Amazon Adds 18 New RE Projects in Europe & US; Funds 274 Globally Updated On Thu, Dec 2nd, 2021 by Saurenergy E-commerce giant Amazon has announced 18 new utility-scale wind and solar energy projects across the U.S., Finland, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the U.K., totalling 5.6 gigawatts (GW) of procured capacity to date in 2021. Amazon now has 274 renewable energy projects globally and aims to power 100% of its business operations with renewable energy by […] Read more
US Firms Malta, Bechtel to Jointly Explore New Energy Storage Projects Updated On Thu, Dec 2nd, 2021 by Saurenergy Malta Inc., a Massachusetts-based developer of grid-scale, long-duration energy storage, and Bechtel Corporation, an engineering, construction, and project management company based in Virginia, are teaming up to pursue new energy storage projects around the world. The companies will work together to develop and deploy Malta’s 10-150+ hour energy storage technology in a variety of grid-scale […] Read more
Power Ministry Issues Order Extending ISTS Benefits to BESS, Pumped Storage Projects Updated On Thu, Nov 25th, 2021 by Saurenergy In an order dated November 23, the Ministry of Power of the Government of India has notified key changes to its existing orders allowing waiver of ISTS (Inter State Transmission Charges) on Wind and Solar Sources. In the latest version, for Wind, Solar, Hydro PSP (Pumped Storage Projects) and BESS projects commissioned upto 30.06.2025, the […] Read more
Denmark Plans Island To Mainland Strategy For Power Transmission, Using Wind Energy Updated On Thu, Nov 25th, 2021 by Saurenergy Even as we wrote about the top 3 transcontinental transmission lines to carry solar power across continents, we track news from Europe about major wind generation plans using artificial and natural islands, in the North Sea and Baltic Sea respectively. At the centre of both these plans is Denmark, the wind energy leader, which hopes […] Read more
State Regulator Signs Off on 600MW Solar Projects in Ohio Updated On Tue, Nov 23rd, 2021 by Saurenergy State regulators on Thursday signed off on four solar farms for Ohio, U.S., including one planned for Union County and another in Marion County, as the rush to build solar projects in the state continues. The four projects bring to 18 the number of solar farms to be approved this year by the Ohio Power […] Read more
Top 3 Transcontinental Solar Energy Transmission Projects Updated On Tue, Nov 23rd, 2021 by Saurenergy Back in October 2018, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi first articulated the idea of One World One Sun One Grid (OWOSOG), perhaps even he wouldn’t have expected the progress the idea has made since. Besides being announced formally as an objective at the COP 26 meet recently, the idea of OWOSOG has made enough progress […] Read more
Renew Power Declares Q2 Results, H1 Revenues Up 26% Over FY21 Updated On Thu, Nov 18th, 2021 by Saurenergy ReNew Energy Global plc (“ReNew Power”), has announced its consolidated results for the Quarter ending September 2021. These are the first full set of results from the firm since its merger with RMG II, a special purpose acquisition vehicle (SPAC) to list on NASDAQ. Till date, the Renew power listing through the SPAC route remains […] Read more
Collaborative Solar Facility Powers 5 Leading New England Colleges Updated On Wed, Nov 17th, 2021 by Saurenergy An innovative collaborative energy project has started delivering electricity to five New England colleges—and to tens of thousands of students, staff and faculty—as a new solar energy facility has gone online in Farmington, Maine, US. Launched in 2018, the New England College Renewable Partnership is a first-of-its-kind collaboration among five leading New England liberal arts […] Read more
Power Minister Tracks Progress On 10 GW Ladakh Solar Project Updated On Tue, Nov 16th, 2021 by Saurenergy The much awaited and planned giant solar project at Ladakh, first mooted by Prime Minister Modi in 2018-19, continues to occupy the attention of the Power Minister, R.K. Singh. The project, originally seen as a 7.5 GW solar park in the union territory, has been delayed due to multiple issues, be it transmission costs, land […] Read more
