China cutting coal use, growing it’s solar and wind energy capacity fast Updated On Wed, Mar 2nd, 2016 by Saurenergy Figures released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics reveals that China is cutting coal and growing its wind and solar energy capacity fast. Last year China’s solar power generation capacity was up by 74% while wind power generation witnessed increase by 34 percent. Speaking to New Scientist, Tim Buckley of the Institute for Energy Economics […] Read more
Dairyland, Xcel Energy agrees to purchase electricity from multiple new solar facilities in Wisconsin Updated On Tue, Mar 1st, 2016 by Saurenergy Last week on Wednesday two Wisconsin services announced projects that will roughly double the state’s solar energy generation capacity. Dairyland Power Cooperative has entered into agreement to purchase electricity from 12 new solar arrays with a combined capacity of almost 19 megawatts, while Xcel Energy will be purchasing up to 3 megawatts of electricity from […] Read more
SunEdison expands Solar Capacity in India aims at 10GW solar energy by 2022 Updated On Wed, Feb 24th, 2016 by Saurenergy After Sun Edison’s recent announcements to support the Make in India, the US-based renewable energy developer has announced an expansion of its installed capacity base in India. Earlier this month, the company disseminated that it has commissioned 146 MW of solar power capacity across three states in India. The company did not cite if these […] Read more
NTPC and German Institutions collaborates for Innovations in Solar Energy Updated On Thu, Feb 18th, 2016 by Saurenergy In a strive to take a step ahead in renewable energy sector, state-run power generator NTPC Ltd has partnered with German institutions DLR Cologne and Institute of Solar Energy. “NTPC through its R&D wing, NETRA is collaborating with two German Institutions DLR Cologne and Institute of Solar Energy (ISE), Fraunhofer, Freiburg on Solar Energy Research,” sources said. […] Read more
MNRE benchmarks Cost for Solar equipment to induce efficient energy Updated On Thu, Feb 11th, 2016 by Saurenergy The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has proposed an upward revision of the benchmark cost of the Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) Technologies Programme to spur efficient energy in the country. According to the changes, the benchmark cost will be related to performance efficiency in design and manufacturing of solar thermal power systems so that […] Read more
Alberta Government Gets $5M to Boost Solar Energy Updated On Mon, Feb 8th, 2016 by Saurenergy The Alberta Government is anticipating $5 Million speculation will help to ignite the renewable energy growth. ‘It’s about doing the right thing for our province’, said Shannon Phillips, minister of Environment and Parks, at NAIT’s Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies. ‘It supports new jobs in a greener more diverse economy’, he added. The funds will […] Read more
Solar Energy– How it Changed the Economics of the World? Updated On Fri, Feb 5th, 2016 by Saurenergy Electric Power generated from sunrays doesn’t support global warming and air contamination, further it takes no fuel costs and can possibly move the globe towards cleaner, greenery, reliable, moderate and affordable sources of power. Small type of solar PV frameworks used commonly on housetops represent lion’s share of solar establishments, while huge-scale PV frameworks and […] Read more
SolarWorld Joins Sonnen to Decode the Energy Storage Solutions Updated On Wed, Feb 3rd, 2016 by Saurenergy Recently, SolarWorld reported to expand the industry and their roles in the energy-storage market in the U.S, flagging its resolve to empower customers with storage option as part of fully energy-management system. SolarWorld is collaborating with Sonnen to deliver the fully integrated solar plus storage system. To provide these facilities to clients, SolarWorld is utilizing […] Read more