Largest solar farm in Southeast Asia inaugurated in Negros Occidental Updated On Thu, Mar 3rd, 2016 by Saurenergy Largest solar farm in Southeast Asia and World’s 7th was inaugurated on Thursday at Barangay Tinampaan in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental. The P10-billion solar farm situated on a 176-hectare lot in Cadiz is anticipated to cut the power shortage problem in the province. Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr. to sunstar said that “excess power produced by […] Read more
NERD to conduct three-month training programme on “solar PV installer and service provider” Updated On Thu, Mar 3rd, 2016 by Saurenergy A training program on ‘Solar PV Installer and Service provider’ supported by central and state governments would be organised in Coimbatore to create more professionals in the field of solar energy. Training will include sessions on soft skills and entrepreneurship The program is sponsored by the National Institute of Solar Energy, the Ministry of New […] Read more
More than 99 million homes across the world to run on Solar by 2020: Report Updated On Thu, Mar 3rd, 2016 by Saurenergy By the year 2020 more than 99 million households across the world will be powered by solar panels claims a report. A London-based research company in a report stated that off-grid solar market has witnessed USD 276 million investments in 2015, a 15-fold increase since 2012. The report also says that there is USD 3.1 […] Read more
SolarEdge launches its commercial inverter solution in Japan Updated On Wed, Mar 2nd, 2016 by Saurenergy SolarEdge Technologies has announced the launch of its commercial inverter solution in Japan. The commercial inverter solution consist of small and light-weight three-phase commercial inverters, sized 24.75kW and 33.3kW for both low and medium voltage connection, P600 and P700 power optimizers, and a cloud-based, module-level monitoring platform. SolarEdge’s optimized inverter solution expands the lifetime value […] Read more
China cutting coal use, growing it’s solar and wind energy capacity fast Updated On Wed, Mar 2nd, 2016 by Saurenergy Figures released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics reveals that China is cutting coal and growing its wind and solar energy capacity fast. Last year China’s solar power generation capacity was up by 74% while wind power generation witnessed increase by 34 percent. Speaking to New Scientist, Tim Buckley of the Institute for Energy Economics […] Read more
MNRE invites Comments / Views on Implications of GST on delivered cost of Renewable Energy by 15th March. Updated On Wed, Mar 2nd, 2016 by Saurenergy Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has invited comments and views of the implications of Goods and Service Tax (GST) on delivered cost of Renewable Energy by 15th March, 2016. To understand implication of GST on the delivered cost of renewable energy MNRE commissioned a study in July 2015 which then stated that implementation […] Read more
SECI invites engagement of Advisor/Consultant for developing business prospects under Solar Pumping Programme Updated On Wed, Mar 2nd, 2016 by Saurenergy Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd. has invited applications from eligible Indian National for engagement as Consultant/Advisor for developing business prospects under its Solar Pumping Scheme. The contract period is initially for a period of 06 months and can be terminated by giving a prior notice of minimum 2 (two) weeks and may be extended […] Read more
Dairyland, Xcel Energy agrees to purchase electricity from multiple new solar facilities in Wisconsin Updated On Tue, Mar 1st, 2016 by Saurenergy Last week on Wednesday two Wisconsin services announced projects that will roughly double the state’s solar energy generation capacity. Dairyland Power Cooperative has entered into agreement to purchase electricity from 12 new solar arrays with a combined capacity of almost 19 megawatts, while Xcel Energy will be purchasing up to 3 megawatts of electricity from […] Read more
Govt likely to announce incentives to boost manufacturing of solar panels Updated On Sat, Feb 27th, 2016 by Saurenergy Government may announce inducements in the upcoming Budget to boost manufacturing of solar panels and achieve its objective of establishing 100 gigawatts of solar capacity by 2022. So far, solar t Finance minister Arun Jaitley may announce incentives, such as Viability Gap Funding (VGF) to help sprout manufacturing plants in the country and vow long-term […] Read more