Andhra High Court Rules in Favour of Solar, Wind Developers Updated On Wed, Mar 16th, 2022 by Saurenergy In a judgement that seeks to put to rest all uncertainties regarding the sanctity of Power Purchase Agreements and the competency of experts who decided on rates, the Andhra Pradesh High court has ruled in favour of solar and wind developers in the case against the state discoms, and by default, the Andhra state government. […] Read more
AP Biomass Energy Generators Hopes For Relief Rise After APTEL Order Updated On Tue, Mar 15th, 2022 by Saurenergy The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has recently given its verdict with regards to four appeals against the Tariff Orders passed by the Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) in May and July 2014. The appeals made by Biomass Energy Developers Association &Ors and South Indian Sugar Mills Association &Ors, which were all filed against […] Read more
CSIR- CMERI Inaugurate World’s Largest Solar Tree in Ludhiana Updated On Mon, Mar 14th, 2022 by Saurenergy In a bid to promote the usage of solar energy, the Council For Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)’s Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI) has developed world’s ‘largest solar tree’ which was inaugurated today S. Balkar Singh Sandhu, Mayor of Ludhiana Municipal Corporation. The solar tree has been installed at ‘CSIR-CMERI-Centre of Excellence for Farm […] Read more
NTPC Will Help Nine ISA Member Countries in Solar Projects Updated On Wed, Mar 9th, 2022 by Saurenergy National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) will act as Project Management Consultant (PMC) for nine countries that are part of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) to help them with the implementation of solar power parks and other projects that will make a combined capacity 3,845 MW. NTPC and International Solar Alliance had called up a meeting […] Read more
UPERC Faults Generator For Not Utilising Banked Power On Time, Allows It To Lapse Updated On Thu, Mar 3rd, 2022 by Saurenergy In a recent judgement, Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) has sought to clarify the issue of banking of power by generators in the state. Amrit Bottlers Private Limited set up a 10 MW solar plant in Uttar Pradesh, which was commissioned in October 2020. Out of the total 10 MW capacity, 6 MW was […] Read more
IIT Bhubaneswar Develops Low-Cost Mobile Solar Pump for Farmers Updated On Wed, Feb 16th, 2022 by Saurenergy Building on a 2017 grant from the state government of Odisha to build a technology driven support for farmers in the state, IIT Bhubaneswar has come up with a state-of-art solar pump that is not just economical, but also with added mobility feature to support farmers in distant locations. SO far, IIT Bhubaneswar has delivered […] Read more
SECI pays Rs 4.2 billion for Solar and Wind Procurement for December Month Updated On Fri, Feb 4th, 2022 by Saurenergy Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has released a payments of about Rs 490 crores to just solar and wind power generators. This disbursement is meant for the renewable energy procured from the two power sources for the month of December 2021. As far as the total amount released by SECI for the said month […] Read more
Kerala’s Malappuram Collectorate Faces Unique Solar Powered Protest Updated On Mon, Jan 24th, 2022 by Saurenergy Applicants for government jobs in Malappuram have devised a unique option to power their protests, installing solar panels and batteries to power their agitation for more jobs. In doing so, they have maintained Kerala’s reputation for the most innovative protests probably. The protestors are aspiring lower primary school teachers who are demanding a larger list […] Read more
U.S. to add 21.5GW Solar Capacity in 2022; Texas to Claim over 6GW: EIA Updated On Wed, Jan 12th, 2022 by Saurenergy The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) predicts that in 2022, 46.1 GW of new utility-scale electric generating capacity to be added to the country’s power grid in 2022, almost half of which is planned to come from solar, followed by natural gas at 21% and wind at 17%. Developers and power plant owners report planned […] Read more