Saur Energy International Magazine January 2025- After 100GW, Solar’s Exciting Journey Ahead Updated On Tue, Feb 4th, 2025 by Saurenergy For this month’s issue, to be distributed at the Intersolar Show in Gandhinagar on Feb 12-14, we decided to jump the gun a little. Even as India’s official records till December 2024 showed total solar capacity installed at over 97.8 GW, we realised that by the time this issue is in your hands, the 100 […] Read more
Bihar Plans To Build Solar Project On Private Pond, Issues Tender Updated On Tue, Feb 4th, 2025 by Saurenergy Bihar Renewable Energy Development Agency (BREDA) recently issued a tender to procure solar power from a 20 MW grid-connected solar project. The project is planned under the RESCO mode and will be located on a private pond in Bihar. The tender would open and end on 20th February 2025. It bidding for the tender would […] Read more
Germany’s Battery Storage Capacity Soars To 19 GWh In 2024 Updated On Mon, Feb 3rd, 2025 by Saurenergy After exceeding the 100 GW mark in solar energy production in 2024, Germany has now installed more than 1.8 million storage systems with a total capacity of 19 gigawatt-hours (GWh) at the turn of the year. This is mathematically sufficient to store the average daily electricity consumption of more than two million two-person households in […] Read more
NVVN Plans To Solarise Multiple DRDO Offices, Issues Tender Updated On Mon, Feb 3rd, 2025 by Saurenergy NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (NVVN), a subsidiary of NTPC Limited has issued multiple tenders to solarise different DRDO premises in India. The latest tenders interestingly mandated the installation of high efficient solar modules for these projects. Most of these tenders have their submission dates between February 15 and February 18. The tender has demanded […] Read more
Haryana Issues 500 MW Grid-Connected Solar Project Tender Updated On Mon, Feb 3rd, 2025 by Saurenergy Haryana Power Purchase Centre (HPPC), a joint forum of state discoms on behalf of Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (UHBVNL) and Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (DHBVNL) issued a tender to develop 500 MW grid-connected solar projects. The solar tender from HPCC has sought bids up till March 12, 2025. Capacity Offered & […] Read more
China’s March Towards 3000 GW Renewables By 2030, 2025 Solar Price Trends Updated On Mon, Feb 3rd, 2025 by Saurenergy In news from China, the National Energy Administration (NEA) of the country has confirmed that in 2024, China added 373 GW of renewable capacity. This is a 23 percent year on year rise. Those additions, which accounted for 86% of all power capacity added, also took the share of renewables in total capacity to 56 […] Read more
Module Supply: SECI Awards 400 MWp Module Order to Alpex, Tata Power Solar Updated On Sat, Feb 1st, 2025 by Saurenergy The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) recently announced Alpex Solar and Tata Power Renewable Energy Subsidiary, Tata Power Solar (TP Solar) winners of its 400 Mwp modules tender. The tender intends to supply these solar modules at a Ramagiri project located in Andhra Pradesh. The tender for this project was released in November 2024 […] Read more
Self Certification For Solar Inverters Gets Another Extension From MNRE Updated On Fri, Jan 31st, 2025 by Saurenergy The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has extended the self-certification deadline for solar PV inverters above 100 kW. The government’s latest notification extended the rule up to December 31st, 2025. The Central Government issued a “Solar Photovoltaics, Systems, Devices and Components Goods (Requirements for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2017” for six products. It included […] Read more
Solar Journey of Africa: 2024 in Review and the Road Ahead Updated On Fri, Jan 31st, 2025 by Saurenergy Africa is the continent with the world’s largest solar energy potential and investment is the only thing that’s keeping Africa from powering its development using this potential. The solar growth in Africa remained modest in 2024 in the face of structural challenges such as limited financing, regulatory barriers and infrastructure constraints which still impede the […] Read more
