India’s 87% solar cell imports from China in Apr-Sept: Piyush Goyal Updated On Fri, Dec 9th, 2016 by Saurenergy India imported solar and photovoltaic cells worth about USD 826 million from China in the first six months of the current fiscal, which is over 87 per cent of the country’s total such imports. India’s total imports of these cells were worth USD 948.88 million, including USD 825.98 million from China, constituting 87.05 per cent, […] Read more
SECI To Tender 1000MW of Rooftop Solar Capacity in December : Report Updated On Thu, Dec 8th, 2016 by Saurenergy Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI) is gearing up to tender 1000MW of rooftop solar capacity in December to meet PM Modi’s goal of generating 100 gigawatts of solar power by 2022 reports Bloomberg. SECI General Manager Sanjay Sharma speaking to the publication said “The tender will entail target-based incentives, which will be released […] Read more
Hindustan Zinc to set up 155 MW solar project, to invest Rs 630 crore Updated On Thu, Dec 8th, 2016 by Saurenergy Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL) has announced that it is foraying into solar energy business and will set up 115 MW of solar energy projects with an investment of Rs 630 crore. The company led by billionaire Anil Agarwal already produces 474 MW of thermal power and 274 MW of wind energy. HZL CEO Sunil Duggal […] Read more
Solar Imports in India Grew by 47 % In the First Half of FY 2016-17: Mercom Capital Updated On Thu, Dec 8th, 2016 by Saurenergy Mercom Capital in its latest report has revealed that Indian solar sector registered import and export activity worth over $1 billion (~Rs.67 billion) in the first half of financial year (FY) 2016-17, compared to $700 million (~Rs.44.5 billion) during the same period in 2015. The research firm notes that during the six-month period, India exported […] Read more
It Is Imperative To Explore New Technologies For Developing Greener Fuels: Piyush Goyal Updated On Wed, Dec 7th, 2016 by Saurenergy Union Minster of State for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Piyush Goyal chaired a Ministerial session on ‘Hydrocarbons to fuel the Future: Choices and Challenges’ at the Petrotech-2016 on Tuesday. Goyal at Petrotech emphasized on the point that India, despite the dominance of fossil fuels in its energy mix in the near […] Read more
NISE conduction 3-Day Skill Development Program On Solar PV system Design using software Updated On Wed, Dec 7th, 2016 by Saurenergy National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) is conducting Seventh, 3-Day Skill Development Program on Solar PV system Design using “PVSYST & PVSOL” software (from 21st-23rd December, 2016). The main objectives of this 3- day skill development programme is to understand an off- grid system, on- grid system and hybrid system,Solar Power Plant design with the […] Read more
Solar water pump market in India struggles to take off Updated On Tue, Dec 6th, 2016 by Saurenergy In 2014, PM Narendra Modi set a target to install 1 million solar water pumps, equivalent to approximately 3000 MW, for irrigation and drinking water by 2021. But actual cumulative installed base stood at merely 25000 pumps as of April 2016. The bleak performance is despite the government offering massive subsidies of as much as […] Read more
SMA Solar receives order for 616MW of solar inverters from Greenko in India Updated On Tue, Dec 6th, 2016 by Saurenergy SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA) and Greenko Energies Pvt Ltd, a market leader, owner and operator of clean energy projects in India, have signed contracts for the supply of 616 MW of Sunny Central 1000CP XT inverters from SMA. With the inverters, Greenko will realize PV power plants in the Indian states of Karnataka and […] Read more
Lightsource aims to setup 1GW of Solar PV Projects in India Updated On Tue, Dec 6th, 2016 by Saurenergy UK-based Lightsource has come out with plans to set up large-scale solar power projects in the budding solar power market of India over the next few years. Lightsource Renewable Energy Ltd Managing Director and Head India Operations Rupesh Agarwal has stated that the company is looking to invest Rs 6500 crore (US$960 million) over the […] Read more
