Renewable Energy Marketplace LevelTen Raises $35 Million Series C Funding Updated On Wed, Aug 25th, 2021 by Saurenergy LevelTen Energy, a leading provider of renewable transaction infrastructure, has completed a $35 million Series C funding round led by NGP ETP, with participation from My Climate Journey (MCJ) Collective, as well as nearly all of LevelTen’s existing investors, including Avista Development, Constellation Technology Ventures, Equinor Ventures, Founders’ Co-op, Prelude Ventures, Techstars, TotalEnergies Ventures and […] Read more
Luminous Power’s New App to Upskill Electricians for Solar Installation Updated On Mon, Aug 23rd, 2021 by Saurenergy New Delhi-based Luminous Power Technologies has launched an app called ‘Solar Guru App’, with the express purpose of engaging and training electricians across the country in solar solutions installation. Through this initiative, the company aims to skill around 2,000 electricians per month through the app in both English and Hindi languages. The cost of the […] Read more
Why So Slow? JP Morgan Energy Paper Seeks To Answer The Question Updated On Thu, Aug 19th, 2021 by Saurenergy The asset and wealth management arm of JP Morgan Chase & Co. Has released its annual energy paper, “Eye on the Market,” which examines current trends on the ground every year as the fourth great energy transition unfolds. The 11th edition of this paper zero’s in on one question: Why is the transition taking so […] Read more
JinkoSolar Signs Long-term Deal with Germany’s Wacker For Polysilicon Updated On Wed, Aug 18th, 2021 by Saurenergy China’s solar module manufacturer JinkoSolar Holding Co Ltd. has announced signing a deal with Munich-based chemical company Wacker Chemie AG to procure over 70,000 tonnes of polysilicon. The deal has been signed yesterday through its subsidiary Jinko Solar Co Ltd for a long-term polysilicon supply agreement with the German firm. Under the terms of the […] Read more
Researchers Devise New Methods for ‘Solar-to-fuel’ Production Updated On Fri, Aug 13th, 2021 by Saurenergy In an article published in Coordination Chemistry Reviews, researchers have highlighted the potential of covalent organic frameworks (COFs), a new class of light-absorbing materials, in solar-to-fuel production. Photocatalysts absorb energy from light to make a chemical reaction happen. The best known photocatalyst is perhaps chlorophyll, the green pigment in plants that helps turn sunlight into […] Read more
Fronius Energy Fuels Buses with Solar-produced Green Hydrogen Updated On Wed, Aug 11th, 2021 by Saurenergy Austrian solar energy solutions provider, Fronius Solar Energy has announced the commencement of a two-week trial of a hydrogen-powered bus in Wels (Upper Austria). The green hydrogen used to fuel the bus is claimed to be 100% locally produced from solar energy. According to the firm, the “Solaris Urbino 12 Hydrogen” trial was launched in […] Read more
HPCL Floats Tender for 628 KW Solar Plants in Tamil Nadu Updated On Wed, Aug 11th, 2021 by Saurenergy Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) has issued a new tender, inviting online bids for pre-AMC servicing & CAMC of solar plants, with 628 KW capacity, in HPCL, Chennai New Terminal at NCTPS Main Road, Vallur Village, Tamil Nadu. The bid submission will close on August 15, 2021, at 12 pm, and the earnest money deposit […] Read more
Solar PV inverters To Continue Under Self Certification Regime till Dec 31, 2021 Updated On Fri, Aug 6th, 2021 by Saurenergy The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued a notification allowing self certification of Solar Photovoltaic Inverters (SPV) from June 30, 2021, to December 31, 2021. The notification was issued on August 4. The notification does add the condition that the manufacturers doing so must have valid International Electrotechnical Commission certificates and test […] Read more
Govt. Confirms Solar Imports Down To $571 million in 2020-21 Updated On Fri, Aug 6th, 2021 by Saurenergy Yesterday, the Union Power and New and Renewable Energy Minister Raj Kumar Singh while addressing the Lok Sabha announced that India’s solar cells and modules imports fell to $571.65 million in the last financial year (FY20-21) from $2.16 billion and $1.68 billion in FY18-19 and FY19-20, respectively. Till July end, India had imposed tariff and […] Read more
