Solar Home Lighting System Powers Rural India Updated On Wed, Feb 21st, 2018 by Saurenergy With no energy costs and often simple installation, more and more people particularly in rural areas are putting their faith into the solar revolution and switching to harness energy from the sun by using solar home lighting systems. Recent advancements in the technology helped millions of households to use solar home lighting devices. The Solar […] Read more
Govt Extends Transmission Charge Waiver Period for Solar Projects Till March 2022 Updated On Mon, Feb 19th, 2018 by Saurenergy The waiver will be available to these projects for 25 years from the date of commissioning provided the developers sign power purchase agreements with entities, including discoms, for sale of power for compliance of their renewable purchase obligation. The government has extended the window to avail waiver of inter-state power transmission charges and […] Read more
After a Lull 2017, India’s Solar Power Sector is Rising Again Updated On Fri, Feb 9th, 2018 by Saurenergy With rising solar panel costs and other issues, the sector had witnessed a sharp decline in late months of 2017. The Indian solar power sector started on a good note in 2018. The good thing is that solar industry now has over 4,000 megawatts (MW) of projects that it is going to bid for and […] Read more
Mumbai’s Housing Society Goes Solar Cuts Electricity Bill By 83% Updated On Mon, Jan 29th, 2018 by Saurenergy The solar grid cost Kurla residents Rs14 lakh, but they expect to recover the expenses over the next four-and-half years, said members of Green Power Projects Pvt Ltd that installed the project. Mumbai’s housing society in Kural has switched to solar power to cut their electricity bill by 83 percent. The housing society including Twin […] Read more
Budget 2018: Solar Industry Demands Clarity, Relief in Safeguard Duty Updated On Mon, Jan 29th, 2018 by Saurenergy According to industry experts, the imposition will not only increase the tariff by almost Re 1 but it will put the projects under execution in deep trouble resulting in making them unviable, turning them into non-performing assets. With the proposed imposition of 70 percent safeguard duty on import of solar power equipment and concerned about […] Read more
Is Trump’s Tariff a Big Deal For Solar Industry ? Updated On Sat, Jan 27th, 2018 by Saurenergy The safeguard tariff on imported solar modules and cells issued by US administration begins at 30 percent in the first year, declines to 25 percent in the second, 20 percent in the third and ends at 15 percent in the fourth. Since US President Donald Trump made the announcement to impose 30 percent tariffs on […] Read more
West Texas To Have Largest Solar Plant Build By California Company Updated On Tue, Jan 23rd, 2018 by Saurenergy The new undertaking could control more than 36,000 Texas homes amid top use in the late spring. 174 Power Global Corp. has a 25-year contract to offer the energy generated by the Midway Solar plant to Austin’s city-possessed utility Austin Energy. California based solar company is wanting to manufacture and work a 182-megawatt solar office […] Read more
Rajasthan to Generate 7,000 MW of Solar Energy by 2019 End Updated On Sat, Jan 20th, 2018 by Saurenergy Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation Ltd (RRECL) managing director BK Dosi said, “Rajasthan is on course to triple its solar power generation capacity in next two years to 7,000 MW from 2,246 MW at present.” The Bhadla solar park, once fully operational, will generate 2,255 MW, making it “the largest solar park in the world”. It […] Read more
India Asset Examined to Exit SkyPower Global by ReNew, Greenko, Hero Updated On Tue, Jan 16th, 2018 by Saurenergy SkyPower won contracts to set up three solar ventures of 50 MW each in Madhya Pradesh in June 2015 and four tasks of 50 MW each in Telangana in August that year. No less than three Indian engineers are looking at the advantages of Canadian sustainable power source organization SkyPower Global, which intends to leave India […] Read more
