TotalEnergies Starts 380 MW Utility-Scale Solar Plant with Battery Storage in Texas Updated On Thu, Nov 2nd, 2023 by Saurenergy French Energy major TotalEnergies has started commercial operations of Myrtle Solar, its utility-scale operated solar farm in the United States. Located south of Houston, Texas, Myrtle has a capacity of 380 megawatts peak (MWp) of solar production and 225 MWh of co-located batteries. With 705,000 ground-mounted photovoltaic panels installed over an area equivalent to 1,800 American football […] Read more
US Five Offshore Wind Projects Can Power 1.75 million Homes: Report Updated On Wed, Nov 1st, 2023 by Saurenergy The Biden-Harris administration recently approved the ‘Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind’ (CVOW) commercial project. This is the fifth approval of a commercial-scale, offshore wind energy project under President Biden’s leadership. This announcement supports the administration’s goal of deploying 30 Gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030. Some other projects approved under this are the […] Read more
Canadian Solar’s e-STORAGE Lands 1 GWh Energy Solutions Project in Arizona Updated On Fri, Oct 27th, 2023 by Saurenergy e-STORAGE, an arm of Canadian Solar Inc., has received a supply and integration contract worth 1 GWh DC in Arizona. Under the agreement, e-STORAGE will offer energy storage solutions for DEPCOM Power, Inc. and Tucson Electric Power (TEP). The project boasts rated capacity of 200 MW and comes with an aggregate storage of 800 MWh […] Read more
EV Maker Ola Takes Home INR 3,200 in Fundraising Round Updated On Fri, Oct 27th, 2023 by Saurenergy Bengaluru’s electric vehicle firm Ola Electric has closed INR 3,200 crore in its fundraising round. The funds were raised from from marquee investors led by Singapore-based Temasek and project debt from State Bank of India respectively. The funds would be used be employed towards the expansion of Ola’s EV business and the establishment of a […] Read more
Our PVDF-based backsheet has proven to be a popular product for floating solar market: Avinash Hiranandani, RenewSys Updated On Thu, Oct 26th, 2023 by Saurenergy Mumbai-based RenewSys is a global manufacturer of solar PV modules, PV cells, PV encapsulants – EVA, POE, EPE PV backsheets. The firm’s Patalganga solar module manufacturing plant is located about an hour away from the JNPT port in Maharashtra and is home to large format PV modules – mono-facial and bi-facial, glass-glass, and glass – […] Read more
Opdenergy Seals Finance for Solar Projects Totalling 260 MWDC Updated On Thu, Oct 19th, 2023 by Saurenergy Opdenergy, an independent renewable energy producer, has sealed a $252 million project financing package for two solar projects in the United States. The first solar project, Blake, located in Jefferson County, West Virginia, has an installed capacity of 100 MWDC. The second solar project Elizabeth, located in Allen Parish, Louisiana, has an installed capacity of […] Read more
Solar Rooftop Developer Freyr Energy Secures INR 54 Crore Equity Investment Updated On Mon, Oct 16th, 2023 by Saurenergy Freyr Energy, a leading tech-enabled rooftop solar company in India, has secured an equity investment of INR 58 Crores. Freyr Energy is focused on taking solar energy for the retail customers (Homeowners and Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises) in India. The round was led by EDFI ElectriFI, an EU-funded impact investment facility managed by EDFI […] Read more
Home Energy Consumption In India to Triple By 2050, Says EIA Report Updated On Mon, Oct 16th, 2023 by Saurenergy The US Energy Information Administration (EIA), in its energy outlook report for 2023, has come out with a number of projections and scenarios that might surprise people. Not least of which is the attention to India, which the report projects, will become the world’s largest solar market by capacity additions, overtaking China and the US, […] Read more
Solar Training In Focus As GoodWe Partners SCGJ In Delhi For 2 Day Session Updated On Fri, Oct 13th, 2023 by Saurenergy Even as solar has gone from strength to strength in India, there is no doubt that an area that has needed serious effort is training. And no one knows this better than the key equipment suppliers, whose customer service teams are called to trouble shoot during and after project installations. Thus, it is indeed a […] Read more