Megawatt Charging For Large EVs Could Keep Out Hydrogen Updated On Fri, Oct 13th, 2023 by Saurenergy The EV transition has picked pace, an area where Hydrogen has been considered viable in the transportation sector is the heavy vehicles space. At issue here is the charging time for the large battery packs heavy transportation vehicles would necessarily have, and the long distances and tight timelines they have to cover. A new report […] Read more
Finnish Energy Tech Firm Capalo AI Raises Pre-Seed Funding Worth €500,000 Updated On Wed, Oct 11th, 2023 by Saurenergy Finnish energy tech startup Capalo AI has raised €500,000 in pre-seed funding. The funding round was led by Innovestor Tech Fund, with Inventure also participating. Capalo AI will use the funding to further develop its virtual power plant (VPP) and multi-market optimization AI, as well as scale up its team with talented mathematicians and cloud service professionals. With the […] Read more
India’s RE sector offers scale of economies to foreign investors: Dhananjay Singh, ENGIE Updated On Tue, Oct 10th, 2023 by Saurenergy Please tell us about your installed capacities in India. Globally, we have got about 38 Gigawatts of renewable capacity and out of that in India, we have got over a gigawatt in operations and close to 1 gigawatt in construction. And then we want to grow bigger in India and probably we want to be […] Read more
MERC Allows Tata Power Extension On SCOD For Its Hybrid Plants Updated On Tue, Oct 10th, 2023 by Saurenergy The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC), in its latest judgment, allowed the Tata Power Green Energy (TPGEL) extension on its Scheduled Commercial Operation Date (SCOD) for two solar-wind hybrid projects. It included the 225 Megawatt (MW) hybrid project at Bikaner district in Rajasthan and a 98.05 MW hybrid plant in Maharashtra. The hybrid renewable energy generator […] Read more
Trendspotting at REI 2023 Updated On Mon, Oct 9th, 2023 by Saurenergy The much-awaited three-day Renewable Energy Expo held in October, as always, saw participation from all the major players in the Indian renewable energy sector. SaurEnergy’s roving team of reporters and colleagues fanned out to spot the big trends this year, and we have arrived at the following broad conclusions- Lower Presence of Foreign Firms Year […] Read more
What Is Delaying Commissioning of India’s 96 GW Under-Construction RE Projects? Updated On Wed, Sep 20th, 2023 by Saurenergy A quarterly report by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) for the period ending July 31 claims that renewable energy projects of up to 96 Gigawatt (GW) are under construction in the country. These projects are related to the renewable energy projects tendered through the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) and other central public sector […] Read more
Large RE Market A Boon For India: Anadi Iyer, India Director, Fraunhofer Updated On Fri, Sep 15th, 2023 by Saurenergy How is Fraunhofer’s helping the renewable energy sector in India? Fraunhofer works around science and engineering, whether it is renewable energy, production technologies, material science, smart cities, smart manufacturing, and artificial intelligence, etc. We can make solar cell battery storage systems of high quality. We are also working on several technologies simultaneously, like thins cells. […] Read more
Battery Swapping Can Reduce EV Costs Drastically: Kavinder Khurana, MD, TeslaPower Updated On Mon, Sep 11th, 2023 by Saurenergy Why Tesla Power USA invested in India. How much potential do you see here? Tesla Power USA is a United States (US)-based entity. It has invested heavily in battery rejuvenation technology. The company was launched in India in September 2021. Globally, it operates in 18 countries. It includes four countries in Latin America, seven in […] Read more
Reliance AGM Announcements- Carbon Fibre Manufacturing, Sodium-Ion Batteries, Wind Manufacturing Takes Shape Updated On Mon, Aug 28th, 2023 by Saurenergy In its much-awaited 46th Annual General Meeting (AGM) today, Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani laid out a sprawling vision for the firm’s expansion into green energy. With the firm setting itself on a path to carbon zero by 2035, Ambani said, “We are accelerating our journey to become net carbon zero by 2035 through renewables and bio-energy. We are […] Read more