6 Myths Blown Away By India’s Power Crisis Updated On Thu, Oct 7th, 2021 by Saurenergy The power crisis in India has received enough coverage in the media, with focus now on the barely 3 days coal supplies with a significant segment (Over 40%) of the country’s thermal fleet of power stations. While the use of the word energy transition is designed to soothe nerves and allow the huge changes underway […] Read more
PEDA Floats Tender to Set Up 220 MW Solar Plants in Punjab Updated On Wed, Oct 6th, 2021 by Saurenergy The Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) has invited applications from interested farmers for setting up solar PV power plants of individual capacity 1, 1.5 or 2 MW in Punjab under the PM-KUSUM Scheme for sale of power to Punjab State Power Cooperation Limited (PSPCL). The total aggregate capacity of solar power plants to be set […] Read more
Italy Offers 3.3 GW Wind & Solar in New RE Tender Updated On Tue, Oct 5th, 2021 by Saurenergy Italy’s state energy management agency Gestore dei Servizi Energetici (GSE) has launched the country’s seventh renewable energy tender that is expected to award 3,312MW of solar photovoltaic and wind capacity. The tender was opened last week and the latest contracting process includes unallocated capacity in previous six unsubscribed auctions, totalling 2,485 MW. Italy’s sixth tender ended up […] Read more
Total Eren, Inaccess Ink Solar Monitoring Agreement Updated On Tue, Oct 5th, 2021 by Saurenergy London-based Inaccess has signed a global framework contract with Paris-based Total Eren for the support and maintenance of unity monitoring, SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) and PPC (power plant control) system for several Total Eren’s solar plants located in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, and Kazakhstan. The unity system optimizes the operation of modern renewable power portfolios […] Read more
Jharkhand CM Makes Case for Ghar Ghar Mein Solar Updated On Mon, Oct 4th, 2021 by Saurenergy Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday called on common people to generate solar power in their backyards and promised subsidy for setting up the plants for which a new scheme will be launched. He promised that the surplus power will be bought by the state government which will also help people generate additional income. […] Read more
GM to Power US Production Sites with 100% RE by 2025 Updated On Fri, Oct 1st, 2021 by Saurenergy General Motors (GM) has revealed that it plans to source 100 percent renewable energy to power its U.S. sites by 2025 – five years earlier than previously announced, and 25 years ahead of its initial target that was set in 2016. GM aims to avoid 1 million metric tons of carbon emissions that would have […] Read more
63% of Planned Battery Storage in US to Be Co-Located With Solar Updated On Thu, Sep 30th, 2021 by Saurenergy Of the 14.5 gigawatts (GW) of battery storage power capacity planned to come online in the United States from 2021 to 2024, 9.4 GW (63%) will be co-located with a solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant, based on data reported to us and published in the Annual Electric Generator Report. Another 1.3 GW of battery storage […] Read more
Why Prices Skyrocketed at the Power Exchange: IEEFA Updated On Wed, Sep 29th, 2021 by Saurenergy With electricity demand in India recently peaking, a new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) explores the supply and demand conditions that led to recent price spikes in the evening peak hours, starting in August through to September 2021. Electricity demand in India has peaked and dropped markedly as the […] Read more
JinkoSolar Builds 7 GW Ingot & Wafer Facility in Vietnam Updated On Wed, Sep 29th, 2021 by Saurenergy Shanghai-headquartered JinkoSolar is investing $500 million to build a monocrystalline ingot and wafer manufacturing facility, which is expected to have an annual capacity of 7GW, in Quảng Ninh Province, Vietnam. The Chinese solar module manufacturer has begun to work on the ingot and wafer facility, which will support its existing overseas production facilities. As the […] Read more
