Solar at Forefront of India’s Electricity Generation: IEEFA Updated On Wed, May 9th, 2018 by Saurenergy A number of announcements in this April show momentum building. Solar technology continues to advance, with floating solar, hybrid wind-solar-battery and blended solar-thermal tariff developments now underway. Touching yet another milestone India in the years 2017-2018 installed 10 GW of solar electricity capacity across the country. As compared to previous years the capacity addition is […] Read more
Work Begins at Mudasarlova Reservoir Floating Solar Power Plant Updated On Tue, May 8th, 2018 by Saurenergy The floating solar water plant is not only environment-friendly but will also help GVMC to curtail down on electricity bills. Also, to some extent, it will help to cut down evaporation from the reservoir. With the generation capacity of 2000 kWp the work at floating solar power plant at Mudasarlova reservoir started on Monday. The […] Read more
Schletter to Introduce New Tracker at Intersolar Updated On Thu, May 3rd, 2018 by Saurenergy Traditional tracking systems use hydraulic dampers to mitigate the vibrations and torsional forces caused by the wind; however the Schletter system has self-locking mechanism that allows it to lock elements automatically as soon as the rows stop moving. Scheletter Group, a manufacturer of solar mounting systems, is introducing a new single-axis tracking system at intersolar. […] Read more
Tangedco to Add 3,000 Megawatt Solar Capacity Updated On Tue, May 1st, 2018 by Saurenergy The total capacity, for which the tenders are coming up, is 3000MW. It includes both solar and wind power capacity. The upper limit in tariff has been fixed at 3 per unit for solar and 2.65 per unit for wind. Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has given green signal for Tangedco to come up […] Read more
Gujarat Hints India’s Largest Solar Park Updated On Tue, May 1st, 2018 by Saurenergy The bottlenecks for the development of park are likely to be less as the state has already procured the land identified for the project. The project will be able to move at a rapid pace. Government officials also reportedly said that no separate environmental clearance would be required either. The sun-borne state of India, Gujarat […] Read more
International Solar Alliance: A Rollercoaster Ride for Indian Solar Updated On Mon, Apr 16th, 2018 by Saurenergy Indian solar sector witnesses sharp momentum in the past four years under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In 2014, when he took office, India had 3 GW of solar power, which now turned to nearly seven-times of that, or 20 GW, by the end of FY18. India’s efforts towards solar sector came into […] Read more
New Research Brings Us Closer to Cheap, Transparent, Organic Solar Cells Updated On Fri, Apr 13th, 2018 by Saurenergy The age of fossil fuels is coming to an end, and the age of renewable energy has dawned—or, it will be dawning soon. In 2014 the World Bank estimated that over 80 percent of the world’s energy came from fossil fuels. That figure is set to drop as countries adopt ambitious goals to move towards […] Read more
Sixteen Companies Compete for Four Solar Plants in Maan Updated On Thu, Apr 12th, 2018 by Saurenergy With the total capacity of 200 MW Jordan has received 16 technical and financial offers to develop four solar power plants in Maan. With the total capacity of 200 MW Jordan has received 16 technical and financial offers to develop four solar power plants in Maan. “said Amani Al Azzam, Secretary General, Jordan’s Ministry of […] Read more
METKA EGN’s Solar Parks to get O&M Services from BayWa Updated On Tue, Apr 10th, 2018 by Saurenergy As per the deal, BayWa r.e. Operation Services Ltd will provide O&M services for these two solar farms of 5 MW each in Exeter and Swansea. A two-year contract has been signed between METKA EGN and the German diversified group’s renewable arm BayWa AG, for providing operations and maintenance (O&M) services for two 5-MW solar […] Read more
