MERC Orders MSEDCL To Follow Rules On Wheeling Charges, Cough Up Refund On Excess Charges Updated On Wed, Jan 25th, 2023 by Saurenergy The CERC has directed the MSEDCL to refund the wheeling charges on open access to Sridevi Trading Company, which had filed a petition. The firm had claimed that MSEDCL had levied excess wheeling charges. The Commission has asked MSEDCL to refund the levy on excess amount incorrectly recovered as per it. In doing this, MERC […] Read more
Repsol Buys RE Investment Platform Asterion Energies to Add 7.7 GW to Portfolio Updated On Tue, Dec 20th, 2022 by Saurenergy Spanish multinational energy and petrochemical company – Repsol – has announced the signing of the acquisition of Asterion Energies from European infrastructure fund Asterion Industrial for EUR 560 million plus up to EUR 20 million in contingent payments. Repsol said it looks to become a global player in renewable energy and strengthen its position in […] Read more
Dutch Ignore Warnings, Impose ‘Super Profits’ Ceiling On Solar Power Updated On Mon, Dec 5th, 2022 by Saurenergy India’s ‘windfall profits’ levy on oil refining firms has found an echo in Netherlands. Except that the Dutch have proposed a price ceiling on renewable energy producers to curb excess profits. The government of the Netherlands announced a €130/MWh (US$136) profit ceiling for solar and wind generation as part of the EU’s established ‘intramarginal levy’ […] Read more
Bank Of America, Crossboundary Partner for RE Expansion Across Africa Updated On Thu, Nov 10th, 2022 by Saurenergy Renewable energy players, governments and financial institutions are leaving no stone unturned to expand the deployment of RE through pacts and agreements on the sidelines of COP-27. African renewable energy conglomerate CrossBoundary Energy has announced in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt at the COP27 about their intention to explore financing solutions with Bank of America to rapidly […] Read more
With 165 GW Achieved, Investment of Over $300 Bn Needed to Achieve Another 335 GW by 2030 Updated On Mon, Nov 7th, 2022 by Saurenergy India needs strategic investments of more than $300 billion to achieve its clean energy capacity target of 500 GW by 2030, Arthur D. Little (ADL) has postulated a new study. Further, the study states that with 165 GW generation capacity already in place, India is on the right trajectory to meet its goal of having […] Read more
Citizens Financial Group to Source 100% Renewable Power from Ørsted Updated On Thu, Sep 22nd, 2022 by Saurenergy Rhode Islands-based Citizens Financial Group has announced that it has entered into a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Ørsted to support the construction of the Sunflower Wind Project that will match 100% of Citizens’ power consumption across its entire operational footprint with renewable energy credits. Citizens said the Sunflower Wind Project is a 200 MW […] Read more
New South Wales Attracts $43 Billion Potential Investments For 17 GW Renewables Updated On Tue, Aug 30th, 2022 by Saurenergy In what could be called as a great show of trust in the renewable sector, the New South Wales (NSW) state government (Australia) has announced that the Illawarra Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) has attracted A$43 billion worth of potential investments in response to a call for expressions of interest for large-scale energy and green manufacturing […] Read more
IEX Power Trading Update for June 2022 Updated On Tue, Jul 5th, 2022 by Saurenergy The Indian Energy Exchange achieved 8267 MU volume in June ’22 comprising 7058 MU in the conventional power market, 536 MU in the Green Power Market, and 673 MU (6.73 lac Certificates) in the REC Market, registering 17% YoY volume growth across all market segments. Owing to improved supply-side availability, the prices at the day […] Read more
e-Zinc, Toyota Tsusho to develop pilot zinc-air battery project Updated On Mon, Jun 6th, 2022 by Saurenergy e-Zinc has announced that it has entered into a collaboration for a pilot project with Toyota Tsusho Canada Inc. (TTCI) to further test and validate how commercial scale e-Zinc energy storage systems can reliably provide long-duration energy storage. e-Zinc claims to be enabling sustainable, long-duration energy storage with its zinc-air battery. The new project by […] Read more
