Rockefeller Foundation, Ikea and Bezos Fund Backed GEAPP Launches India Plans Updated On Fri, May 5th, 2023 by Saurenergy In a significant fillip to the energy transition movement, GEAPP or the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet has finally launched its India operations. Backed by heavyweights including the Rockefeller Foundation, Ikea Foundation and Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos’s Bezos Fund, the platform brings in a welcome dose of capital and global linkages to impact […] Read more
Goldwind Exceeds 100 GW Wind Turbine Installation Worldwide Updated On Wed, Apr 19th, 2023 by Saurenergy Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Goldwind has said that it has achieved the key milestone by exceeding 100 GW of global installed capacity recently. The feat is achieved through successful lifting of several wind power projects in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Guangxi, Yunnan, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, etc. Goldwind claims that it’s the first Chinese […] Read more
Europe Slips Up, Again, On Meeting Climate Goals Updated On Thu, Apr 6th, 2023 by Saurenergy Two contrasting reports have dominated the renewable energy landscape of Europe this week: One, the European Union policymakers have agreed to double the renewable use by 2030 through massive RE installations. Two, a WindEurope report finds that Europe has invested lowest in offshore wind since 2009 in 2022, a mere EUR 17 billion in new […] Read more
Vibrant Energy Places 130 MW Order with Vestas for Indian Projects Updated On Tue, Apr 4th, 2023 by Saurenergy Danish wind energy major Vestas and Hyderabad-based Vibrant Energy have signed a deal for two wind projects in India. As part of the order, Vestas will supply a total of 36 units of V155-3.6 MW turbines. Vestas said that this is its second order from Vibrant Energy in India in less than a year. With […] Read more
Sterling & Wilson Selects Nextracker for NTPC REL’s 1.255 GW/1.568 GW Project Updated On Thu, Mar 30th, 2023 by Saurenergy A provider of solar tracker and software solutions, Nextracker, has announced the signing of an agreement with Sterling and Wilson Renewable Energy Limited, which is renewable energy EPC and O&M solutions provider. Nextracker will deliver its solar trackers to NTPC Renewable Energy Limited’s 1.255 GW solar PV project in Khavda Renewable Energy Park, Gujarat. Sterling […] Read more
Agrivoltaics Progress As Solution for Food Security & Climate Change Updated On Tue, Mar 28th, 2023 by Saurenergy The substantial increase in the human population and the anthropogenic burden on the environment have led to two significant challenges for the world’s future development: climate change, with a focus on green and renewable energy to combat the global energy crisis, and rising hunger and malnutrition. While the former is often in the limelight on […] Read more
Europe’s Solar Energy Surge: A Promising Solution Or Just A Palliative? Updated On Thu, Mar 16th, 2023 by Saurenergy Europe is in the middle of its biggest ever solar build out currently, as it seeks to build more solar capacity for every reason from more energy security to clean energy. But can solar deliver for Europe? Is it the panacea to energy security in the long term? Or is it doomed to over promise […] Read more
IbVogt Selects Nextracker to Supply Solar Trackers for 150 MW Power Plant in Spain Updated On Tue, Mar 14th, 2023 by Saurenergy Solar tracker solutions provider for utility-scale and distributed generation projects Nextracker has secured a new deal in Europe for its terrain-following solar tracker NX Horizon-XTR™ (XTR). IbVogt, German international solar developer, has chosen Nextracker’s XTR for the 150 MW Garnacha solar power plant in Spain. The project is backed by a twelve-year power purchase agreement […] Read more
ISA & UNDP Launch Pilot Projects on Scaling Solar Applications Updated On Fri, Mar 3rd, 2023 by Saurenergy International Solar Alliance and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have announced the launch of pilot projects on Scaling Solar Applications for Agriculture Use (SSAAU), in ten African ISA member countries: Benin, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Niger, Republic of Sudan, Senegal, South Sudan, Togo, Tuvalu, and Uganda. The programme is set to be implemented over […] Read more
