Can’t Impose Licensing of Power Generation Under The Garb Of Approval: RERC Updated On Thu, Nov 2nd, 2023 by Saurenergy The Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC), in its latest judgment, reiterated that discoms should not make attempts to impose licensing of power generation under the garb of approvals. The State Commission said that such moves could dilute the reforms made under the Electricity Act of 20023. “Delicensing of the generating plants and captive plants was one of […] Read more
TotalEnergies Starts 380 MW Utility-Scale Solar Plant with Battery Storage in Texas Updated On Thu, Nov 2nd, 2023 by Saurenergy French Energy major TotalEnergies has started commercial operations of Myrtle Solar, its utility-scale operated solar farm in the United States. Located south of Houston, Texas, Myrtle has a capacity of 380 megawatts peak (MWp) of solar production and 225 MWh of co-located batteries. With 705,000 ground-mounted photovoltaic panels installed over an area equivalent to 1,800 American football […] Read more
Tata Power Appoints Deepesh Nanda As CEO & MD of TPREL Updated On Wed, Nov 1st, 2023 by Saurenergy Tata Power, one of India’s largest integrated power companies, today announced the appointment of Deepesh Nanda as President-Renewables and CEO & MD of Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL), a subsidiary of Tata Power, with effect from November 1, 2023. Nanda brings with him 28 years of experience across companies like GE, Flowserve and Tyco. […] Read more
What is ailing the growth of solar irrigation in Bihar? Updated On Tue, Oct 31st, 2023 by Saurenergy Birender Singh is a 68-year-old farmer based at Azamgarh village in Sitamarhi district of Bihar. Buoyed by his interest in solar, he installed a 2HP, off-grid solar pump in 2016. It was installed under the state government’s Chief Minister New and Renewable Energy Solar Pump Scheme. Singh was among the 2,771 farmers who received the subsidized solar pump under the […] Read more
Canadian Solar Announces 5 GW Production Unit in Indiana Updated On Tue, Oct 31st, 2023 by Saurenergy Energy provider Canadian Solar has announced the setting up of a solar cell production unit in Jeffersonville, Indiana. The facility, which will boast 5 GW worth of capacity, will supply the firm’s Solar’s module assembly plant located in Mesquite, Texas. The Texan facility that will produce TOPCon modules is expected to go online by the […] Read more
NTPC REL Calls EPC Developers for 650 MW Solar Projects Updated On Mon, Oct 30th, 2023 by Saurenergy NTPC Renewable Energy Limited (NTPC REL) has issued a tender inviting online bids from bidders on single stage two envelope (that is, envelope-I: techno-commercial bid and envelope-II: price bid) basis for EPC package for development of 650 MW (2 X 325 MW) grid connected solar PV projects at Bikaner, Rajasthan. The last date and time […] Read more
Is Solar Trumping Wind, Again? Updated On Fri, Oct 27th, 2023 by Saurenergy Between 2017 and 2021, you wouldn’t be blamed if you thought the whole burden of adding renewable energy capacity had fallen on solar energy. Thus, even as wind turbine capacities were going up, actual wind capacity deployment, particularly onshore wind, was slumping, leaving in its wake a slew of firms struggling to survive. Dominated by […] Read more
Trina Solar Employs Vertex N 700W Modules in Coal Mine Updated On Thu, Oct 26th, 2023 by Saurenergy A provider for photovoltaic (PV) module and smart energy solutions, Trina Solar’s 210 mm Vertex ultra-high power modules, including the Vertex N 700W and the Vertex 670W, are being used in a 2 GW photovoltaic project in coal mine goafs in Ningxia, China. Once the station is connected to the grid it is forecast to […] Read more
Ministry of Power Releases Guidelines For Uniform Renewable Tariff Updated On Thu, Oct 26th, 2023 by Saurenergy The Ministry of Power has now approved the procedure for implementing a Uniform Renewable Energy Tariff for the end power procurers, including discoms and open-access consumers. It will be applicable to renewable energy projects connected with the Inter-State Transmission Systems (ISTS). It comes after the Electricity (Amendment) Rules 2022 discussed the uniform renewable tariff (URET). […] Read more
