Solar water pump market in India struggles to take off Updated On Tue, Dec 6th, 2016 by Saurenergy In 2014, PM Narendra Modi set a target to install 1 million solar water pumps, equivalent to approximately 3000 MW, for irrigation and drinking water by 2021. But actual cumulative installed base stood at merely 25000 pumps as of April 2016. The bleak performance is despite the government offering massive subsidies of as much as […] Read more
SMA Solar receives order for 616MW of solar inverters from Greenko in India Updated On Tue, Dec 6th, 2016 by Saurenergy SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA) and Greenko Energies Pvt Ltd, a market leader, owner and operator of clean energy projects in India, have signed contracts for the supply of 616 MW of Sunny Central 1000CP XT inverters from SMA. With the inverters, Greenko will realize PV power plants in the Indian states of Karnataka and […] Read more
Lightsource aims to setup 1GW of Solar PV Projects in India Updated On Tue, Dec 6th, 2016 by Saurenergy UK-based Lightsource has come out with plans to set up large-scale solar power projects in the budding solar power market of India over the next few years. Lightsource Renewable Energy Ltd Managing Director and Head India Operations Rupesh Agarwal has stated that the company is looking to invest Rs 6500 crore (US$960 million) over the […] Read more
NISE organizing one day workshop on prospects for start –ups in Solar Energy Technologies Updated On Mon, Dec 5th, 2016 by Saurenergy National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) is organizing 5th one day workshop on prospects for start –ups in Solar Energy Technologies at its campus on 21st December 2016. NISE says the workshop is in line with the Startup India Initiative by the Govt of India. Existing and prospective Solar Entrepreneurs, EPC contractors, Graduate Engineers, MNRE […] Read more
Will surpass $10 billion investment commitment for India in solar and Internet-led businesses: Softbank Updated On Sat, Dec 3rd, 2016 by Saurenergy Positive on India’s prospects, Japan’s SoftBank today pledged that it will “surpass” the stated commitment of investing $ 10 billion in the country as it ramps up investments in solar power generation and Internet-led businesses. “We have already invested $ 2 billion in last few years, and we will surpass my commitment of investing $10 […] Read more
Jordan confirms its lead role in solar energy among the Arab countries with the Falcon Ma’an plant Updated On Fri, Dec 2nd, 2016 by Saurenergy The Falcon Ma’an solar photovoltaic (PV) plant, one of the largest in the Middle East has been connected to the Jordanian national grid. The 23.1 MWp PV plant – executed by the Italian company Enerray, a global EPC contractor, and Saudi renewable energy company Desert Technologies – puts Jordan on the map as a leading […] Read more
5791.54 MU electricity generated by cumulative solar installations from April to September 2016: Piyush Goyal Updated On Thu, Dec 1st, 2016 by Saurenergy New and Renewable Energy Minister, Piyush Goyal in Lok Sabha on Thursday citing an information received from Central Electricity Authority (CEA) stated that 5791.54 MU electricity is produced by cumulative solar installations in the country from April 2016 to September 2016. Quantum of electricity produced by cumulative solar installations in the country:- Year Energy generation […] Read more
What’s Stored in the Solar Storage Updated On Thu, Dec 1st, 2016 by Saurenergy The war of storage is no novice in the generation of digital transformation. Perhaps, the word storage can be framed with human evolution as we dignified civilization and society further to individual home, hence imagining a home is also a fact of storage where it composites humans and their endeared beholdings. Now, the fact of […] Read more
Surana Solar to deliver 15 crore order of solar modules to Aryavaan Renewable Energy Updated On Thu, Dec 1st, 2016 by Saurenergy Surana Solar limited, a part of the Hyderabad based Surana Telecom and Power Limited, has announced that it has won an order to supply solar modules for a value of Rs 15.4 crore to Aryavaan Renewable Energy. The solar module manufacturer will provide solar modules for a 5 Megawatt solar power plant situated in Hamirpur. […] Read more
