Instruments to Accelerate the Advent of Energy Storage in India Updated On Tue, Nov 20th, 2018 by Saurenergy With all the buzz going around energy storage these days, very often than not it is claimed to be the holy grail of renewable energy. Owing to the intermittency and unpredictability in solar and wind generation, high degree of flexibility in Loads and Sources is needed by the electricity grid for absorbing renewable energy beyond […] Read more
SECI Auction for Maharashtra Park put off Indefinitely Updated On Mon, Nov 5th, 2018 by Saurenergy BENGALURU: Developers’ interest in Solar Energy Corporation of India’s (SECI) auctions hit a nadir when Tata Power Renewable Energy was the sole bidder on Wednesday for an auction for 50 MW at Dhodhainicha Solar Park in Maharashtra. The auction has been put off indefinitely. Last week SECI postponed a 1200 MW hybrid auction – solar […] Read more
Low-ceiling tariff by SECI gets auction postponed again for 1200 MW Hybrid Tender Updated On Mon, Oct 29th, 2018 by Saurenergy The main reason was poor response from developers, who claimed to have stayed away mainly because SECI had set a tariff ceiling for the auction at Rs 2.60 per unit, which developers felt was too low. The auction, which was to be held on October 26, is now set for November 14. SECI has postponed its […] Read more
Viz-A-Viz with Kapil Maheshwari, CEO, Hinduja Renewables Energy Pvt Ltd Updated On Sat, Oct 20th, 2018 by Saurenergy Q. To begin with, how do you see your journey with Renewables Industry? I started my journey in Renewables Energy from the days of completing my masters from IIT, Bombay. Since then I am part of this industry in geographies like US, Germany and India. Started my journey as Design Engineer in RE Industry and […] Read more
Na, K Mixture Doubles Max Volt of Flow Battery Updated On Mon, Oct 1st, 2018 by Saurenergy The two metals when mixed form a liquid metal at room temperature which has at least 10 times the available energy per gram as other elements for the negative-side fluid of a flow battery. The use of flow batteries to store intermittent renewable energy is still a far cry due to the limited amount of […] Read more
India’s Renewable Energy Addition Falls Almost 20% YoY: Report Updated On Thu, Sep 27th, 2018 by Saurenergy According to data compiled on Renewable Energy by the consultancy firm, Bridge to India, India has added utility scale solar and wind power capacity of 9 GW in the last year till September 30th, 2018. Even after an aggressive approach towards renewable energy development in order to achieve the target of 177 GW by the […] Read more
Reverse Bidding to Continue in Renewable Energy Sector, says R K Singh Updated On Wed, Sep 26th, 2018 by Saurenergy “We will accept bids which are reasonable. If we come across bids which we consider to be excessive, we will cancel them,” the Minister said. The Power and New & Renewable Energy Minister R K Singh said that the government will not accept any unreasonable bids for renewables like solar and wind and continue to conduct […] Read more
Facebook: Commits 75% Lower Emissions, Power 100% Renewable Energy by 2020 Updated On Tue, Aug 28th, 2018 by Saurenergy In a record-breaking year of corporate renewable energy purchases, Facebook is on track to be one of the largest corporate purchasers of renewable energy. Social media giant Facebook has committed to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 75 percent and powering its global operations with 100 percent renewable energy by the end of 2020. In a record-breaking year […] Read more
Toyota Plant, India Gets 68% Power from Renewable Energy Updated On Thu, Aug 23rd, 2018 by Saurenergy Out of Toyota plant’s total need of 83 million units around 56 million units are obtained from solar and wind energy either from within the plant or from external sources. Japan’s Toyota Motors has declared its plant in Bidadi as its greenest plant in the world, fetching a big chunk of its power requirement from […] Read more
