Budget 2020 and Renewables. An Evolving Story Updated On Sun, Feb 2nd, 2020 by Saurenergy In the longest budget speech in history, the Finance Minister , Ms Nirmala Sitharaman managed to find a mention of the renewable sector, especially solar, at the beginning, middle and end, as it turned out. While the mention in the beginning was for the energy needs of farmers and the role of solar power, the […] Read more
Cenfura, C4D to Tokenise Renewable Assets in South Africa Updated On Wed, Jan 29th, 2020 by Saurenergy Cenfura and C4D will tokenise microgrid assets in South Africa, the partnership will construct and operate solar and battery storage-based microgrid assets Cenfura has entered into an agreement with C4D to tokenise microgrid assets in South Africa. The partnership will construct and operate the solar PV and battery storage-based microgrid assets in 6,500 gated communities across South […] Read more
Spain Closes 2019 With Nearly Half Renewable Energy Mix Updated On Sat, Jan 25th, 2020 by Saurenergy According to data furnished by the REE, at the end of 2019, renewable energy represents nearly half of the total installed generation capacity in Spain According to data furnished by the Red Eléctrica de España (REE), a partly state-owned and public limited Spanish corporation which operates the national electricity grid in Spain, During 2019, the […] Read more
Lighting up India’s hinterland Updated On Thu, Jan 23rd, 2020 by Saurenergy India has emerged as the fastest growing energy market in the world. Investments in the sector grew at 12 percent last year with spending on renewable energy (RE) exceeding fossil fuel-based power. The country aims at being a power surplus nation and RE can play a big role in the transition. In April 2018, the […] Read more
UAE Announces new Funding Agreements under $50 Mn Caribbean RE Fund Updated On Thu, Jan 23rd, 2020 by Saurenergy The UAE-Caribbean RE Fund has entered into the second cycle of its 3-year plan to build climate-resilient renewable energy projects in 16 Caribbean nations The UAE-Caribbean Renewable Energy Fund (UAE-CREF) has entered into the second cycle of its three-year plan to build climate-resilient renewable energy projects in 16 Caribbean nations, successfully completing new development and […] Read more
There is Huge Potential for Cell and Wafer Manufacturing in India: Manish Gupta Updated On Wed, Jan 22nd, 2020 by Saurenergy Indian solar market has an immense potential with an average demand of 10 GW per year. India has set an ambitious plan for solar with a target of 100 GW capacity by 2022. Currently, the wafer production capacity in India is Nil and cell manufacturing capacity is nearly 3.5 GW. Of this only 1.50 GW […] Read more
NV Energy Invites Bids for Major Addition to Renewable Energy Portfolio Updated On Wed, Jan 22nd, 2020 by Saurenergy NV Energy has issued an RfP to add new renewable energy projects to its portfolio, following up PUCN’s approval of new solar and storage addition in Nevada NV Energy has issued a request for proposals (RfP) to add new renewable energy projects to its portfolio. The announcement comes on the heels of the Public Utilities […] Read more
CERC Order Against Avaada Energy in 100MW Project Leaves Key Issues hanging Updated On Mon, Jan 20th, 2020 by Saurenergy Last Week, in an order dated January 13th , 2019 the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) ruled against Avaada Energy in a petition it had brought against SECI (Solar Energy Corporation of India). The order, while dismissing a plea by Avaada to stay the cancellation of a PSA (Power Sales Agreement) it had with SECI […] Read more
Waaree Breathes Easy As Bid for 184 MW Project Gets MERC Approval Updated On Wed, Jan 15th, 2020 by Saurenergy Waaree Energies Limited (WEL), which had emerged as the sole bidder in the much postponed tender for 184 mw of solar power in Maharashtra can finally get started on the project. This follows the approval of its bid of Rs 3.05 per unit under the tender by the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC). The tender […] Read more
