India’s Rooftop Solar Capacity Crosses 4 GW Mark: Bridge To India Updated On Wed, Jul 10th, 2019 by Saurenergy Cumulative Indian Rooftop Solar installed capacity exceeds 4-GW Mark on March 31, 2019, says Bridge To India The Indian Solar Rooftop market crossed 4 GW in total capacity by Mar 31, 2019, reaching a total of 4,375 MW, according to Bridge to India’s (BTI) India Solar Rooftop Map 2019. The lion’s share of this capacity […] Read more
Tiruppur Smart City Issues Tender for 2 MW Solar Project Updated On Tue, Jul 9th, 2019 by Saurenergy Tiruppur City Municipal Corporation has issued a tender for a 2 MW ground-mounted solar project in Iduvai village. Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur City Municipal Corporation (TCMC) has issued a tender for a 2 MW ground-mounted solar project in Iduvai village. The scope of work for the selected bidders will include the engineering, procurement, supply, packing and […] Read more
Madurai Airport Goes Solar, Meets 30% of Power Needs from RE Updated On Mon, Jul 8th, 2019 by Saurenergy Amidst the call to make its an International airport, the Madurai Airport has started to save big on electricity bill as the solar power is meeting more than a quarter of its electricity needs India’s 32nd busiest terminal, Madurai Airport is successfully cutting down its electricity bill as it meets 30% of its power requirement […] Read more
SECI Reschedules Pre-Bid Meeting for 500 MW Solar Tender Updated On Fri, Jul 5th, 2019 by Saurenergy SECI has rescheduled the pre-bid meeting for its 500 MW grid-connected solar PV power projects in Tamil Nadu. The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has issued a notification for rescheduling the pre-bid meeting for its 500 MW grid-connected solar PV power projects in Tamil Nadu (Phase 1, Non-Solar Park). In order to deliberate on […] Read more
Grid-Tied Solar Capacity Approaching 30 GW: RK Singh Updated On Thu, Jul 4th, 2019 by Saurenergy The cumulative grid-connected installed solar power capacity in India is approaching the 30 GW mark, as per the data revealed by RK Singh. The cumulative grid-connected installed solar power capacity in India is approaching the 30 GW mark sooner rather than later with the installed capacity at the end of May 2019, being 29,409 MW, […] Read more
SECI Confirms Migration of Tenders From TCIL to ISN-ETS Updated On Mon, Jul 1st, 2019 by Saurenergy With the migration of e-bidding and e-RA to the ISN-ETS website, SECI’s last 3 tenders live on the TCIL website have been migrated to the new website. The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has confirmed that with the process of migration of its e-bidding and e-RA to the ISN-ETS website, the last 3 tenders […] Read more
Inability to Forecast is not the Disability of Regulation Updated On Wed, Jun 19th, 2019 by Saurenergy With openly accessible documents/regulations/ on Deviation Settlement Mechanism (DSM), due to forecasting and scheduling (F&S) of wind and solar power generation at different SLDCs like Punjab, Haryana, U.P., A.P., Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat (Mock-trial), it is surely that the forecasting of the variable generation is under litmus-test. The F&S of solar […] Read more
MNRE Roots for Robots To Reduce Water Usage at Solar Plants Updated On Thu, Jun 6th, 2019 by Saurenergy In an effort to reduce water usage in solar plants, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has asked the states and the solar industry to “preferably” use robotic cleaning and other new technologies for cleaning solar panels. “The excess usage of water, sometimes, leads to wastage of the precious resource and it can […] Read more
Adani Solar Aiming For 50% Market Share by 2021 Updated On Mon, May 27th, 2019 by Saurenergy Adani Solar, the solar manufacturing arm of the Adani Group has set sights for acquiring 50 percent market share in the next two years, a top company official has confirmed. “As 80 percent of solar panels available in the country are made in China, the company is manufacturing module and panels, which were cheaper and durable, […] Read more
