Ford to Invest $11.4 B on EV Production in the US Updated On Wed, Sep 29th, 2021 by Saurenergy Michigan-headquartered multinational automaker Ford, along with its South Korean partner SK Innovation, plans to invest $11.4 billion electric vehicle production, creating nearly 11,000 new jobs at the Tennessee and Kentucky mega-sites. This will be the largest ever U.S. investment in EVs at one time by any automotive manufacturer, said the company. While Ford is stumping […] 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
Omnidian Secures $33 M to Help Firms Manage Solar Assets Updated On Mon, Sep 27th, 2021 by Saurenergy Seattle-based Omnidian, which provides solar system performance plans, has secured a $33 million Series B capital raise in a round that Activate Capital led. Additional round participants included Liberty Mutual Insurance and WIND Ventures, the strategic venture capital arm of Chilean multinational energy firm Copec, as well as existing investors City Light Capital, IA Capital, […] Read more
Wary of China, Quad Nations To Focus on Solar Supply Chain Updated On Mon, Sep 27th, 2021 by Saurenergy The United States, Japan, India and Australia will work to improve the security of supply chains for critical technologies such as clean energy and to ease a global semiconductor shortage, said Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison. The Quad nations, in their first in-person summit on Friday in Washington, agreed on a partnership to secure critical […] Read more
Singareni Collieries Launches 37 MW Solar Plant in Telangana Updated On Fri, Sep 24th, 2021 by Saurenergy State-owned Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) inaugurated 37 megawatts solar plant at Kothagudem in Telangana on Wednesday. Total 300 megawatts solar plants are being erected throughout Singareni, out of which 172 megawatts plants have already been completed and generating solar power, said Singareni Collieries, which is the first coal company to enter into the solar […] Read more
Solar Hybrid Systems Firm Zola Electric Raises $90 million Updated On Fri, Sep 24th, 2021 by Saurenergy ZOLA Electric, the Amsterdam, Netherlands-based renewable energy technology company solving Energy Access and Energy Equality in emerging markets, has announced the successful completion of a $90 million capital raise, comprised of $45 million of equity, $45 million of debt. The firm has a strong footprint in Africa for now, with its ZOLA flex plug-and-play, connected, […] Read more
How Adani Solar Is Gearing Up For The Next Wave Of Growth Updated On Thu, Sep 23rd, 2021 by Saurenergy With RE Manufacturing in India having a crucial role to play in achieving RE targets of 175 GW by 2022 and 450 GW by 2030, Adani Solar as India’s largest integrated solar Cell & Module Manufacturer, is gearing up with planned expansion up to 3.5 GW of solar Cell & Module Manufacturing capacity from current 1.5 […] Read more
GoodWe Collaborates with Skill Council For Green Jobs To Impart Solar Training Updated On Thu, Sep 23rd, 2021 by Saurenergy GoodWe, the global PV inverters and energy storage solution firm got its Solar Academy team that focuses on sharing knowledge of PV applications, to collaborate with the Skill Council for Green Jobs to support the skilling requirements in the PV sector. Titled “Advanced SPV System Design optimization& Criteria for Component Selection”, the course was aligned […] Read more
CMERI Hands Over Solar DC Cooking Tech to 2 WB Entities Updated On Thu, Sep 23rd, 2021 by Saurenergy The CSIR-CMERI developed solar DC cooking system was handed over to two business entities of West Bengal, namely Asansol Solar & LED House and Meeco Solar & Infrastructure Associates, Durgapur, yesterday. The transfer was done by Prof. Harish Hirani, Director, CSIR-CMERI. The Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI) is an institute under the Council for […] Read more