China’s Sungrow 1st Firm to Win DEKRA Cyber Security Certificate for RE Updated On Wed, May 26th, 2021 by Saurenergy Chinese inverter brand Sungrow announced recently that the company received a coveted international industrial cyber security certification, being the first one to win the certificate in the renewable energy industry. The Hefei-headquartered firm’s implementation of the IEC 62443-4-1 industry security standard was certified by the international certification organization DEKRA, making Sungrow the first company with CB certification of […] Read more
Aurora Solar Raises $250 Million to Digitize Solar Installations Updated On Tue, May 25th, 2021 by Saurenergy Funding Round Led by Coatue Signals Market Interest in the Growing Solar Industry Aurora Solar, the industry’s leading software platform for solar sales and design, today announced it has closed a $250 million Series C funding round led by Coatue, with follow-on participation from existing investors ICONIQ Capital, Energize Ventures, and Fifth Wall. In just over two years, Aurora […] Read more
Hecate Energy Begins Construction Work on Solar Projects Worth 600 MW Updated On Mon, May 24th, 2021 by Saurenergy Hecate Energy announced today that construction has commenced on two solar projects totaling 600 megawatts. In Falls County, Texas, Hecate developed the solar and battery storage project, Roseland Solar, from inception and transferred it to the North American subsidiary of a European utility in March. In Highland County, Ohio, Hecate developed the New Market Solar project and transferred […] Read more
Canadian Solar Financial Results Q1 FY21 Out; 32% YoY Rise in Revenue Updated On Fri, May 21st, 2021 by Saurenergy Guelph-headquartered solar PV modules manufacturer Canadian Solar Inc. yesterday announced its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, reporting a 32% YoY increase in revenue and a net income of $23 million. In Q1 2021, the company’s solar module shipments were 3.1 GW, compared to guidance of 3.0 GW to 3.2 GW. Net revenue […] Read more
TrinaTracker Agile 1P Gains IEC Certification, Compatible With 600W+ Modules Updated On Thu, May 20th, 2021 by Saurenergy Trina Solar, the world-leading PV and smart energy total solutions provider, has obtained IEC certification for its dual-row one in portrait (1P) tracker, Agile 1P, from the Certification Entity for Renewable Energies (CERE), a leading independent testing, simulation, certification and inspection organization in Europe. The IEC certification further underlines the industry’s high regard for TrinaTracker’s […] Read more
Great First Three Months of 2021: Installed Wind Power in U.S. up by 40% Updated On Tue, May 18th, 2021 by Saurenergy The American Clean Power Association (ACP) released its Clean Power Quarterly Market Report last week, which shows that U.S. project developers installed nearly 40% more wind power in the first three months of 2021 than in the first three months of 2020, the strongest year ever for clean power. This amount of development also represents nearly […] Read more
Top 10 Polysilicon Rankings for 2020- The Future To be 90 Percent China Updated On Mon, May 17th, 2021 by Saurenergy German research firm Bernreuter research has released its latest ranking of Polysilicon manufacturers, and the prognosis for non-Chinese manufacturers is not good. The firm predicts that the world’s four largest polysilicon manufacturers in 2022 will all be based in China. in 2020, Wacker Chemie, the German firm which was actually no. 1 till 2019, lost […] Read more
Members to Expand Cross-border Interconnections as Shares of Renewables Grow: IRENA Updated On Mon, May 17th, 2021 by Saurenergy According to IRENA’s World Energy Transitions Outlook, to achieve climate goals, global electricity generation must expand three-fold by 2050, making grid flexibility exceptionally important as countries race to reduce emissions. Cross-border interconnection represents one of the key solutions to dealing with the variability of renewable power and grid stability issues. This topic was the focus […] Read more
Hyundai Motor Group to Invest $7.4 billion in U.S. EV industry by 2025 Updated On Fri, May 14th, 2021 by Saurenergy In a press release yesterday, Hyundai Motor Group (HMG), comprising Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation, announced its plan to invest $7.4 billion in the U.S. by 2025 to produce future EVs, enhance production facilities and further its investments in smart mobility solutions. The group’s investment will enhance overall product competitiveness by prioritising future mobility technologies, […] Read more