Vestas to Shut Down Three Offshore Wind Factories in Europe Updated On Tue, Sep 21st, 2021 by Saurenergy Wind turbine maker Vestas is shutting down three of its European factories in Germany, Spain, and Denmark as part of the integration of its offshore business. The Danish company intends to cease production at its factories in Lauchhammer, Germany; Viveiro, Spain and Esbjerg, Denmark. “Today’s fast-moving energy transition, rapid introduction of new products and recent integration […] Read more
APTEL Accepts TPREL Claim For GST Compensation, After MERC Rejection Updated On Tue, Sep 21st, 2021 by Saurenergy In an interesting judgement uploaded yesterday, the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has upheld an appeal filed by Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL) against an order of the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC), on compensation for GST law changes. MSEDCL was the other party to the case, as the discom buying the power from […] Read more
Heard at REI 2021- 5 Takeaways From The Expo Updated On Mon, Sep 20th, 2021 by Saurenergy At the recently concluded REI 2021, it was an impressive show of strength for the sector, despite the usual hits and misses one would expect in a year like this. So while the Chinese presence was on the lower side, especially Chinese senior management from the top firms like Longi Solar, Jinko, Huawei etc, the […] Read more
Japan Partners with Australia on Green H2 Supply Chain Updated On Thu, Sep 16th, 2021 by Saurenergy Four Japanese companies, Iwatani Corporation, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kansai Electric Power, and Marubeni Corporation, have signed a memorandum of understanding with two energy infrastructure companies headquartered in Australia, Stanwell Corporation Limited and APT Management Services Pty, to jointly implement a feasibility study of the Central Queensland Hydrogen Project (CQ- H2). This project will produce hydrogen […] Read more
Vistra’s Moss Landing Storage Facility Offline Post “Overheating Incident” Updated On Tue, Sep 14th, 2021 by Saurenergy Texas-based energy company Vistra Corp has begun its preliminary assessment of Phase I (300 megawatts) of its Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility in California following an “overheating incident” that occurred on the evening of Sept. 4 and rendered Phase I of the facility out of service. Teams from Vistra, battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution, engineering […] Read more
Climate Change And Extreme Temperatures To Stretch Power Utilities Like Nothing Before: Study Updated On Thu, Sep 9th, 2021 by Saurenergy As more cooling is installed and as home heat gets decarbonized, hampering the grid, global utilities will need to lay on more than 1,500 TWh in fresh power resources – collectively about the same amount of electricity that India supplies to its 1 billion citizens, finds a new report by Rethink Energy. The report is significant […] Read more
ReneSola Yixing Appoints Sun Qing as New CEO Updated On Thu, Sep 9th, 2021 by Saurenergy ReneSola Yixing Co Ltd (a globally reputed manufacturer of Solar PV Modules) has announced the appointment of Sun Qing as CEO of the company. Qing succeeds Sky Wang and assumed the responsibilities of his new role on September 1, 2021. Sun Qing, is an experienced business leader with more than two decades of experience in […] Read more
Coal India Tenders For Partners To Build A 4 GW PV Ingot-wafer-cell-module Manufacturing Plant Updated On Tue, Sep 7th, 2021 by Saurenergy State-owned Coal India Limited has invited requests for qualification (RFQ) from prospective equity partners who wish to be shortlisted for setting up 4 GW solar PV ingot-wafer-cell-module manufacturing plant. The move is significant considering all the solar manufacturing in India is focused on cells and modules, besides mounting structures. The complete value chain, from ingots […] Read more
IREDA Releases List of Tentative Bidders for 5 GW CPSU Scheme Updated On Mon, Sep 6th, 2021 by Saurenergy The Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA), the agency appointed by Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) for the implementation of the CPSU Scheme Phase II, has released a tentative list of bidders for building 5000 MW capacity of renewable energy. Under the Central Public Sector Undertaking (CPSU) scheme phase-II, 12,000 MW grid-connected […] Read more
