CalPERS buys ownership stake in 550-megawatt solar plant in Riverside County Updated On Sat, Mar 26th, 2016 by Saurenergy The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has announced that it would acquire up to a 25 percent stake in the 550-megawatt solar plant in Riverside County. The Riverside County solar farm was world’s largest solar project when it opened last year. CalPERS’ investment in the farm is seen as welcome news in the industry […] Read more
Beyond Odd-even, Delhi apt Solar to threshold Pollution Updated On Wed, Mar 9th, 2016 by Saurenergy Delhi Government is on a hurl to mitigate pollution; going beyond its odd-even formula the government has now proposed a ‘green fund’ to keep the air clean through solar plant installations. The Delhi government had recently organised a discussion with the city’s RWAs to formulate effective policies to conserve electricity. Power Minister Satyendar Jain had […] Read more
Untouched Village of Tamil Nadu Gets Solar Hope Updated On Sat, Mar 5th, 2016 by Saurenergy Known to be the most remote village of Dindigul district (Tamil Nadu) gets a mini-grid solar power station enlightening the first spark of electricity in all the houses. Commissioned at a cost of Rs. 3.78 lakh by Selco India, Moongilpallam village’s solar station has sufficient capacity to supply electricity for the next five years. Additionally, […] Read more
Risen Energy’s in-house production to reach 3,100 MWp by the end of 2016 Updated On Fri, Mar 4th, 2016 by Saurenergy China based firm Risen Energy Co Ltd. has announced that it in-house production capacity for photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules is expected to reach 3,100 MWp by the end of this year. The company in a statement said that at the end of year 2015 it’s highly automated manufacturing infrastructure amounted to a combined 2,600 […] Read more
Imagine Roads Paved with Solar – France turns Head Updated On Thu, Mar 3rd, 2016 by Saurenergy Yes, there is a slew for alternative energy globally and solar energy is spelled as the best and acceptable alternative. But, imaging solar panels paved into the roads seems unimaginable. France has determined to alternate asphalt with solar panels as the French officials announces plans to construct a 1,000-kilometer-long (621-mile-long) solar roadway, with each kilometer capable […] Read more
More than 99 million homes across the world to run on Solar by 2020: Report Updated On Thu, Mar 3rd, 2016 by Saurenergy By the year 2020 more than 99 million households across the world will be powered by solar panels claims a report. A London-based research company in a report stated that off-grid solar market has witnessed USD 276 million investments in 2015, a 15-fold increase since 2012. The report also says that there is USD 3.1 […] Read more
India to cap over 20GW Solar Capacity by 2017 Updated On Wed, Feb 17th, 2016 by Saurenergy Presently, the solar power generation capacity of India has easily surpassed the estimated 5000MW and is likely to hit 9,000MW mark by the end of March. Tendering for solar project totalling a capacity of 15,177 MW has already been completed and a total capacity addition of 12,161 MW is expected during the financial year 2016-17, […] Read more
Solar to operate the complete Vizag Port from March Updated On Thu, Feb 11th, 2016 by Saurenergy After all the fizz, chairman M T Krishna Babu clarifies that the Vizag port of Andhra Pradesh will run its entire operations on solar power from next month. Visakhapatnam Port Trust has already commissioned 2 MW solar capacity and will add another 8 MW by March 20, he said at a roadshow here ahead of […] Read more
Alberta Government Gets $5M to Boost Solar Energy Updated On Mon, Feb 8th, 2016 by Saurenergy The Alberta Government is anticipating $5 Million speculation will help to ignite the renewable energy growth. ‘It’s about doing the right thing for our province’, said Shannon Phillips, minister of Environment and Parks, at NAIT’s Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies. ‘It supports new jobs in a greener more diverse economy’, he added. The funds will […] Read more
