Renewable Power Capital buys 528 MW wind farms for €800 million Updated On Thu, Jun 2nd, 2022 by Saurenergy UK based Renewable energy player Renewable Power Capital (RPC) has announced that it has acquired a cluster of wind energy projects with a combined capacity of 528-MW located in the Kramfors and Solleftea municipalities of Sweden for a value of €800 million. This includes the acquisition of the projects and the commitment of the capital required […] Read more
Germany Looks for Deeper Collaboration on Renewable Energy with India Updated On Wed, Jun 1st, 2022 by Saurenergy Deputy Ambassador at the German Embassy in India, Stephan Grabherr, has said that Germany wants to strengthen its partnership with India in the segments of green energy and energy transformation. Grabherr inaugurated PV Port at the German Embassy in Delhi. The port employs solar panels on the embassy roof that will help generate green energy […] Read more
MNRE Calls For Proposals To Fund Under RE-RTD Program for 2022 Updated On Wed, Jun 1st, 2022 by Saurenergy The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy runs the Renewable Energy Research and Technology Development program (RE-RTD), with an aim to promote indigenous technology development for wide spread deployment of new and renewable energy in an efficient and cost effective manner across the country. Applications for the cohort seeking support will open from June 1, […] Read more
Engineer-Substation Physical Design Updated On Tue, May 31st, 2022 by Saurenergy Principal Duties and Responsibilities:- Proficiency with substation physical detailed design for utility substations 115kV and above (General Arrangement; Elevations and Sections; Equipment Specifications; Grounding; Lightning Protection; etc.); Knows how to use CDEGS (Grounding studies per IEEE80); Knows how to use CYME for underground cable ampacity cals; Knows how to do lightning protection per IEEE; Knows […] Read more
Power Min Proposal For Phasedown of Thermal To Allow for 30 GW of Renewables Could face States Roadblock Updated On Tue, May 31st, 2022 by Saurenergy In its latest initiative to support renewables growth and allow for an orderly exit from thermal power, India’s power ministry has proposed a phasedown of 58,000 million units of thermal generation across 81 thermal power stations spread across the central, state and private sectors. The idea is to allow such a phased reduction to allow […] Read more
GAIL India To Invest Rs 6,000 Crore In RE Projects For 1 GW Updated On Tue, May 31st, 2022 by Saurenergy State-owned Gail India is going to invest Rs 6,000 crore on renewable energy projects in the next three years. And if required, the investment can go up by an additional Rs 20,000 crore by 2030, according to GAIL India CMD Manoj Jain. Although the plan is to commission 1 GW power from renewable energy within […] Read more
Two Indian Agri-energy Organisations Make It To Shortlist For Ashden Awards Updated On Mon, May 30th, 2022 by Saurenergy The Collectives for Integrated Livelihoods Initiatives and Oorja Development Solutions, trailblazing agri-energy organisations working with smallholder farmers in India, have made it to the shortlist for Ashden Awards. This year the awards received 148 applications from across the world. A release by Ashden says, “The Indian initiatives include Collectives for Integrated Livelihoods Initiatives helping tribal […] Read more
South India’s Second Big Renewable Push Starts Now Updated On Mon, May 30th, 2022 by Saurenergy Introduction Back in 2014-15, when the new government of Prime Minister Modi first took stock, and hiked India’s renewable energy target 5 fold to 175 GW by 2022, a number of assumptions were made. From the share of solar (100 GW), to the share of rooftop solar within that (40 GW), Wind energy (60 GW) […] Read more
Israel Announces Plan to Reach 20% Renewable Energy Generation by 2025 Updated On Mon, May 30th, 2022 by Saurenergy The Israeli Government has come up with an ambitious energy plan whereby it wants to double down on its solar capacity by the middle of this decade. This is aimed at producing Israel’s 30 per cent of the energy needs from renewable sources. According to the new plan, the remaining 70 per cent will be […] Read more
