Kerala power board plans battery storage project in Thiruvananthapuram Updated On Mon, Mar 7th, 2022 by Saurenergy According to recent media reports, the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) is keenly looking at grid-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS), given the growing emphasis on renewable energy and the rising peak-time power demand in the state. The state power utility proposes to pilot a BESS project in Thiruvananthapuram city, B. Ashok, chairman and managing […] Read more
Eolus to Buy 16 Wind Turbines from Siemens Gamesa for Sweden Projects Updated On Fri, Mar 4th, 2022 by Saurenergy Eolus, the leading wind power developer in the Nordic region, has signed an agreement with Siemens Gamesa, according to which the latter will deliver 16 wind turbines for upcoming wind projects in Skallberget-Utterberget and Tjarnas, Sweden. The first project, which is based in the Avesta Municipality in Skallberget-Utterberget, will be supplied with twelve SG 6.6-170 […] Read more
TotalEnergies Enters 1GW Offshore Wind JV in California Updated On Thu, Mar 3rd, 2022 by Saurenergy TotalEnergies has joined Trident Winds Inc. in the Castle Wind LLC joint venture for the development of a 1 GW offshore wind project off the coast of Morro Bay, off the Central California Coast, an official statement said. The company entered the JV and acquired the shares previously held by EnBW North America, it added. […] Read more
RTC Power To make Up 5% of Renewable Power by 2025 Updated On Thu, Mar 3rd, 2022 by Saurenergy Even as India awaits its first large RTC (round the clock) renewable projects to come online, research agency CRISIL predicts that the share of RTC plants in the overall renewable (RE) capacity mix will increase from nearly nil today to over 5% by calendar 2025. The agency expects this to be achieved on the back […] Read more
Germany seeks to be 100% Renewable powered by 2035 Updated On Thu, Mar 3rd, 2022 by Saurenergy Germany has planned to expedite the renewable energy transition and become a net renewable and clean energy country by 2035. This means that Germany is bringing forward the national renewable targets by 15 years. The speedy transition to renewable energy will be shouldered mainly by the solar and wind energy projects. The Economy Ministry of […] Read more
Shell to Take 49% Stake in German Wind Developer WestWind Energy Updated On Wed, Mar 2nd, 2022 by Saurenergy Oil and gas conglomerate Shell Plc has announced to buy a 49% stake in WestWind Energy. The new investment by Shell is to develop a low-carbon power generation business in Australia. WestWind Energy is an arm of Germany’s wind farm developer WestWind Group. Shell Energy Operations wants to develop a 3 gigawatt (GW) portfolio in […] Read more
TotalEnergies bags 3GW offshore wind plans in New York & New Jersey Updated On Wed, Mar 2nd, 2022 by Saurenergy TotalEnergies, a French oil and gas major, has won maritime lease area OCS-A 0538 by the BOEM (Bureau of Ocean Energy Management) in the New York Bight auction held at the end of last week. This bid for the development of an offshore wind farm off the U.S. East Coast was won for a consideration […] Read more
Wind Repowering in India Waits for a Favourable Wind Updated On Mon, Feb 28th, 2022 by Saurenergy The benefits of solar and wind energy as clean alternatives to oil, coal and gas are well established globally. Though many countries started their solar journey early, India’s solar-energy build-up has been consistently gathering momentum over the last decade, with the last five years seeing a sharp spurt. The wind energy sector, on the other […] Read more
Azure Power Q3 Results See Losses Narrow, Generation Up 36% Updated On Mon, Feb 28th, 2022 by Saurenergy Azure Power Global Limited (Azure Power), which is listed on the NYSE, has announced its consolidated results under United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) for the third quarter of fiscal 2022, ended December 31, 2021. Operating Highlights: Megawatts (“MWs”) Operating* were 2,523 MWs, as of December 31, 2021, an increase of 37% over December 31, 2020. […] Read more
