Rooftop Solar Sector in India – Challenges and a Way Ahead Updated On Wed, Nov 1st, 2017 by Saurenergy Rooftop Solar Sector is going to be vital in achievement of Government targets for Solar Electricity Production in India. Many initiatives have been taken by Government for promotion of this sector in last couple of year. Some of them are: 1) Central Agency SECI and various state nodal agencies have come up with tenders for […] Read more
UK Climate Investments and Lightsource Tie-up for Solar Power Projects in India Updated On Tue, Oct 31st, 2017 by Saurenergy UK Climate Investments will provide 49 percent equity for the construction of the first project partnership with Lightsource to develop and construct up to 300MW of solar power projects. Lightsource Renewable Energy and UK Climate Investments, part of the Green Investment Group within Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, have entered into a partnership agreement to […] Read more
Indian Solar Power Market Witnesses Change in Demand-Supply Landscape Updated On Mon, Oct 30th, 2017 by Saurenergy Lack of visibility over project pipeline is forcing solar power developers to bid aggressive tariffs and reconsider strategic options including consolidation. The Indian solar power market is being tested to its limits. GST has increased execution costs. Module prices have shot up when bidders were factoring in another 20% price decline by the end of […] Read more
Key technology trends shaping the Global Solar Industry Updated On Mon, Oct 23rd, 2017 by Saurenergy Innovation in Finance When asked about the direction of innovation in financing for clean energy Manish Chaurasia, Managing Director, Tata Cleantech Capital Ltd. (TCCL) said, there is a lot of innovation happening in clean energy financing on a global scale. From securitization of assets to setting up of yield to monetize and plough back capital, […] Read more
First Utility Scale Storage Project in India Takes Off Updated On Mon, Oct 16th, 2017 by Saurenergy The 20MW solar power project is the first utility scale storage tender in India to announce results, and it includes provision of complete EPC and O&M services for twenty-five years. NLC India Limited, a government of India owned coal mining company, recently completed auction for a 20 MW solar project integrated with 28 MWh storage […] Read more
Azure Power Secures 250MW Solar Power Project with the Tariff of Rs 3.14 Updated On Mon, Oct 16th, 2017 by Saurenergy Azure Power will also be providing O&M services for 250MW solar power project apart from designing, engineering, manufacturing work scope. Azure Power has announced that it has won a 250MW solar project in an auction conducted under Domestic Content Requirement (DCR) by Indian utility NTPC. Azure Power quoted the lowest bid of Rs 3.14. NTPC […] Read more
Viz-A-Viz with Allen Cao, Director, Arctech Solar India Updated On Fri, Oct 13th, 2017 by Saurenergy Q. What is the importance, feasibility, viability of using Solar Trackers in various states of India Dropping PPA prices, high irradiation and utility scale makes solar trackers the perfect and only choice to get higher IRR for a solar plant in India. The solar plant generation can achieve up to 15%-25% more yield when using […] Read more
India 2022 A Roadmap 100GW Updated On Thu, Oct 12th, 2017 by Saurenergy India is poised to achieve a growth rate which is projected to trigger a major rise in energy demand due to demographic expansion, increasing urbanization and rising demands for mobility. By 2022, India targets solar power installation of 100GW, which is an ambitious target and requires a quantum four-fold growth in the sector. India’s total […] Read more
JinkoSolar CEO Cuts to the Chase about Solar Technology Development with Discussion on Half-cut Cells Updated On Wed, Oct 11th, 2017 by Saurenergy “The future of solar technology is already here, its half-cell technology” says JinkoSolar CEO What is the JinkoSolar Half Cell (HC) Product Series? Kangping Chen: The JinkoSolar HC Series is a currently available product line that combines the half cut cell layout with different existing cell technology. The technology has increased the power output of […] Read more
