Odisha Installs Hanging Solar Wire Fence To Protect Elephants Updated On Tue, Oct 11th, 2022 by Saurenergy Solar power can be put to noble purposes and the eastern state of Odisha has shown one. In a key development, the Keonjhar Forest Division has undertaken a project to install hanging wire fences that will be powered by solar energy with a purpose to curb and eliminate deaths of elephants in the area. The […] Read more
Mizoram Looks Towards Centre to Fund Solar Water Pumps Updated On Mon, Oct 10th, 2022 by Saurenergy An official statement from the State Government of Mizoram has revealed that the State has asked for funding from the Central Government for solar water pumps. The pumps are to assist the farmers of the State and help provide water for farm irrigation. The statement held that last week, the Agriculture Minister C Lalrinsanga had […] Read more
Gujarat’s Modhera is Now the First 24X7 Fully Solarised Village of India Updated On Mon, Oct 10th, 2022 by Saurenergy Modhera exhibits a fine amalgamation of rich traditions and modernity today. The Gujarat village which is known for its eleventh century-built majestic Sun Temple situated on the bank of the Pushpavati River, has become the first village in the country that is powered round the clock by solar energy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Modhera […] Read more
OMV Petrom, CE Oltenia Partner for 450 MW Solar Project in Romania Updated On Tue, Oct 4th, 2022 by Saurenergy The state-owned utility Complexul Energetic Oltenia (CE Oltenia) and the Romanian oil corporation OMV Petrom will construct 450 MW of solar PV in the country. According to OMV Petrom, a total of over €400 million (US$390 million) will be spent on the installation of four solar parks- nearly triple the installed solar capacity in Romania. […] Read more
China’s Solar Dominance: How Key Consumer Markets Are Adapting Updated On Mon, Oct 3rd, 2022 by Saurenergy Governments across the globe are increasingly investing in various sources of new and renewable energy to reach their targets of either achieving carbon neutrality or reducing emissions considerably to help realise the goal of the Paris agreement – limiting the rise in global temperature below 2-degree celsius from pre-industrial levels. Solar power is one of […] Read more
Maharashtra Aims For 200K Solar Water Pumps By 2025 Updated On Sat, Oct 1st, 2022 by Saurenergy After the MEDA’s 50,000 solar water pumps tender under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) Yojna’s component-B, now Maharashtra revealed its new target of installing solar water pumps. According to the Maharashtra government, these are the important parts of ongoing efforts to promote innovation in the solar pump in the agriculture sector. […] Read more
Shining Bright. India’s Solar Start Ups Updated On Fri, Sep 30th, 2022 by Saurenergy When Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Start Up India movement in 2015 on August 15, perhaps even he wouldn’t have imagined the role startups were going to play in India’s clean energy transition. After all, the energy sector, with its tremendous policy overhang, large capital commitments, and the need for a long term perspective […] Read more
Vattenfall To Develop 1-GW Offshore Wind Farm in Germany Updated On Fri, Sep 30th, 2022 by Saurenergy Vattenfall has announced that it has informed the German Authorities that it has exercised its ‘Right of Entry’ in the N-7.2 Wind Power Project. The right to entry is a part of the tender process for the construction of a large wind farm off the German island of Borkum in the German North Sea coast. […] Read more
USA’s CPS Energy Purchases 180 MW Of Solar Power from KARE Updated On Mon, Sep 26th, 2022 by Saurenergy The US-based electric and natural gas utility, CPS Energy, has announced that it has signed an agreement with Kenlov Ashtrom Renewable Energy (KARE) for the purchase of 180 MW of solar energy. KARE is a Texas-based Independent Power Producer focused on the development, construction and long-term management of utility scale solar facilities in the US […] Read more
