Lower CUF: MERC Declines ACME’s Plea For Penalty Exemption Updated On Wed, Aug 21st, 2024 by Saurenergy The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC), in its latest judgment, declined to grant ACME any relief for its shortfall in meeting the committed Capacity Utilisation Factor (CUF) from its 300 MW solar project at Bhadla in Rajasthan. ACME had signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co Ltd (MSEDCL) to […] Read more
Inox Wind To Scale Up Executions With A New ‘Net Cash Positive’ Tag Updated On Tue, Aug 20th, 2024 by Saurenergy Bolstered by a recent infusion of Rs 900 crores from its parent company, Inox Wind Energy Limited (IWEL), Inox Wind, an Indian wind energy company, is now poised to accelerate its execution pace. The company’s top management recently discussed the increase in its order book. In the latest investors’ call, Devansh Jain, Executive Director of […] Read more
Iron Air battery Maker Form Energy To Build 8500MWh Battery In US Updated On Tue, Aug 20th, 2024 by Saurenergy US based Ion Air battery firm Form Energy, is progressing on plans to convert the former pulp and paper mill in Lincoln, Maine, into one of the largest battery facilities in the world feeding up to 85 MW of power into the grid at a time. Form Energy’s battery project will take comparatively less time […] Read more
Q1 Results: ReNew Sees 86% Decline In Net Profits Updated On Fri, Aug 16th, 2024 by Saurenergy Renewable energy company ReNew today announced the financial results (unaudited) of first quarter of financial year 2024-25. The NASDAQ-listed company said that it has seen a surge in its operating capacity by around 24 percent Year on year. ReNew’s clean energy contracted portfolio was ~15.6 GW as of Aug 15, 2024. The company said that […] Read more
SaurEnergy Explains: PEM Vs Alkaline Electrolyser – for Green Hydrogen Updated On Fri, Aug 16th, 2024 by Saurenergy Electrolysers are in the news nowadays, pulled out of industrial obscurity by the new Green Hydrogen rush. So SaurEnergy explains gets down to improving our own, and your understanding of these machines that many hope, powered by renewable energy, will break down water to give us green hydrogen. Electrolysers can range in size from small […] Read more
Delhi’s Grid Flexibility To Cut Peak Demand By 4 GW: RMI Updated On Wed, Aug 14th, 2024 by Saurenergy RMI’s recent report highlighted changes in Delhi’s power grid system, which has utilized grid flexibility technologies to manage and mitigate increasing demand peaks in the city. RMI estimates suggest that by 2030, Delhi could reduce 250–1,350 megawatts (MW) of peak demand through air conditioning (AC) demand response (DR) programs. It is estimated that grid flexibility […] Read more
India May Add 30 GW Of Renewable Capacities In 2024-25 Updated On Wed, Aug 14th, 2024 by Saurenergy India seems to be racing towards achieving a record-breaking renewable capacity addition number in 2024-25. The rise in pace of solar and wind energy installations in the first seven months of calendar year 2024 indicates every probability of record capacity additions. This will follow a strong show in 2023, when 18.5 GW of renewable energy […] Read more
India’s RE Storage On Course For 6 GW By Fiscal 2028: CRISIL Updated On Wed, Aug 14th, 2024 by Saurenergy CRISIL Ratings estimates that India’s renewable energy (RE) storage capacity could surge to 6 GW by fiscal 2028, up from less than 1 GW operational as of March 2024. It attributes this prospective growth to the increase in the pipeline of projects under implementation and an expected healthy pace of auctions. It also noted that […] Read more
Change In FDRE Bidding Norms Can Aid RE Growth: EMBER Updated On Wed, Aug 14th, 2024 by Saurenergy EMBER recently released a policy paper highlighting the importance of changing the approach to bidding in the FDRE tenders to increase renewable energy (RE) capacity growth in India. It also stated that it’s unfair to make developers responsible for handling the unpredictable nature of renewable energy in contracts and that this should be rethought. EMBER […] Read more
