Aptera raises $40 million for solar electric vehicle production Updated On Mon, Jun 13th, 2022 by Saurenergy San Diego-based Solar Electric Vehicle (SEV) start-up – Aptera – has announced that it has got a fresh funding of $40 million which Aptera will look to employ the money as capital for the production of its solar electric vehicle in the later part of 2022. The official statement of Atera held, “During this historic […] Read more
J&K approves 200 MW rooftop solar project in Jammu city Updated On Mon, Jun 13th, 2022 by Saurenergy The Administrative Council (AC) headed by LG Manoj Sinha, has approved the development of 200 MW of grid-connected rooftop solar power plants in Jammu City. These plants hope to take the optimal advantage of the solar irradiance in the high resource region of Jammu and Kashmir. They will come up as part of the ‘Solar […] Read more
GUVNL’s 500 MW Solar Auction Winners Updated On Mon, Jun 13th, 2022 by Saurenergy ABREL SPV 2 (Aditya Birla Renewable Energy), Hinduja Renewables Energy, and state owned SJVN were declared the winners in Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam’s (GUVNL) auction for 500 MW capacity of solar projects under Phase XIV. The winners quoted a price of Rs 2.30 per unit, with SJVN quoting Rs 2.31/unit or kW. While ABREL and […] Read more
Extending The Net Metering Policy To Energy Storage Devices Will Grow The Market Updated On Mon, Jun 13th, 2022 by Saurenergy Sheru, an energy storage startup supports storing energy in the cloud and solves the lack of storage problems by aggregating idle battery capacity to create a virtual energy storage platform. Sheru was started by three friends, Ankit Mittal, Shikhar Sharma, and Nakul Mehan, engineering graduates from BITS Pilani. Having helped build robotics solutions in India’s first deep […] Read more
Agilitas Energy Raises $350 Million to Expand Renewables & Storage Platform Updated On Fri, Jun 10th, 2022 by Saurenergy Agilitas Energy, which claims to be the largest energy storage and solar PV player in the northeastern USA, has announced that it has raised $350 million of equity in a two-tiered investment from funds managed by CarVal Investors. The official statement of Agilitas held that the investment amount may be further upsized to $650 million […] Read more
The Wind Picks Up For Offshore Energy In India, R.K Singh Leads Key Decisions On Tendering, Transmission Updated On Fri, Jun 10th, 2022 by Saurenergy In one of the most decisive steps for India’s offshore wind energy ambitions, R.K Singh, Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy held a meeting yesterday on transmission planning for offshore wind energy projects in India. Alok Kumar, Secretary, Power and Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi, Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy were also […] Read more
Amplus Solar To Include Tata Motors ACE EV In Its Clean Mobility Fleet Updated On Thu, Jun 9th, 2022 by Saurenergy Amplus Solar’s Electric Mobility vertical has entered an MoU with Tata Motors Limited regarding the procurement of the new Ace EV, strengthening its fleet for clean mobility solutions. As part of it’s clean mobility solutions, Amplus Solar provides electric vehicle fleets for cargo delivery to the nation’s top e-commerce, on-demand logistics and other companies on […] Read more
Rising Polysilicon Prices cast A Shadow On PV Cost Trends For Rest Of 2022 Updated On Wed, Jun 8th, 2022 by Saurenergy Polysilicon prices have been steadily rising since the beginning of January 2022. Even after steady growth in the first half of 2022, prices were predicted to rise more in June, according to a report. The report by Onfolink-Group says that when looking at the statistics for the last five weeks, there is still a steady […] Read more
Cars And Solar Panel Roofs- Is There A Future Here? Updated On Wed, Jun 8th, 2022 by Saurenergy To reduce pollution caused due to fossil-fuel-powered ICE vehicles, the techno-world has developed and adopted various technologies to substitute fossil fuel as a source of energy. Electric cars have been one of the biggest bets to achieve zero-emissions mobility. Some of the automotive giants like Volkswagen Group, General Motors, etc., have already begun to sweep […] Read more
