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
Tata Power Solar Confirms Rs 460 Crore Project Award From GSECL Updated On Fri, Jan 29th, 2021 by Saurenergy Tata Power Solar has received an LoA to build a 95 MW solar project for GSECL, the order value of the project is approximately Rs 460 crores. Tata Power Solar, one of India’s largest integrated solar companies and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power, has announced that it has received a Letter of Award (LoA) […] Read more
Will Solar Powered Refrigeration Come Of Age In Vaccination Push? Updated On Thu, Jan 28th, 2021 by Saurenergy The Covid pandemic, and now finally, the vaccination push across the world against the disease has put the spotlight firmly on the role distributed solar products, particularly Solar refrigeration could play. In the African continent, with almost 600 million people off the grid and many more without access to the kind of exacting cooling requirements […] 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
Hartek Solar Commissions Rooftop Solar Project at a Panchkula Hospital Updated On Wed, Jan 20th, 2021 by Saurenergy Hartek Solar has announced the commissioning of its latest rooftop solar project of 50 kWp capacity at a hospital in Panchkula. Chandigarh-based solar solutions provider Hartek Solar has announced the commissioning of its latest rooftop solar project of 50 kWp capacity at a hospital in Panchkula. As per the firm, the rooftop solar system at Alchemist Hospital will generate […] Read more
2021: Counting On PSU’s To Flex Solar Muscles Updated On Wed, Jan 13th, 2021 by Saurenergy Just 5 years ago, if you had looked around at India’s largest energy public sector firms or PSU’s, be they energy producers or consumers, you would have struggled to see ambition, when it came to their renewable energy plans. However, more has changed in the preceding 5 years than any 5 year plan devised by […] Read more
Andhra Pradesh’s 6400 MW Solar Bid Challenged By Tata Power Updated On Fri, Jan 8th, 2021 by Saurenergy Tata Power Renewable Energy has managed to get a stay from the Andhra Pradesh High Court on the massive 6,400 MW ultra mega solar project. The project was being projected by the state government as a clear sign of its recovery from the disputes it created with developers and its ability to draw investor interest […] Read more
Gujarat Solar Policy 2021. Key Points Updated On Wed, Dec 30th, 2020 by Saurenergy Gujarat, with an installed capacity of close to 11,000 Mw of renewable energy has just unveiled its new solar policy, that seeks to take the state’s total renewable energy to 30,000 MW by 2022, for starters. Chief Minister Vijay Rupani announced Gujarat’s new solar power policy on Tuesday. The new policy is expected to be […] Read more
Delay in Imposition of BCD on Solar Equipment Impacting Investments: CII Updated On Tue, Dec 22nd, 2020 by Saurenergy CII has urged the finance ministry to impose the BCD on solar equipment, stressing that the delay in implementation is impacting investments. The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in a written memorandum to the Ministry of Finance has urged the ministry to impose the planned basic custom duty (BCD) on solar equipment as announced in the last general budget, stressing […] Read more