TotalEnergies Starts 380 MW Utility-Scale Solar Plant with Battery Storage in Texas Updated On Thu, Nov 2nd, 2023 by Saurenergy French Energy major TotalEnergies has started commercial operations of Myrtle Solar, its utility-scale operated solar farm in the United States. Located south of Houston, Texas, Myrtle has a capacity of 380 megawatts peak (MWp) of solar production and 225 MWh of co-located batteries. With 705,000 ground-mounted photovoltaic panels installed over an area equivalent to 1,800 American football […] Read more
Tata Power Appoints Deepesh Nanda As CEO & MD of TPREL Updated On Wed, Nov 1st, 2023 by Saurenergy Tata Power, one of India’s largest integrated power companies, today announced the appointment of Deepesh Nanda as President-Renewables and CEO & MD of Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL), a subsidiary of Tata Power, with effect from November 1, 2023. Nanda brings with him 28 years of experience across companies like GE, Flowserve and Tyco. […] Read more
US Five Offshore Wind Projects Can Power 1.75 million Homes: Report Updated On Wed, Nov 1st, 2023 by Saurenergy The Biden-Harris administration recently approved the ‘Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind’ (CVOW) commercial project. This is the fifth approval of a commercial-scale, offshore wind energy project under President Biden’s leadership. This announcement supports the administration’s goal of deploying 30 Gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030. Some other projects approved under this are the […] Read more
Canadian Solar Announces 5 GW Production Unit in Indiana Updated On Tue, Oct 31st, 2023 by Saurenergy Energy provider Canadian Solar has announced the setting up of a solar cell production unit in Jeffersonville, Indiana. The facility, which will boast 5 GW worth of capacity, will supply the firm’s Solar’s module assembly plant located in Mesquite, Texas. The Texan facility that will produce TOPCon modules is expected to go online by the […] Read more
Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd. in Power Delivery Agreement for 43.75 MW Solar Plant Updated On Sat, Oct 28th, 2023 by Saurenergy Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL), a leading player in the renewable energy sector and a subsidiary of The Tata Power Company Limited, has signed a Power Delivery Agreement (PDA) with Mukand Limited, a Bajaj Group company and a manufacturer of specialty steel long products and heavy machinery in India. The agreement is for a […] Read more
Inlyte Gets $8 M For Cheap, Grid Scale Iron and Sodium Batteries Updated On Fri, Oct 27th, 2023 by Saurenergy Berkeley, California based Inlyte Energy announced its $8 million seed funding to be used to develop the first generation of its grid batteries made with the most abundant materials – iron and table salt. Inlyte’s solution leverages the proven design of the previously-commercialized sodium metal halide battery to create an energy storage system with high efficiency, […] Read more
SPDA Chalks Out New Brand Identity Updated On Fri, Oct 27th, 2023 by Saurenergy SPDA, or the Solar Power Developers Association, an independent industry association committed towards promoting the renewable energy space, has made a strategic decision to rebrand itself as ‘Sustainable Projects Developers Association’ (SPDA). The new brand identity reflects the association’s transition from representing pure-play renewable energy developers to that of representing end-to-end provider of solutions across […] Read more
October Solar Additions Equal To Full 2022 As Europe’s Solar Romance Blooms Updated On Fri, Oct 27th, 2023 by Saurenergy Rystad Energy Research reports that Europe’s solar installation levels are exceeding expectations, with the amount installed in October 2023 already matching the total installed in all of last year. Rystad Energy modeling forecasts new solar capacity additions will grow 30% this year versus 2022, surpassing 58 gigawatts direct current (GWDC) of new panels by the […] Read more
Is Solar Trumping Wind, Again? Updated On Fri, Oct 27th, 2023 by Saurenergy Between 2017 and 2021, you wouldn’t be blamed if you thought the whole burden of adding renewable energy capacity had fallen on solar energy. Thus, even as wind turbine capacities were going up, actual wind capacity deployment, particularly onshore wind, was slumping, leaving in its wake a slew of firms struggling to survive. Dominated by […] Read more
