Dalmia Cement Bharat Increases Solar Capacity to 17 MW Updated On Thu, Feb 3rd, 2022 by Saurenergy The Rs 10510 crore turnover (2020-21) Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited (DCBL), an Indian cement manufacturer and a subsidiary of Dalmia Bharat Limited, has increased its ground-mounted solar power plant capacity to 17.1MW (from 2.4MW in 2014), in Cuttack, Odisha. Spread over 49 acres, the solar power plant is expected to generate 25.52 MU/PA, to be […] Read more
A Solar PLI Scheme Disregarding MSME Sector Could Lead To Cartel Like Situation In Solar Too Updated On Wed, Feb 2nd, 2022 by Saurenergy The announcement of the PLI scheme expansion from Rs 4500 crore till now by a further Rs 19,500 crores was the most notable one for the solar sector in the Budget for 2022. While widely welcomed, the move does raise an existential question for the hundreds of SME and MSME firms involved in the module […] Read more
Why The Solar PLI Scheme Will Throw Up Big Opportunities, And Challenges For Industry Updated On Wed, Feb 2nd, 2022 by Saurenergy The allocation of a further Rs 19,500 crore for solar manufacturing under the Solar PLI (Performance Linked Incentive) scheme, which rewards manufacturers for both backward integration and exports, is indeed a big deal. Taken in its entirety with the existing Solar PLI scheme of Rs 4500 crore that is already under execution, the scheme will […] Read more
200 GW Milestone Beckons For Solar Additions in 2022, Cheaper With Extra Storage, Says BNEF Updated On Wed, Feb 2nd, 2022 by Saurenergy Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) has predicted that the year 2022 will see the 200 GW milestone in a year for solar crossed for the first time. In 2021, photovoltaic systems with a combined capacity of 183 GW were installed across the globe, a 40 GW jump over 2020. The 2021 figures also came in […] Read more
Solar O&M Market Set To Grow to $15 billion By 2030-Woodmac Updated On Tue, Feb 1st, 2022 by Saurenergy Global non-residential solar operations and maintenance (O&M) spend is expected to hit US$15 billion by 2030. But new research from global energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie (Woodmac) indicates that increasingly competitive auction prices, coupled with rising labour and supply chain costs, mean service vendors face challenges to stay profitable. Leila Garcia da Fonseca, senior manager, Wind […] Read more
White House Mulls Extension of Trump-era Solar Tariffs, with Tweaks Updated On Mon, Jan 31st, 2022 by Saurenergy The White House is considering extending Trump-era tariffs on solar power imports, but with a handful of tweaks to make it easier for domestic installers to access supplies, according to two sources familiar with the administration’s thinking. The plan represents an attempt by U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration to find common ground between two important […] Read more
With Successful Shanghai Listing of Subsidiary, Jinko Solar Well Placed for Future Growth Updated On Thu, Jan 27th, 2022 by Saurenergy China’s Jinko Solar, one of the largest module manufacturers worldwide, has successfully listed its subsidiary firm, Jianxi Jinko on Shanghai’s Sci Tech Innovation Board (STAR market). The subsidiary, Jianxi Jinko, in fact saw its stock price more than double on day 1 of trading. It had issued 2 billion shares at RMB 5.00, or $0.79, […] Read more
RenewSys Takes Solar Encapsulant Capacity to 3GW Updated On Tue, Jan 25th, 2022 by Saurenergy Mumbai-based RenewSys India has commissioned a new encapsulant (EVA & POE) line this month, taking the company’s total encapsulant manufacturing output to 3 GW, according to a recent press statement. The addition of yet another GW of encapsulant production capacity has also begun, which will ramp up the total capacity to 4 GW, the statement adds. […] Read more
Renew Power, Fourth Partner In Deal For On Site Solar Assets? Updated On Sat, Jan 22nd, 2022 by Saurenergy Business daily Economic Times has reported a deal between Sumant Sinha led Renew Power and Fourth Partner Energy for the on site solar assets across Renew Power’s renewable installations. The deal is reportedly worth Rs 650 crores, for assets with a capacity of 140 MW spread across 100 locations. For Renew, the 140 MW capacity […] Read more