GAIL To Invest Rs 5,000 Crore For 1 GWh of RE Portfolio Updated On Thu, Jul 1st, 2021 by Saurenergy India’s government-owned natural gas corporation, GAIL Limited has announced to foray into Renewable Energy (RE) sector with targeting a 1 GWh RE capacity by investing around Rs. 5,000 Crores for setting up compressed biogas as well as ethanol plants. As the corporation is stepping up to establish its business beyond natural gas, GAIL will be […] Read more
Researchers Create 68.9%-efficient PV Cell for Laser energy Transmission Updated On Thu, Jul 1st, 2021 by Saurenergy At the recently held 48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE presented their achievement of a record conversion efficiency of 68.9% for a photovoltaic cell under monochromatic laser light. The scientists at Fraunhofer ISE claimed the success, explaining that it was made possible with a special thin […] Read more
Tata Motors Bags Order of 15 H2-based Fuel Cell Buses From Indian Oil Updated On Wed, Jun 30th, 2021 by Saurenergy Maharashtra-headquartered automobile manufacturing company Tata Motors Limited has announced that it has won a tender of 15 hydrogen-based proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell buses from the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL). IOCL had invited bids for supply of PEM fuel cell buses in December 2020, and Tata Motors was selected as the winner following […] Read more
India’s Three Battles To Lose Updated On Wed, Jun 30th, 2021 by Saurenergy What, and how India sets about achieving climate goals in the decade to 2030 matters. Not just for the impact it will have on doing our bit on global warming, but also for what it does to shift the country decisively away from our current energy pathways. The decade to 2030 also seems to be […] Read more
Battery Storage Warms Up with NTPC 1 GWh Tender For EOI Updated On Tue, Jun 29th, 2021 by Saurenergy National power generator NTPC continues to move aggressively on its pivot to renewable energy and more flexible power. In a tender it released on June 26, the state owned power major has invitee expression of interest (EOI) for setting up 1000 MWh of grid-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) at its power plants in India. […] Read more
“India Is Key To Doubling EDF’s RE Capacity By 2030”, Harmanjit Nagi Updated On Thu, Jun 24th, 2021 by Saurenergy The Euro 69 Billion French energy major EDF is one of the few unapologetic champions of nuclear energy, seeing it as a critical support for the world to achieve its climate ambitions. The firm produces over 75% of its energy from nuclear power, with a recent focus on other renewable sources too. In India, the […] Read more
San Diego Intl. Airport to get 100% RE from San Diego Community Power Updated On Thu, Jun 24th, 2021 by Saurenergy San Diego International Airport (SAN) has decided to opt for the Power100 service offered by San Diego Community Power (SDCP), a not-for-profit community choice aggregation program, as a result of which SDCP will provide 100% renewable and carbon-free energy to SAN. The airport served 25 million passengers in 2019, making it the busiest single-runway commercial […] Read more
Recurrent Energy’s Storage Footprint Grows in US, 11 GWh in Pipeline Updated On Wed, Jun 23rd, 2021 by Saurenergy Recurrent Energy, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc. announced yesterday that it has expanded its energy storage footprint in the United States with several leading Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) contracted to be built in 2021 and 2022. These projects span retrofits as-a-service, solar plus storage PPAs, and stand-alone storage tolling agreements. California’s […] Read more
Renewable Thermal Collaborative Wins Climate Award Worth $10 Million Updated On Wed, Jun 23rd, 2021 by Saurenergy Lever for Change announced yesterday the Renewable Thermal Collaborative (RTC) as the recipient of the $10 million 2030 Climate Challenge, an award sponsored by an anonymous donor to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. Created and jointly managed by the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), David Gardiner and Associates (DGA), and World […] Read more
