World’s Largest Floating Solar Farm edifices in London to vie Japan Updated On Wed, Mar 2nd, 2016 by Saurenergy Recently, England is shouting ‘solar as big as never’, the phrase went real after the country announces successful commissioning of Europe’s largest floating solar farm. According to reports, the £6 million (about $8 million) project will help power local water treatment plants that provide clean drinking water to London and south-east England’s 10 million residents. […] Read more
Dairyland, Xcel Energy agrees to purchase electricity from multiple new solar facilities in Wisconsin Updated On Tue, Mar 1st, 2016 by Saurenergy Last week on Wednesday two Wisconsin services announced projects that will roughly double the state’s solar energy generation capacity. Dairyland Power Cooperative has entered into agreement to purchase electricity from 12 new solar arrays with a combined capacity of almost 19 megawatts, while Xcel Energy will be purchasing up to 3 megawatts of electricity from […] Read more
ACSA opens first solar-powered airport in Western Cape Updated On Mon, Feb 29th, 2016 by Saurenergy Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) has opened its first solar power plant at Western Cape, George Airport. The clean energy project in the first phase will contribute around 40% of the airport’s electricity needs. Once the project is completed, the airport is expected to be totally independent of the national grid. Launching the solar power […] Read more
Govt likely to announce incentives to boost manufacturing of solar panels Updated On Sat, Feb 27th, 2016 by Saurenergy Government may announce inducements in the upcoming Budget to boost manufacturing of solar panels and achieve its objective of establishing 100 gigawatts of solar capacity by 2022. So far, solar t Finance minister Arun Jaitley may announce incentives, such as Viability Gap Funding (VGF) to help sprout manufacturing plants in the country and vow long-term […] Read more
SolarCity Opens Fund of $249 Million in Solar Projects Updated On Sat, Feb 27th, 2016 by Saurenergy SolarCity announces its opening of a new tax equity fund of $249 million in solar projects. Whereas, the other financing partner name was not unveiled, though this investment is reported as the fourth solar project fund by the two partnering companies. After total consolidation, the fund is known to twofold in size making a total […] Read more
Vikram Solar Expands its Footprint in Africa – adds 14 Sub-Saharan Countries Updated On Fri, Feb 26th, 2016 by Saurenergy The Indian solar company, Vikram Solar joins forces with African energy distributor Powertech Africa to expand its footprint into 14 new markets in sub-Saharan Africa, including Botswana, Zimbabwe and Tanzania. The alliance will enable Powertech Africa, to generate PV module sales of one megawatt in sub-Saharan Africa by mid-2016 and will indulge in bringing and […] Read more
SoloPower propels Solar Operations in India with Bharat Light and Power Updated On Thu, Feb 25th, 2016 by Saurenergy SoloPower Systems to leverage its advanced technology panels in the Indian rooftop PV market. The US based solar energy equipment enabler has inked a strategic agreement with India’s Bharat Light and Power (BLP) through which SoloPower will supply products for both existing and new roof applications, including the deployment of building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), while BLP […] Read more
US Overpowers India in WTO Dispute Updated On Thu, Feb 25th, 2016 by Saurenergy The US has triumph over India in the three year longing topsy-turvy World Trade Organization(WTO) dispute, as latest statement from the US Trade Representative’s office called the ruling a significant victory that would hasten the spread of solar energy across the world and support clean-energy jobs in the United States. In 2014, US advocated India […] Read more
SunEdison expands Solar Capacity in India aims at 10GW solar energy by 2022 Updated On Wed, Feb 24th, 2016 by Saurenergy After Sun Edison’s recent announcements to support the Make in India, the US-based renewable energy developer has announced an expansion of its installed capacity base in India. Earlier this month, the company disseminated that it has commissioned 146 MW of solar power capacity across three states in India. The company did not cite if these […] Read more
