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
Mercedes-Benz to Build 100 MW Wind Farm In Germany Updated On Mon, Sep 26th, 2022 by Saurenergy Global auto conglomerate Mercedes-Benz has said that it will build a wind farm at its test track in Papenburg, Germany. The auto-maker held that the output of the wind farm will be more than 100 MW which will cover over 15 per cent of the annual electricity demand of Mercedes-Benz Group AG for the German […] Read more
Boliden to Reduce Carbon Footprint of Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm Updated On Thu, Sep 22nd, 2022 by Saurenergy Swedish mining and smelting company Boliden has announced that the world’s largest offshore wind farm, Dogger Bank, has chosen to use low-carbon copper from Boliden in the high-voltage offshore export cable systems for the third phase of the project which is called ‘Dogger Bank C.’ Boliden said that by using Low-Carbon Copper, the CO2-footprint of […] Read more
Tata Power RE, Three Other Firms Win GUVNL’s 750 MW Solar Project Updated On Tue, Sep 20th, 2022 by Saurenergy The 750 MW grid-connected solar project power purchase auction for Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam (GUVNL) has concluded Solarcraft Power India, Solairedirect Energy, Tata Power Renewable Energy, and Utkrrisht Solar Energy as the winners. Solairedirect won 200 MW at Rs. 2.50/kWh, and Solarcraft earned 120 MW with a quote of Rs. 2.49/KW. 300 MW at a […] Read more