SaurEnergy Explains: Balcony Solar – A Game Changer for Apartment Dwellers? Updated On Wed, Feb 19th, 2025 by Saurenergy Solar power has taken over the world’s new power projects, becoming the harbinger of the renewable energy age that everyone awaited for so long. Indeed, the utility scale mega solar projects and rooftop solar have been the mainstream type of solar installations. However, other solar power systems, like the balcony solar systems, are quietly gaining […] Read more
MoP Advises REIAs To Co-Locate ESS With Solar Plants In Upcoming Tenders Updated On Wed, Feb 19th, 2025 by Saurenergy The Ministry of Power (MoP) has released an advisory on the co-location of energy storage systems (ESS) with solar plants. Its latest advisory aims to incorporate a minimum of a 2-hour co-located Energy Storage System (ESS) equivalent to 10% of installed solar capacity in future tenders. The notification stated, “This requirement will help mitigate intermittency […] Read more
PM KUSUM-C: Madhya Pradesh issues Tender for 1.5 GW Solar PV Updated On Tue, Feb 18th, 2025 by Saurenergy Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (MPUVN) has invited bids to select Renewable Power Generators (RPGs) for developing 1.5 GW of grid-connected solar PV systems. The energy generated from these projects will be sold to MPPMCL under the feeder solarization component of PM-KUSUM-C at various locations in Madhya Pradesh. The deadline for online bid submission […] Read more
Waiver of ISTS Charges-Will Power Ministry Oblige RE Developers? Updated On Mon, Feb 17th, 2025 by Saurenergy Inter State Transmission Charges or ISTS charges are a key component of power bills across India. Thus, their waiver for renewable energy producers has been a major support on which the energy has grown, by helping keep costs lower than they would otherwise have been. Of course, most states have sought to extract their own […] Read more
Government Confirms 25 GW Solar Cell Capacity Among Nine Firms In India Updated On Thu, Feb 13th, 2025 by Saurenergy India at present has around 25 GW of installed solar PV cell manufacturing capacity, according to the Solar PV Manufacturers Associations, the All India Solar Industries Association (AISIA) and the North India Module Manufacturer Association (NIMMA). The data was shared by Pralhad Joshi, the minister of New and Renewable Energy And Consumer Affairs & Food […] Read more
APTEL Withholds KERC Order On Incremental Solar Tariff Updated On Mon, Feb 10th, 2025 by Saurenergy The Appellate Tribunal For Electricity (APTEL) in a recent judgment dismissed a petition by a Karnataka discom to not allow incremental tariff to compensate a solar energy generator on account of ‘change of law’ events. The petitioner Hubli Electricity Supply Company Limited (HESCOM) had earlier moved APTEL seeing its intervention against an impuged order of […] Read more
Global Renewables Cost Expected To Fall By 2-11%: BloombergNEF Updated On Fri, Feb 7th, 2025 by Saurenergy A latest report by BloombergNEF (BNEF) said that the global cost of clean power technologies such as wind, solar, and battery technologies is expected to fall further by 2-11% in 2025, breaking last year’s record. According to the report, new wind and solar farms are already undercutting new coal and gas plants in production costs […] Read more
CtrlS Datacenters Unveils Captive Solar Farm — GreenVolt1 Updated On Thu, Feb 6th, 2025 by Saurenergy CtrlS Datacenters Ltd, a data center operator, unveiled its captive solar farm, GreenVolt 1, in India. Phase I, with a capacity of 62.5 MWp, went live in June 2024, while Phase II, with an additional capacity of 62.5 MWp, is under implementation. CtrlS has spent over a year in R&D optimizing the project and complying […] Read more
January Power Market- DAM Prices Drift Lower, Green Volumes Up 218% YoY Updated On Wed, Feb 5th, 2025 by Saurenergy Indian Energy Exchange, India’s premier electricity exchange, achieved monthly electricity traded volume of 10,910 MU in January’25, marking a 16% increase on year-on-year basis. IEX recorded highest ever monthly trade of RECs in January ’25. A total of 38.03 lakh Renewable Energy Certificates were traded during the month, marking a 150% year on year increase. […] Read more
