within this collaboration advances on both fronts. ICMR and CEEW will focus […] Read more
US and India announces creation of a $20 million USICEF initiative Updated On Wed, Jun 8th, 2016 by Saurenergy The United States welcomed the launch of the International Solar Alliance (ISA), recognizes the critical role it can play in the development and deployment of solar power, and intends pursuing membership in the ISA. To further strengthen ISA together, US and India will jointly launch the third Initiative of the ISA which will focus on […] Read more
SunPedal Ride of 70 days to raise solar awareness in India Updated On Thu, May 5th, 2016 by Saurenergy IIT Bombay alumnus from Energy Science Department, Sushil Reddy will be riding a solar powered electric bicycle across 5 states and 7000+ kms in India starting 7th May 2016 to raise solar awareness in the country. The SunPedal ride will be of approximately of 70 days which will be done with a support vehicle and […] Read more
MNRE invites proposals from Rural Entrepreneurs for Establishing Infrastructure of off-grid Renewable Energy Systems Updated On Fri, Apr 29th, 2016 by Saurenergy The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India, is implementing a MNRE – UNDP/GEF Project on “Scale Up of Access to Clean Energy for Rural Productive Uses”. The project aims at enhancing access to reliable and affordable renewable energy services for rural livelihoods in identified districts as per the list given at Annexure […] Read more
Henkel India to provide electricity to villages in Maharashtra installing solar panels Updated On Thu, Mar 31st, 2016 by Saurenergy Henkel Adhesive Technologies India Private Limited a fully owned subsidiary of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA has embarked upon its CSR project ‘Lighting Lives’. The project aims to provide electricity to villages in Maharashtra by installing solar panels and is in line with the global Sustainability Strategy for 2030. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his […] Read more
Panasonic’s Solar Lantern Deployment Crosses 14000 mark in India Updated On Mon, Mar 28th, 2016 by Saurenergy Panasonic has passed the halfway mark of “100 Thousand Solar Lanterns Project” with cumulative number of solar lanterns donated exceeding 50,000 on March 10, 2016. Panasonic’s project started in February 2013 with a donation of 3,000 units to Myanmar, followed by donations to other areas in Asia and Africa without access to electricity. The number […] Read more