India’s Solar Race toward Next Decade Updated On Tue, Sep 4th, 2018 by Saurenergy Buoyed by the quite impressive performance of India’s renewable energy sector and especially in the solar space in recent years, the Government of India took a daring move and revised its ambitious renewable energy targets from 175 GW to 227 GW by 2022. Following the move, it also aimed to auction 40 GW of renewable […] Read more
Malaysia Seeks Relief on India’s Solar Safeguard Duty from WTO Updated On Fri, Aug 31st, 2018 by Saurenergy India had imposed safeguard duty of up to 25 per cent on solar cells imports from China and Malaysia for two years to protect domestic players from steep rise in inbound shipments. Malaysia has sought consultations with India under the WTO’s safeguard agreement against New Delhi’s decision to impose import duty on solar cells, the World Trade Organisation […] Read more
Tata Power Commissions 820.8KW Rooftop Solar Power Station at CCI Updated On Thu, Aug 30th, 2018 by Saurenergy Inaugurated by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, the plant will save the stadium around 25% of the costs spent on electricity consumption. Adding another solar energy production to its portfolio, Tata Power has commissioned a 820.8 KW rooftop solar power plant at Cricket Club of India (CCI). Inaugurated by Maharashtra Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis the […] Read more
Karnataka Gov’t Exempts Rooftop Solar Power Stations below 1MW from Electrical Inspections Updated On Thu, Aug 30th, 2018 by Saurenergy The regular inspections by the state authorities are set under the Central Electricity Authority’s regulation ‘Measures Related to Safety and Electric Supply’. Karnataka Government has exempted rooftop solar power plants with production capacity below 1000 KW from the regular electrical inspections by the state’s electricity authority. However, solar rooftop generation units with capacity of above […] Read more
JinkoSolar Inks 240MW Solar Module Supply Pact with POWERCHINA HUADONG Updated On Tue, Aug 28th, 2018 by Saurenergy Post completion, the POWERCHINA HUADONG’s solar plant will become the largest solar power project in Southeast Asia. JinkoSolar has inked a 240MW solar module supply agreement with POWERCHINA Huadong Engineering Corporation (POWERCHINA HUADONG) for the second phase of the 420 MW Dau Tieng solar plant in Vietnam. Post completion, the POWERCHINA HUADONG’s solar plant will become the […] Read more
Viz-A-Viz with Saurabh Bhandari, Founder & CEO, SolarMaxx Updated On Mon, Aug 27th, 2018 by Saurenergy Q. To begin with can you give our readers a brief overview of SolarMaxx including the vision behind its formation and its current role in the market? SolarMaxx, established in 2008, is a leading manufacturer and supplier of high efficiency Solar PV Modules suitable for utility scale power plants as well as rooftop solar. SolarMaxx […] Read more
LONGi Solar Backs Lightsource BP for 60MW Solar PV Project in India Updated On Mon, Aug 27th, 2018 by Saurenergy The project is the largest solar PV power plant in India, tender of which was won by Lighthouse BP with the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) followed by LONGi Solar’s module supply. Global large-scale solar developer, Lightsource BP has completed the first utility PV project in Maharashtra procuring 2,00,000 high-efficiency Monocrystalline solar modules from […] Read more
Vivint Solar Brings ‘Solar Leases’ to Florida Updated On Fri, Aug 24th, 2018 by Saurenergy The move comes almost immediately after the Commission issued a declaratory statement affirming that Vivint Solar can offer solar leasing plans without crossing the line and being constituted as a utility. In a recent hand at spreading the solar energy use, Vivint Solar has introduced ‘solar leases’ for Florida’s public aspiring to fetch power requirements from solar […] Read more
Rays Power Infra Enters Solar Retail Segment Updated On Thu, Aug 23rd, 2018 by Saurenergy Rays Power Infra plans to launch around 10 operational stores in the first year of its operations, and expand to over 70 stores by 2020 covering major cities in India. Delhi based solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company, Rays power Infra has ventured into the retail sector of the solar market after being a […] Read more
