EU Votes To Ban Sales Of CO2 Emitting Combustion Engine Cars and Vans by 2035 Updated On Tue, Jun 21st, 2022 by Saurenergy The European Union has mandated a ban on vehicles powered by internal combustion engines (ICE) by 2035. The EU Parliament has voted in favour of cars and vans with zero emissions and stipulated 2035 as the deadline to achieve the mammoth target. EU Heralding EV Revolution The judgement has come at a time when giant […] Read more
EV Awareness Portal Launched By Karnataka Govt, NITI Aayog, UK government Updated On Tue, Jun 14th, 2022 by Saurenergy Karnataka has launched ‘EV Jagruthi’, an awareness portal for electric vehicles that will help faster adoption and a cleaner transport sector in the southern state. The portal was inaugurated by Sunil Kumar, Karnataka Minister of Energy, and Alex Ellis, British High Commissioner to India. It was also informed that the portal was jointly developed by […] Read more
J&K approves 200 MW rooftop solar project in Jammu city Updated On Mon, Jun 13th, 2022 by Saurenergy The Administrative Council (AC) headed by LG Manoj Sinha, has approved the development of 200 MW of grid-connected rooftop solar power plants in Jammu City. These plants hope to take the optimal advantage of the solar irradiance in the high resource region of Jammu and Kashmir. They will come up as part of the ‘Solar […] Read more
Rules For Green Energy Access Notified, Focus On Speed and Uniformity Updated On Tue, Jun 7th, 2022 by Saurenergy The Ministry of Power at the centre has notified the Electricity (Promoting Renewable Energy Through Green Energy Open Access) Rules, 2022 for purchase and consumption of green energy including the energy from Waste-to-Energy plants. The rules are expected to streamline and enable the uptake of more green energy by firms, with a cut off of […] Read more
Renewable Power Capital buys 528 MW wind farms for €800 million Updated On Thu, Jun 2nd, 2022 by Saurenergy UK based Renewable energy player Renewable Power Capital (RPC) has announced that it has acquired a cluster of wind energy projects with a combined capacity of 528-MW located in the Kramfors and Solleftea municipalities of Sweden for a value of €800 million. This includes the acquisition of the projects and the commitment of the capital required […] Read more
India-Ra Report Predicts Rs 59,000 Crore Losses At Discoms in Fy 21-22 Updated On Thu, Jun 2nd, 2022 by Saurenergy India Ratings Research (Ind-Ra) has released a ready reckoner on financial health of discoms for 2021-22. Ind-Ra has used the data from Power Finance Corporation Limited’s (PFC) report on Performance of State Power Utilities 2019-20, tariff orders from state electricity regulatory commissions and annual reports to carry out the analysis and make FY22 estimates. In […] Read more
Magenta ChargeGrid Crosses 100 Home EV Chargers Milestone in Delhi Updated On Wed, Jun 1st, 2022 by Saurenergy Magenta ChargeGrid has successfully installed around 116 EV chargers under the Delhi government Single window scheme. The chargers have been installed in several locations of Delhi such as Munirka, Chattarpur, Jamia Nagar, Vasant Kunj, Dwarka, Rohini and more. Magenta has been empaneled by three DISCOMs of Delhi including BRPL, BYPL and TPDDL for a period of […] Read more
Two Indian Agri-energy Organisations Make It To Shortlist For Ashden Awards Updated On Mon, May 30th, 2022 by Saurenergy The Collectives for Integrated Livelihoods Initiatives and Oorja Development Solutions, trailblazing agri-energy organisations working with smallholder farmers in India, have made it to the shortlist for Ashden Awards. This year the awards received 148 applications from across the world. A release by Ashden says, “The Indian initiatives include Collectives for Integrated Livelihoods Initiatives helping tribal […] Read more
South India’s Second Big Renewable Push Starts Now Updated On Mon, May 30th, 2022 by Saurenergy Introduction Back in 2014-15, when the new government of Prime Minister Modi first took stock, and hiked India’s renewable energy target 5 fold to 175 GW by 2022, a number of assumptions were made. From the share of solar (100 GW), to the share of rooftop solar within that (40 GW), Wind energy (60 GW) […] Read more
