Chandigarh jail goes green with 350 kWp rooftop solar plant Updated On Mon, Apr 25th, 2022 by Saurenergy To commemorate World Earth Day, the current year’s theme being “Invest in our Planet”, another green energy initiative has been undertaken by the department of science and technology and renewable energy, Chandigarh. A 350 kWp Rooftop SPV Power Plant at Model Jail Complex, Sector 51, Chandigarh was inaugurated by UT adviser Dharam Pal in the […] Read more
Solar Powered Refrigerator Built by Kanpur Student to Safeguard Covid Vaccines Updated On Mon, Apr 25th, 2022 by Saurenergy Samarjit Singh, a third year B.Tech student of Kanpur’s Axis College, has created a refrigerator that runs on solar power and can host Covid-19 vaccines and other life-saving drugs eliminating chances of wastage. Uttar Pradesh still has issues of electricity shortages and frequent power cuts. The solar run refrigerator by Samarjit Singh is expected to […] Read more
Torrent Power Secures 50 MW Solar Power Plant from SkyPower Updated On Mon, Apr 25th, 2022 by Saurenergy Leading Ahmedabad based power player Torrent Power Limited has said that the company has acquired a 50 MW Solar Power Project from SkyPower Group. Torrent informed that the enterprise value for this acquisition is somewhere about Rs 417 crore subject to closing price adjustments, in case there are any and the acquisition is further subject […] Read more
APTEL Overturns BERC Order In 5 MW RE Project, Restores tariff Of Rs 10.90/kWh Updated On Fri, Apr 22nd, 2022 by Saurenergy The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has recently overturned Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (BERC) order that rejected a renewable project developer’s plea for extension of the Commercial Operation Date (COD) due to delays created by the procurer. In March 2013, Avantika Contractors India Limited (the project developer) entered into a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Bihar […] Read more
Malawi solar mini-grid shows promise as way of electrifying rural Africa Updated On Fri, Apr 22nd, 2022 by Saurenergy A solar mini-grid in rural Malawi, East Africa, is powering maize mills, a sunflower oil facility and will help a welder in a nearby village expand his business, showing that centralised grid systems are not Africa’s only route towards low-carbon power. Malawi, a landlocked country in southeastern Africa, is defined by its topography of highlands […] Read more
Solar panels on Tamil Nadu’s govt office rooftops to produce 10 MW power Updated On Fri, Apr 22nd, 2022 by Saurenergy The Tamil Nadu Energy Development Authority (TNEDA) will install solar panels on rooftops of government office buildings in a bid to generate 10 MW of power, as per recent media reports. The estimated cost of the project is 50 crore and the tender process will be finalised by the end of May. According to TNEDA […] Read more
America’s Renewable Energy Project Completions Stumble Updated On Fri, Apr 22nd, 2022 by Saurenergy The Global Marketing Intelligence (GMI) platform of Industrial Info Resources (IIR) has found that the renewable power projects in the United States of America have slowed in the near past due to several reasons. It has said that various factors like the COVID-19 pandemic, supply-chain problems, lack of skilled workers, tariffs on imported materials and […] Read more
Amazon Announces New Renewable Projects of 3.5 GW Across the World Updated On Fri, Apr 22nd, 2022 by Saurenergy Global ecom giant Amazon has announced it is investing in 37 new renewable energy projects across the globe adding up to 3.5 GW. The new projects will include 26 solar power projects, 3 wind energy farms and 8 rooftop solar projects at Amazon buildings around the world. Amazon continues to be the largest renewable energy […] Read more
AMEA Power to build two solar power plants in Morocco Updated On Thu, Apr 21st, 2022 by Saurenergy Morocco, which has planned some ambitious renewable energy projects to take advantage of its geographical location, has awarded a contract for the development of two solar power projects to AMEA Power – a UAE energy company. The two solar projects will be part of the first phase of Noor PV II Programme. This programme will […] Read more
