China installed 20GW of solar PV in first half of 2016, three times higher from 2015 Updated On Sat, Jul 23rd, 2016 by Saurenergy China’s solar surge has accelerated drastically in the first half (H1) of this year, with reports stating that the country added 20 GW of new PV capacity in the six months to June 30, which is times as much as during the same period a year ago. Wang Bohua, General Secretary of the China Photovoltaic […] Read more
Total installed solar power generation capacity touches 7,805 MW Updated On Sat, Jul 23rd, 2016 by Saurenergy New and Renewable Energy Minister Piyush Goyal in Parliament informed that installed solar power generation capacity in the country has touched 7,805 MW mark by June-end this year. Rajasthan topped the charts with grid connected solar power generation capacity of 1,294.60 MW, followed by Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh with 1,267.41 MW and 1,123.36 MW respectively. India has set an ambitious […] Read more
Dr. Harsh Vardhan launches Solar Power Tree for Generation of Electricity Updated On Sat, Jul 23rd, 2016 by Saurenergy Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, has come up with a ‘Solar Power Tree’, which is an innovative way to generate electricity using solar power in a limited space. The Solar Power Tree has been engineered by the Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI), a laboratory of the Council […] Read more
India’s Topmost Oil Firms to build Solar Farm with 1GW Capacity in Madhya Pradesh Updated On Sat, Jul 23rd, 2016 by Saurenergy Just yesterday we reported that PM Narendra Modi has invited India’s top fossil fuel ventures to contribute in solar, and how Indian Oil Corp. along with Oil India Ltd. have been working together to develop a 1-gigawatt solar farm in Madhya Pradesh. The senior officials of the state’s renewable energy agency told that Indian Oil […] Read more
Hawaiian Electric with Navy to build a 20MW solar facility at the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Updated On Fri, Jul 22nd, 2016 by Saurenergy Hawaiian Electric Company with Department of the Navy announced plans to build a 20 megawatt (28 megawatts DC) solar facility at the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, West Loch Annex. Hawaiian Electric will build, own and operate the solar facility at the joint base. In exchange for the land needed for the project, the base will […] Read more
PM Narendra Modi invites India’s top fossil fuel ventures to contribute in solar Updated On Fri, Jul 22nd, 2016 by Saurenergy India’s topmost energy corporations are moving beyond their roots in fossil fuels to plough money into renewables, supporting the idea of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s goal to expand the growth of alternatives to the most polluting forms of energy. According to the reports of state agency responsible for implementing energy policy, one of the prominent […] Read more
India sanctions scheme to develop 10 Solar Zones having at least 10000 hectares of land Updated On Thu, Jul 21st, 2016 by Saurenergy The Government o India has directed authorization to implement the scheme for setting up of 10 ‘Solar Zones’ each having at least 10000 hectares of govt. or privately owned uncultivable and fallow land in one or more than one patches to encourage solar PV project developers, investors and manufacturers to help achieve the nation’s massive […] Read more
Alterra Power acquires 20 MW solar portfolio from Inovateus Solar Updated On Thu, Jul 21st, 2016 by Saurenergy Alterra Power enters into an agreement with Inovateus Solar to acquire an 80% ownership interest in a two-project 20 MWDC portfolio of solar farms in the Midwestern United States. Both the solar projects are contracted under long-term, investment-grade power purchase agreements. Alterra is actively developing and arranging finance for its first project, a 7 MWDC […] Read more
Decline in the Prices of Chinese-made solar panels set to aid Indian solar Market Updated On Wed, Jul 20th, 2016 by Saurenergy The projected decline in the prices of Chinese-made solar panels could benefit the Indian solar developers, due to weakened demand in China and Japan and prolonged trade restrictions in the EU and the USA. The Tier-1 module prices are expected to go down to Rs. 27.50 (USD 0.41/EUR 0.37) per Wp for shipments in the […] Read more
