ST’s Bouskoura Plant to Use 50% Energy from Renewables by 2022 Updated On Wed, Jul 28th, 2021 by Saurenergy French-Italian semiconductor manufacturing company STMicroelectronics has announced that its Bouskoura site in Morocco will procure 50% of its energy from renewable sources by 2022 compared to 1% in 2020, as part of its action plan to achieve carbon-neutrality by 2027. ST has been present in Bouskoura for over 20 years with a back-end plant which employs […] Read more
With India’s Renewable Power Capacity Battle Won, Is It Time To Focus On Generation? Updated On Wed, Jul 28th, 2021 by Saurenergy In response to a query in the ongoing monsoon session of parliament, Power and MNRE Minister R.K. Singh informed the house that India’s renewable energy capacity, including installed, under installation and being tied up, stands at almost 97 GW as of June 30, 2021. This mix includes solar, wind, biomass and small hydel. Add to […] Read more
Hitachi ABB Power Grids Commissions UHVDC Transmission Link in India Updated On Wed, Jul 28th, 2021 by Saurenergy Hitachi ABB Power Grids in India has announced the successful commissioning of one of India’s longest ultra-high voltage direct current (UHVDC) transmission links for Power Grid Corporation of India Limited. A +/-800 kilovolt (kV), 6,000MW transmission link that connects Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, with Pugalur, Tamil Nadu, and stretches over 1,800 kilometers. Notably, this transmission link can […] Read more
CERC Sticks To The Letter In PGCIL Tiff With Renew Power Updated On Tue, Jul 27th, 2021 by Saurenergy The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has stuck to the letter of the law, rather than going with the spirit perhaps, in a ruling involving wind developers and a power grid corporation. Renew Power Private Limited obtained Stage-II connectivity for 300 MW at 220 kV Hiriyur sub-station, on the basis of National Thermal Power Corporation […] Read more
RWE Builds Hydropower Coupled 117MW Battery Storage Systems in Germany Updated On Tue, Jul 27th, 2021 by Saurenergy Essen-headquartered German multinational energy company, RWE has announced the construction of one of the largest and most innovative battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Germany. The BESS is coupled with the existing run-of-river hydroelectric power plants. The battery systems will be spread across two locations, as the company said that it will install a total […] Read more
RWE, Shell, Gasunie, Equinor to Build German Offshore Hydrogen Park Updated On Mon, Jul 26th, 2021 by Saurenergy Germany-based RWE, Royal Dutch Shell, Norway-based Equinor and Dutch gas network company Gasunie are planning to together build a 300-MW electrolyser in the German North Sea to produce green hydrogen from offshore wind. The project partners have signed a letter of intent to collaborate on the AquaSector project – a large-scale German offshore hydrogen park. […] Read more
PosHYdon, First Offshore Green H2 Project Gets DEI+ Subsidy from Dutch Govt Updated On Thu, Jul 22nd, 2021 by Saurenergy The government of the Netherlands has granted a EUR 3.6 million subsidy to back the PosHYdon pilot project. PosHYdon is an initiative of Nexstep, the Dutch association for decommissioning and reuse, and TNO, the Netherlands organization for applied scientific research, in close collaboration with the industry. It is claimed to be the world’s first-ever offshore […] Read more
Indian Oil Corporation to Build Country’s First Green hydrogen Plant Updated On Thu, Jul 22nd, 2021 by Saurenergy India’s largest oil firm, Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOC) has announced plansto build the first-ever commercial green hydrogen plant at its Mathura refinery in Uttar Pradesh. IOC has taken this step intending to maintain focus on its core refining and fuel marketing businesses while making bigger inroads into petrochemicals, hydrogen and electric mobility over the […] Read more
Devise Alternate Ways to Repurpose Fossil Fuels, Argues IDTechEx Updated On Thu, Jul 22nd, 2021 by Saurenergy UK-headquartered IDTechEx, an independent market research and business intelligence provider, has advocated for devising novel ways to repurpose fossil fuel assets, as against simply resorting to obvious solutions like converting gasoline stations into EV charging stations. The latter trend has of late become popular among oil majors, which are looking to capitalise on the rapid […] Read more
