Govt Amends Electricity Rules 2020; Will Empower Consumers, Says Minister Updated On Fri, Feb 23rd, 2024 by Saurenergy The government today approved an amendment to the Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Rules, 2020 which is expected to further reduce the timeline for getting new electricity connections for consumers. Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy R. K. Singh in his recent announcement stated that these amendments to the rule are expected to […] Read more
TotalEnergies Acquires 59MW Solar Farm in Spain Updated On Thu, Feb 22nd, 2024 by Saurenergy TotalEnergies Renewables, the green energy arm of TotalEnergies, has announced that it acquired the 59MW Dehesa Nueva del Rey solar park in Spain from developer Synergia. This ready-to-build project adds to the 3GW portfolio of solar projects TotalEnergies already has with environmental permits in Madrid, Murcia, Andalusia, Aragon, and Castilla La Mancha, said the press […] Read more
Karnataka Set To Install 40,000 Solar Pumps Under PM-KUSUM Updated On Wed, Feb 21st, 2024 by Saurenergy Karnataka 2024 Budget released some key initiatives to support the solar sector such as through the installation of solar pumps. The 2024 budget emphasized some key initiatives to make farmers self-sufficient. The Karnataka government will install 40,000 off-grid solar pump sets under the PM-KUSUM Component-B scheme. It plans to do so at an estimated cost […] Read more
Daman & Diu Invites Bids For 7.47 MW Solar Power Expansion Updated On Tue, Feb 20th, 2024 by Saurenergy The Electricity Department of Daman and Diu has issued a tender to augment the capacity of two solar power projects in the Union Territory. The tender speaks for raising the capacity of an existing 6 MWdc solar power project by 2.56 MWdc. Also, the capacity of a 3 MWdc solar power project also needs to […] Read more
Vattenfall Inks Deal With Evonik To Supply Solar Power For Chemical Production in Germany Updated On Mon, Feb 19th, 2024 by Saurenergy Germany-based energy supplier company Vattenfall has signed a PPA with specialty chemicals company Evonik that concluded new long-term electricity supply contracts. From 2025, two Vattenfall solar parks in Schleswig-Holstein will supply Evonik with around 120 gigawatt hours of solar power per year for chemical production. The contracts have a term of ten years and fixed […] Read more
National Rooftop Solar Portal Migrates To PM Surya Ghar Portal Updated On Fri, Feb 16th, 2024 by Saurenergy Days after the announcement of PM Surya Ghar-Muft Bijli Yojana, the Union government has migrated the National Rooftop Solar Portal to the new website of PM Surya Ghar Yojana. The newly launched website offers the most features and options in the National Rooftop Solar Portal. The new portal, however, has offered higher subsidies for this […] Read more
Adani Green Operationalizes 551 MW Solar Capacity At Khavda Updated On Wed, Feb 14th, 2024 by Saurenergy Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL), a renewable energy (RE) company and a solar PV developer, has recently operationalized 551 MW solar capacity in Khavda, Gujarat, to supplying power to the national grid. AGEL achieved this target within 12 months from the commencing work on the Khavda RE park. It started with the development of basic […] Read more
Solar Thermal Technologies In Focus At Conference Backed By MNRE, NSEFI Updated On Wed, Feb 14th, 2024 by Saurenergy New Delhi hosted the International Conference on Solar Thermal Technologies on Feb 12 and 13. Organised by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) and National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI), the conference focused on ways to integrate Solar Thermal and Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) storage with Renewable Technologies. Driven by dropping costs and […] Read more
PM Surya Ghar: Modi Announces Details For Rooftop Solar Scheme Updated On Tue, Feb 13th, 2024 by Saurenergy Prime Minister Narendra Modi today revealed details of the proposed residential rooftop solar scheme in India. This comes after Modi on January 22 announced a new scheme of extending rooftop solar to one crore households. On the other hand, Union Finance Minister Nirmal Sitharaman in her interim budget had said that the new scheme would […] Read more
