White Pine Renewables Completes Largest Floating Solar Farm in the US Updated On Thu, Mar 4th, 2021 by Saurenergy White Pine Renewables has announced the completion of the Healdsburg Floating Solar Project, the largest such project completed in the US White Pine Renewables has announced the completion of the Healdsburg Floating Solar Project. The project will deliver clean energy to the City of Healdsburg, California, under a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA). At 4.78 MW(dc) […] Read more
Nextracker Chosen to Supply Smart Solar Trackers for Brazil’s Largest Solar Power Plant Updated On Wed, Mar 3rd, 2021 by Saurenergy Leading Brazilian EPC Andrade Gutierrez to build 830 MW Janaúba PV plant in state of Minas Gerais using NX Horizon™ bifacial optimized solution Nextracker™, a Flex company, announced that it has been selected by leading Brazilian EPC firm Andrade Gutierrez and developer Elera Renováveis (formerly Brookfield Energia Renovável) to supply 830 MW of its world-leading solar tracker technology, […] Read more
Tata Power DDL Launches Live P2P Solar Energy Trading Pilot in Delhi Updated On Wed, Mar 3rd, 2021 by Saurenergy The first live solar energy trading project has been launched in Delhi, spearheaded by Tata Power DDL and Australian tech firm Power Ledger India’s rapid adoption of renewable energy has been bolstered with the rollout of the first live solar energy trading project in Delhi, spearheaded by Tata Power DDL, a leading power distribution utility serving a populace […] Read more
As Solar Spreads, Shrinking Space for Wind Updated On Wed, Mar 3rd, 2021 by Saurenergy It was one of the lesser noticed misses caused by the 2020 pandemic. In fact, we had predicted it in our own January 2020 issue. When Solar capacity would overtake wind in India. But come 2021, and wind energy has finally been overtaken. The news, when it was finally confirmed, couldn’t have been announced with […] Read more
A DC Solar Refrigerator For Emergencies Updated On Wed, Mar 3rd, 2021 by Saurenergy Power outages have made a dramatic comeback, with headline power cuts in the US, India earlier, and post Covid, raising the issue of keeping vaccines cool too. US based EcoSolarCool’s new solar-powered, portable refrigerator seeks to solve this issue with its DC powered refrigerator. Being DC powered, it offers the advantage of being able to […] Read more
Global Solar Capacity Set to Exceed 150 GW in 2021 Updated On Tue, Mar 2nd, 2021 by Saurenergy With an expected 150 GW of fresh solar capacity to be added in 2021, solar will continue to strengthen its place as the biggest contributor to fresh capacity additions worldwide in 2021. With almost 40 GW added in 2020, numbers that defied multiple predictions of hits from the Coronavirus pandemic, markets such as the US, […] Read more
Floating Solar On A Growth Path To 2027, Says TMR Updated On Tue, Mar 2nd, 2021 by Saurenergy Transparency market Research, a market intelligence firm, has predicted a strong 43 percent CAGR growth for floating solar between 2019 and 2027. According to the firm, no large land requirement, decrease in evaporation, and massive power generation are some of the important benefits that will influence the growth of the floating solar panels market. Floating […] Read more
JinkoSolar 1st Solar Firm to Sign Global Framework Principles for Decarbonizing Heavy Industry Updated On Mon, Mar 1st, 2021 by Saurenergy JinkoSolar has announced that it is the first international solar company to have signed on to the Global Framework Principles for Decarbonizing Heavy Industry (“Framework Principles”), as part of its efforts to continue supporting the decarbonization of the heavy industry sector in favor of a transition towards clean energy. Mr. Dany Qian, JinkoSolar Vice President, commented, “I […] Read more
ITI Tenders for 1200 kW Solar Plant With Net-Metering in Bangalore Updated On Mon, Mar 1st, 2021 by Saurenergy ITI has tendered for a 1200 kW grid-tied solar PV power plant under rooftop/ ground-mounted net-metering at its Bangalore Plant ITI Limited has issued a tender for the commissioning of a 1200 kW grid-tied solar PV power plant under rooftop/ ground-mounted net-metering at its Bangalore Plant in the state of Karnataka. The scope of work […] Read more