What If- Renewable Powered Power Trade Between India And Pakistan Updated On Wed, Apr 7th, 2021 by Saurenergy Readers might be surprised to know that India’s trade in power is not insignificant when it comes to its neighbours. The country annually imports around 1,200 MW of power from Bhutan, exports 1,200 MW to Bangladesh, exports 450 MW to Nepal and 3 MW to Myanmar. India is also working on a plan to develop […] Read more
Backlog of Unsigned PSAs Risk Slowing India’s Renewable Energy Growth Updated On Wed, Apr 7th, 2021 by Saurenergy Delays in signing PSAs are a bottleneck in the growth of renewable energy capacity in India, jeopardising the 175 GW by 2022 target Delays in signing power sale agreements (PSAs) are a bottleneck in the growth of renewable energy capacity in India, jeopardising the government’s renewable energy target of 175 gigawatts (GW) by 2022, dampening […] Read more
Electricity Market at IEX Records All-time High Volume of 8248.52 MU in March 2021 Updated On Wed, Apr 7th, 2021 by Saurenergy The electricity market at IEX achieved an all-time high volume of 8248.52 MU in the month of March 2021 Spurred by the increasing demand for electricity across the various States, the electricity market at Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) achieved an all-time high volume of 8248.52 MU in the month of March 2021 surpassing all the […] Read more
Dr. Rahul Walawalkar-IESA Appointed to CERC’s Central Advisory Committee Updated On Wed, Apr 7th, 2021 by Saurenergy CERC has selected Dr. Rahul Walawalkar, President of IESA to be a part of the Central Advisory Committee (CAC) of the power regulator The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), the power sector regulator in India has appointed Dr. Rahul Walawalkar, President, India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA), India’s leading alliance on energy storage & e-mobility to […] Read more
ONGC Tenders for 15 MW Solar Plant at Vagra Site in Gujarat Updated On Tue, Apr 6th, 2021 by Saurenergy ONGC has issued a tender for the commissioning of a 15 MW (ac) grid-connected solar power plant at its Vagra Site in Gujarat. The state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), a multinational crude oil and gas entity, has issued a tender for the commissioning of a 15 MW (ac) grid-connected solar power plant at […] Read more
SunCable’s 14 GW Plan Inches Ahead With Move for Solar Mfg Plant in Darwin Updated On Tue, Apr 6th, 2021 by Saurenergy Sun Cable, the Singapore-based consortium handling the world’s largest electricity infrastructure project, aka the $22 billion Australia-ASEAN Power Link (AAPL), revealed this week that it had lodged an application with the Northern Territory’s Development Consent Authority for a facility in the region’s capital, Darwin. The said facility will manufacture Maverick solar array systems designed by […] Read more
EIB Provides Brenmiller Energy with €7.5 Mn for Innovative Thermal Storage Factory Updated On Mon, Apr 5th, 2021 by Saurenergy EIB and Brenmiller Energy have signed a €7.5 million financing agreement to back the company’s construction of the first large-scale factory for its bGen storage unit. The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Brenmiller Energy, an Israeli provider of industrial energy storage solutions, have signed a €7.5 million financing agreement to back the company’s construction of the […] Read more
J-POWER USA Starts Work to Convert Retired Coal Facility Into new Solar and Storage Facilities Updated On Sat, Apr 3rd, 2021 by Saurenergy J-POWER USA Development Co., Ltd. (“J-POWER USA“) and funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group, LLC (“Fortress”) have agreed to jointly pursue development of Birchwood Solar, a 50 MWac solar plant and Birchwood Storage, a 190 MWac, energy storage facility. These projects would convert Birchwood Power, a coal plant which has been in operation since November, 1996 […] Read more
State NBFCs – PFC & REC Reduce Lending Rates by up to 2 Percentage Points Updated On Thu, Apr 1st, 2021 by Saurenergy State-owned non-banking financial corporations Power Finance Corporation (PFC) and REC will reduce lending rates by up to two percentage points from April 1, 2021. “PFC and REC as group companies have been aligning operations to realise synergies. As part of such effort, PFC and REC have now decided together to reduce lending rates up to two percentage points,” PFC said in a statement. […] Read more
