Water-Scarce Rajasthan Poses New Challenges For Solar Pumps Updated On Thu, Jul 27th, 2023 by Saurenergy By-Parul Kulshrestha As temperatures rose in June this year, Jaman Singh Saini, a 69-year-old farmer from Badangarh village in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan, was irrigating his 31-acre farmland of millets, using an electric pump which came with its own challenges – erratic electricity supply, voltage fluctuation and associated costs. About 10 years ago, in 2013, […] Read more
Row Over Misuse of FAME-II Subsidies Reaches Parliament Updated On Wed, Jul 26th, 2023 by Saurenergy The ongoing controversy over the misuse of the Union government’s FAME-II scheme recently reached the corridors of the Indian Parliament. The development comes after the Union government was recently forced to take action against the errant Electric Vehicle (EV) manufacturers who allegedly flouted the scheme norms to claim subsidy. In the latest Monsoon Session of […] Read more
Four G20 Countries Have Higher GHC Emissions: Report Updated On Fri, Jul 21st, 2023 by Saurenergy The NITI Aayog recently released a report on decarbonizing transport among the G20 countries. The report attributed the rise of transportation emissions to the surge in motorization across these countries. The report also claimed that four G20 countries have the higher GreenHouse Gases (GHG) emissions per KwH. Describing growth in grid emission among the G20 […] Read more
CEA Revises Methodology To Calculate AT&C Losses Updated On Thu, Jul 13th, 2023 by Saurenergy The Central Electricity Agency (CEA) has issued a notification seeking a revision in the methodology adopted for calculating Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C) Losses. Earlier, The central authority issued its guidelines on calculation methodology for the computation of AT&C losses on June 2, 2017. The addendum of the methodology specified that the collection efficiency of subsidy received and realization […] Read more
DRE Finds A Footing In India, Powered By Solar Updated On Tue, Jul 4th, 2023 by Saurenergy Laxmi Bhuyan is a 58-year-old woman from the Sindiba village in the Gajapati district of Odisha. This tribal village, with swatches of fertile land around the village periphery, bolstered the local farmers to grow different fruits and vegetables around the year. However, the raw fruits often yielded low prices for the producers. On the other […] Read more
Germany Joins The Solar Manufacturing Push, Calls Bids For 10 GW Capacities Updated On Tue, Jun 27th, 2023 by Saurenergy With the EU pushing to create manufacturing capacities for clean energy technologies, Germany, an erstwhile pioneer in solar manufacturing till China swamped everyone, has joined the effort to bring back solar manufacturing to the continent. The Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK) in Germany, analogous to India’s MNRE, has launched a request for […] Read more
Errant EV Players Might Face More Trouble For Flouting FAME-II Updated On Tue, Jun 20th, 2023 by Saurenergy The Ministry of Heavy Industries is now mulling stringent actions against alleged errant two-wheeler Electric Vehicle (EV) players in India for falsely claiming subsidies under the Faster Adoption of Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME)-II. The ministry is the nodal agency for disbursing FAME-II funds to EV players. As per reports, the ministry has planned to […] Read more
Saur Energy-GoodWe Webinar: Industry, Policy Experts Brainstorm On Rooftop Bottlenecks Updated On Fri, Jun 16th, 2023 by Saurenergy Saur Energy International held a brainstorming session today to debate bottlenecks in India’s residential solar rooftop sector. Supported by leading inverter major GoodWe, the virtual event witnessed participation from some of India’s leading solar rooftop industry players and policy experts from the sector. The speakers deliberated upon the hurdles and recommended solutions to counter the […] Read more
India’s Utility Scale Renewable Growth To Face Hurdles In 2023 to 2024: IEA Report Updated On Thu, Jun 1st, 2023 by Saurenergy A latest report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) claimed that India is likely to see an increased installation of renewable energy in 2023 and 2024. It attributed this to some of the positive developments in the sector. The global report titled ‘Renewable Energy Market Update’ gives a projection of the growth of renewable energy across the […] Read more
