Green Energy Will Account For 40% of Total Energy Production in India, Says Harsh Vardhan Updated On Mon, Jun 25th, 2018 by Saurenergy Green energy, electricity produced from non-fossil fuel sources such as wind, solar power, and hydropower, will account for 40% of the total energy production in India As the country is leading the new initiatives in fighting climate change and greenhouse emission, it is also rapidly shifting from the conventional source of energy to clean energy. […] Read more
Financing Indian Sun Updated On Mon, Jun 25th, 2018 by Saurenergy After out-passing teething troubles related to GST implementation, India firmly cements it’s place as the fastest growing major economy in the world by clocking GDP growth rate of 7.7 per cent during the January to March quarter of FY 18. India, being the Asia’s third-largest economy, clinched this position after surpassing China’s 6.8 per cent […] Read more
Pre-bid Meeting for 10K MW Held, 29 Companies Participated Updated On Sat, Jun 23rd, 2018 by Saurenergy The companies that participated include representatives from SoftBank Group’s SB Energy and global solar giant GCL. For the forthcoming 10,000 MW manufacturing-linked solar auctions, around 29 companies participated in the pre-bid meeting in Delhi. The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) would be conducting these auctions across the board. The companies that participated include representatives […] Read more
Viz-A-Viz with Basant Jain, Chief Executive Officer, Mahindra Susten Updated On Sat, Jun 23rd, 2018 by Saurenergy Q. Being a major player in the solar space, how do you contribute towards India’s clean and green energy initiative? Mahindra Susten (Part of USD 20.7 Billion Mahindra group) is a leading player in the Cleantech space. It is amongst India’s top 2 companies providing turnkey EPC solutions for grid connected solar projects and has […] Read more
Nigeria Eyes 30% Renewable Energy by 2030 to National Grid Updated On Fri, Jun 22nd, 2018 by Saurenergy A loan of $66m and $8m was granted to Nigeria for the solar project after it joined other countries to sign the International Solar Alliance (ISA) in March 2018 in New Delhi, India. Intensifying its collaboration with India on clean energy, the Federal Government of Nigeria has set a target for 30 percent renewable energy […] Read more
Tigo Awarded Patent for Flex MLPE Platform Updated On Thu, Jun 21st, 2018 by Saurenergy The newly patented interchangeable junction box covers provide various functionalities to solar modules. Tigo®, pioneer of the Smart Modular Flex MLPE platform, today announced that it has been granted its most important and industry strategic hardware patent applying to the smart technology used in its flexible module-level power electronics (Flex MLPE) within solar junction boxes. Tigo’s […] Read more
Viz-A-Viz with Damian Miller, CEO, Orb Energy Updated On Thu, Jun 21st, 2018 by Saurenergy Q. Could you please tell our readers about Orb Energy and its journey? NP Ramesh and I were colleagues at Shell Solar for almost seven years. After Shell exited the solar market in 2006, we secured venture funding and started Orb Energy (Orb) in India. By the start of 2007 we had started full-fledged operations […] Read more
Higher RPOs to Help India Meet 175 GW Renewable Target, says Greenpeace Updated On Wed, Jun 20th, 2018 by Saurenergy It further added that, MNRE’s recently announced Kusum scheme to promote solar arrays connected to irrigation pumps can play a key role in helping states fulfil their RPOs. Greenpeace India said that 21 per cent target of Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) by 2022 will be helping India in meeting the renewable energy goal of 175 GW till 2022, […] Read more
Ellomay Arm Inks EPC Pact with METKA for 300 MW Spanish Talasol Project Updated On Tue, Jun 19th, 2018 by Saurenergy This is a very significant milestone in the advancement of the Talasol project, which is expected to be one of the largest photovoltaic projects in Europe and one of the first projects to work on grid parity, that is, without subsidies, says Ran Fridrich. Israel-headquartered renewable energy company Ellomay Capital’s arm Talasol Solar has entered into an […] Read more
