MNRE blacklists 2 firms for participating in malpractices in NTPC solar tenders Updated On Sat, Aug 13th, 2016 by Saurenergy Last month, NTPC informed Ministry of New and Renewable Energy that Emami Power Ltd and Oriental Sales Agencies (India) indulged in malpractices in the tenders for solar power projects by it under Phase-II of National Solar Mission. Taking cognizant of this fact, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy acted and has decided to blacklist […] Read more
West Bengal working on a new solar policy to meet its target of 4500MW Updated On Sat, Aug 13th, 2016 by Saurenergy The West Bengal government is working on a plan to introduce a new solar policy to meet the Centre’s revised target of generating 4500 MW solar energy by 2022 in the state. Shobandeb Chatterjee, State Power Minister at an interactive session with the Bharat Chamber of Commerce stated that “We will bring a new solar […] Read more
SolarCity Completes Installation of 18,000+ Solar Panels at Army Family Housing in Maryland and Colorado Updated On Fri, Aug 12th, 2016 by Saurenergy SolarCity and Balfour Beatty Communities, as managing member of military housing projects located at Fort Detrick and Fort Carson have completed the installation of more than 18,000 solar panels at Army family housing. The solar panels are installed on multi-family housing, community centers and maintenance facilities at Fort Detrick, Maryland and Fort Carson, Colorado, to […] Read more
Ministry of Shipping aims to install 160.64 MW of Renewable Energy Projects at Major Ports by 2017 Updated On Fri, Aug 12th, 2016 by Saurenergy In a bid to promote renewable source of energy the Ministry of Shipping has announced to install solar and wind based power systems at all the Major Ports across the country. The Ministry is planning to set up 90.64 MW of Solar Energy Capacity at twelve Major Ports and 70 MW of Wind Energy Capacity […] Read more
Unavailability of flat lands might restrict Goa from achieving targeted 150 MW solar power by 2021 Updated On Thu, Aug 11th, 2016 by Saurenergy Milind Naik, State Power Minister mentioned in the Legislative Assembly that Goa will not be able to achieve its target of producing 150 MW of solar power by 2021 due to unavailability of flat lands that are required to set up plants. Responding to the question tabled by BJP MLA Kiran Kandolkar, Naik stated that […] Read more
Central Government should renew its focus on the DBFOT framework: Simarpreet Singh, Head – Strategy, Hartek Power Updated On Wed, Aug 10th, 2016 by Saurenergy Hartek Power Pvt Ltd is one of India’s fastest growing Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) companies with expertise in executing high-voltage substation turnkey, rooftop solar projects and manufacturing a complete range of power distribution equipment/solutions to the needs of the industry and utilities. The company has four strategic business units—Power Systems, Rooftop Solar, Power Distribution […] Read more
First Solar wraps up 130 MW of solar power plants in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Updated On Wed, Aug 10th, 2016 by Saurenergy US-based solar power projects developer, First Solar’s local subsidiary- the First Solar Power India has announced the commercial operation of 80 MW and 50 MW solar power plants in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Both the plants are part of the 260 MW project portfolio owned by First Solar in India. Sujoy Ghosh, First Solar’s Country […] Read more
SECI invites bids for 100 MW Grid PV project with Battery Energy Storage System in Kadapa Solar Park, AP Updated On Wed, Aug 10th, 2016 by Saurenergy Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI) is inviting bids for selection of Solar Power Developers for setting up of 100 MW Grid connected solar PV projects along with large scale battery energy storage system at Kadapa Solar Park, Andhra Pradesh. The tender come as part of National Solar Mission (NSM) Phase-II, Batch-IV. Interested bidders […] Read more
MNRE complains CERC against solar power shut off by Discoms Updated On Tue, Aug 9th, 2016 by Saurenergy The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has lodge a complaint against discoms to the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) stating that some discoms are not fully evacuating the solar power available to them, resulting in losses for solar developers. Discoms have been arbitrarily shutting off power from solar projects, for varying lengths of time, […] Read more
