Budget 2021 Highlights For Solar Sector Updated On Mon, Feb 1st, 2021 by Saurenergy In a budget speech that will eventually be termed as focused on fire-fighting and consolidating reforms, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced her budget today. For the solar sector, the big shock is undoubtedly the increase in customs duty on solar inverters from 20 percent. Including inverters, which have a much smaller share in overall project […] Read more
EDF-R Announces Commercial Operations at Desert Harvest 1 & 2 Solar Projects Updated On Sat, Jan 30th, 2021 by Saurenergy EDF Renewables North America today announced the completion and commercial operation of the Desert Harvest 1 (114 MWdc) and Desert Harvest 2 (100 MWdc) Solar Projects. Desert Harvest 1 provides electricity to MCE under a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), while Desert Harvest 2 supplies energy and renewable attributes to Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) under a 25-year Renewable […] Read more
Nexamp Community Solar Adds Another Multi-Project Commercial Subscriber Updated On Fri, Jan 29th, 2021 by Saurenergy Rochester Regional Health has taken a significant step toward achieving its goal of sourcing all of its electricity through renewable sources by 2025. The organization is combining community solar from Nexamp with its own on-site solar, energy efficiency measures and other initiatives to reduce its carbon footprint. The health system is expected to save more […] Read more
RE Plus Storage is Cost Competitive With new Coal Plants in Tamil Nadu: Report Updated On Thu, Jan 28th, 2021 by Saurenergy A new economic viability analysis reveals that RE along with battery storage in Tamil Nadu is cost-competitive with new coal power plants. A new economic viability analysis reveals that renewable energy (RE) along with battery storage in Tamil Nadu is cost-competitive with new coal power plants. The report finds the levelised cost of energy (LCOE) […] Read more
Pharma Major Cipla Establishes 30 MW Captive Solar Plant Updated On Thu, Jan 28th, 2021 by Saurenergy Cipla Limited, a leading pharma firm announced the start of a 30 MW solar plant project at Tuljapur, Maharashtra. The plant will support its production facilities and reduce emissions linked to energy commission there. The 30 MW project, built in partnership with APM Energy India, is spread over 115 acres, The project will benefit the company’s […] Read more
Researchers Propose Zinc Based, Low-Cost Anode Free Batteries Updated On Wed, Jan 27th, 2021 by Saurenergy The researchers, Yunpei Zhu, Yi Cui, and Husam N. Alshareef from ACS’ Nano Letters, decided to make a battery in which a zinc-rich cathode is a sole source for zinc plating onto a copper current collector, for energy storage systems. While conventional lithium-ion batteries work efficiently enough but, the problem with those is the limited amount of […] Read more
SECI Schedules Pre-Bid Meeting for 50 MW Solar Tender in Tamil Nadu Updated On Wed, Jan 27th, 2021 by Saurenergy SECI will be conducting a pre-bid meeting for its tender for the commissioning of a combined 50 MW solar PV project with land in Tamil Nadu. The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has notified that it will be conducting a pre-bid meeting for its upcoming project for the design, engineering, supply, construction, erection, testing […] Read more
NTPC 320 MW Project Awarded To Tata Power Solar Updated On Mon, Jan 25th, 2021 by Saurenergy Tata Power Solar on Saturday (January 23) announced that it has bagged an order worth ₹1,200 crore from national generator NTPC for setting up of a 320 MW ground-mounted solar project. For Tata Power Solar, India’s largest integrated solar company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power, the win is a boost to its project pipeline, now […] Read more
NISE Develops Solar Powered Products Besides Testing and Certification Updated On Fri, Jan 22nd, 2021 by Saurenergy We caught up with Dr. Arun Kumar Tripathi, Director General (DG) at the National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), to understand developments at the top national R&D institution in the field of solar energy. As he informs us, an autonomous institution of the Ministry of New and Renewable (MNRE), NISE was established to be a […] Read more
