Growth in Renewable Energy Investment Slowing Due to Grid Limitations: IEEFA Updated On Fri, Jan 25th, 2019 by Saurenergy An investment of US$ 60-80 billion will be needed in the next five years to keep pace with growing generation capacity. A brief report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, authored by Tim Buckley and Kashish Shah has revealed that India’s grid transmission infrastructure needs urgent modernisation to not limit the growth […] Read more
EESL Roundtable For Enabling an Ecosystem For Trigeneration in India Updated On Fri, Jan 25th, 2019 by Saurenergy Trigeneration enhances operating efficiency of an industrial application by at least 60 percent, saving industries and institutions about 30-40 percent in operating energy costs and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by up to 30 percent. The Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint venture of four National Public Sector Enterprises under Ministry of Power, hosted a […] Read more
MSEDCL to Appoint Power Managers for 23,000 Villages Updated On Thu, Jan 24th, 2019 by Saurenergy The power managers will attend to the power-related complaints and electricity thefts. The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co Ltd. (MSEDCL) has announced through an official release that it will appoint power managers in 23,000 villages to attend to the complaints related to electricity and its theft. The MSEDCL will appoint 23,000 ‘village electrical managers’ one […] Read more
New Aspirations with New Year! Updated On Thu, Jan 24th, 2019 by Saurenergy The New Year 2019 is ready to be kicked off with all new power promises and aspirations with the rising of the new sun. Everybody in the solar industry is also expecting that this New Year will achieve far greater milestones as compared to the previous year. They also hope, the New Year will bring […] Read more
Vibrant Gujarat: MoUs worth over Rs 1 Lakh Cr Inked in Renewables Updated On Tue, Jan 22nd, 2019 by Saurenergy Post completion, this is expected to create over 10,000 jobs by 2020 and 2021, said officials. In an effort to provide further boost to the renewable space, the Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) proposing investment of more than Rs 1 lakh crore were inked on the final day of the Vibrant Gujarat Summit (VGS). Post completion, […] Read more
CSE’s ‘State of the Renewable Energy Sector in India’ report highlights key risks to sector Updated On Tue, Jan 22nd, 2019 by Saurenergy India would fall short of the government’s target of achieving 175 GW of solar capacity by 2022, if the sector continues to be plagued by policy inconsistency, discom problems and other issues, says the CSE analysis. India would fall short of the government’s target of achieving 175 GW of solar capacity by 2022, said Centre for […] Read more
MNRE Issues Notification for Quality Control Order on SPV Goods Updated On Mon, Jan 21st, 2019 by Saurenergy Domestic module manufactures whose annual module production capacity is less than 50MW are exempted for BIS certification for two years. The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) under the BIS Act has notified the Solar Photovoltaics Systems, Devices and Components Goods Order 2017 for quality assurance in SPV Power Projects. It includes SPV modules, […] Read more
DERC Approves 100 MW Wind Power Agreements Updated On Mon, Jan 21st, 2019 by Saurenergy The tariff of the PSA will be Rs 3.53/kWh, which will comprise of the Rs 3.46/kWh tariff quoted by developer and PTC’s trading margin of Rs 0.07/kWh. The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) has issued a notification with the approval of two power sale agreements between BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd (BRPL) and PTC India Ltd […] Read more
EBRD Devoted 36% to Green Financing in 2018 Updated On Sat, Jan 19th, 2019 by Saurenergy It is well on the way to meeting a target of dedicating 40 per cent share of investments to the green economy by 2020. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has devoted 36 per cent of its total investments to the green economy in 2018. The bank said in a statement that, it […] Read more
