Solar Gets Its Big Hitter In India As Reliance Announces Rs 75,000 Cr Investment Plan Updated On Thu, Jun 24th, 2021 by Saurenergy After hinting at big plans in the renewable energy sector last year, India’s largest private sector enterprise, Reliance Industries limited, has finally announced its plans. The company’s Chairman, Mukesh Ambani, picked the firm’s 44th Annual General Meeting (AGM) for its shareholders, as usual, to make the big announcements. The key announcements, and their implications for […] Read more
India’s Solar Power Tariffs Rising After Hitting Record Lows in 2020: IEEFA Updated On Thu, Jun 24th, 2021 by Saurenergy Solar tariffs are deflationary. Prices have fallen by 75% in seven years in India, and in 2020 solar tariffs hit record lows, writes Vibhuti Garg, Energy Economist and Lead India at Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). From 2019 to the first quarter of 2020, most of India’s newly-auctioned solar projects saw tariffs […] Read more
Hitachi ABB & BW Ideol to Take Offshore Wind Power to Next Level Updated On Thu, Jun 24th, 2021 by Saurenergy Switzerland-headquartered technology company Hitachi ABB Power Grids announced today that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with BW Ideol, a pioneer in floating offshore wind, to accelerate delivering a market-ready floating substation offering and solution to global customers. Floating offshore wind is considered to be the next big frontier in offshore wind power. By […] Read more
US Moves To Sanction Chinese Solar Firms, Implications for India Updated On Thu, Jun 24th, 2021 by Saurenergy Dynamics in the solar equipment market, dominated by China, just got more complicated with reports of the US Administration of President Joe Biden imposing sanctions against specific companies. That ramps up an already testy relationship when it comes to solar imports from China to the US, where the US under the Trump administration had first […] Read more
Acciona Recycles Nissan’s Car Batteries to Store Solar Energy in Spain Updated On Wed, Jun 23rd, 2021 by Saurenergy Acciona, a multinational renewable energy conglomerate, has connected Spain’s first renewable storage plant using recycled batteries to the grid at the company’s experimental photovoltaic park in Tudela (Navarre). The set of four second-life batteries, with a combined capacity of 130kWh, will store the energy obtained from the 1.2MWp plant to later inject it into the grid […] Read more
ACME Signs Deal With Brookfield Renewable for 450MW Solar Project Updated On Tue, Jun 22nd, 2021 by Saurenergy One of the largest solar power developers in India, ACME Solar Holdings Ltd. has announced signing a deal with Brookfield Renewable, an owner and operator of renewable assets, for a 450 MW solar power project in Rajasthan, India. Brookfield Renewable is one of the world’s largest investors in renewable power, with approximately 21,000 megawatts of […] Read more
Wind must solve Data Access Issues to compete with Fossil: ONYX Insight Updated On Tue, Jun 22nd, 2021 by Saurenergy For the wind energy sector to become truly competitive and maximise its contribution to the energy transition, it needs to get better at sharing operational data, finds a report by ONYX Insight – a leading provider of predictive data analytics and engineering expertise to the global wind industry. According to the report, the wind energy sector […] Read more
ISTS Waiver Extended By 2 Years For Solar, Wind Energy Updated On Tue, Jun 22nd, 2021 by Saurenergy “The Ministry of Power has issued an order today for the extension of the waiver of Inter-State Transmission system (ISTS) charges on the transmission of electricity generated from solar and wind sources for projects to be commissioned up to 30th June 2025,”. With this statement, the Ministry of Power (MoP) has confirmed a widely expected waiver […] Read more
Biofuels: Empowering the Economy and Conserving the Environment Updated On Mon, Jun 21st, 2021 by Saurenergy Notwithstanding adversities of pandemic India is projected to report close to double digit GDP growth this year based on studies by renowned institutions. Thanks to huge domestic market consumption though exports are likely to remain subdued! The energy requirement of an economy is directly proportional to population and the momentum of development. Electricity and fuel […] Read more
