British Intl Invt invests $89 M to scale renewable energy in India Updated On Thu, Mar 31st, 2022 by Saurenergy British International Investment, formerly CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution (DFI) and impact investor, has announced a total commitment of $89 million to scale renewable energy capacity in India. The DFI’s investment is comprised of a Rs 350 crore (US $47 million) follow-on commitment to Fourth Partner Energy, and a Rs 315 crore (US […] Read more
Vikram Solar Limited files DRHP with SEBI Updated On Thu, Mar 24th, 2022 by Saurenergy Vikram Solar Limited (VSL), one of India’s largest solar module manufacturers, in terms of operational capacity, and also an integrated solar energy solutions provider offering engineering, procurement and construction (“EPC”) services, and operations and maintenance (“O&M”) services as of December 31, 2021, has filed its DRHP with SEBI. With this, VSL follows another industry leader, […] Read more
Three Solar Parks Planned for Odisha: RK Singh, MNRE Minister Updated On Wed, Mar 23rd, 2022 by Saurenergy Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, R.K Singh has announced that the Central Government has approved three solar power parks for the state of Odisha under the Solar Park Scheme. The cumulative capacity of all the three parks will be 340MW. In a written reply to a question asked in the Rajya Sabha, the […] Read more
AGL to Build Australia’s Largest Energy Storage Facility Updated On Wed, Mar 23rd, 2022 by Saurenergy AGL Energy Ltd – an Australian integrated energy generation and retail company – has announced that it has got the approval from the state government of New South Wales to build the country’s largest battery storage. Recently, AGL had proposed to construct a 500MW/2,000MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) as part of the Hunter Energy […] Read more
The Top 5: India’s Listed Renewable Energy Firms Enjoy A Fine Run At Bourses Updated On Wed, Mar 23rd, 2022 by Saurenergy As India girds up for one of the biggest renewable energy transitions in the world, private sector participation as been a critical pillar of this transition. With ever widening scope and ambitious targets, led and announced by Prime Minister Modi himself, no one has any doubts on the potential growth and future of the renewable […] Read more
Punjab Invites Bids for 217 MW Solar Power Projects Under PM-KUSUM Updated On Mon, Mar 21st, 2022 by Saurenergy The Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) has invited applications from farmers, groups of farmers, panchayats, cooperatives, Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) and water use associations in Punjab for setting up of solar power plants of individual capacity of 1MW, 1.5 MW and 2 MW. the move comes even as Punjab struggles to find a way out […] Read more
Rooftop Solar Can Fulfill Half of Mumbai’s Power Demand, says MCAP Updated On Mon, Mar 21st, 2022 by Saurenergy The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has come up with the Mumbai Climate Action Plan (MCAP) aimed at achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. According to the document, the BMC says that Mumbai can produce 1,724 MW of solar power. This, BMC says, can meet half of the city’s peak energy demand which currently stands at 3600 […] Read more
E2S Power, IPCL Come Together for Energy Storage Solutions Updated On Thu, Mar 17th, 2022 by Saurenergy E2S Power and India Power Corporation Ltd (IPCL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate to transform power stations that run on fossil fuel in India into thermal energy storage (TES) systems for renewable energy. E2S Power is a thermal energy storage solutions developer and IPCL is a power utility company. The twin objectives of […] Read more
Andhra High Court Rules in Favour of Solar, Wind Developers Updated On Wed, Mar 16th, 2022 by Saurenergy In a judgement that seeks to put to rest all uncertainties regarding the sanctity of Power Purchase Agreements and the competency of experts who decided on rates, the Andhra Pradesh High court has ruled in favour of solar and wind developers in the case against the state discoms, and by default, the Andhra state government. […] Read more