Sembcorp bags first solar plus energy storage project in India

Sembcorp Industries, through its renewables subsidiary Sembcorp Green Infra Private Limited, has secured a 150 megawatt solar photovoltaic project plus 300 megawatt-hour battery energy storage system (BESS) in India, its first in the country. In a statement, Sembcorp said the build-own-operate project is part of a bid for 2 gigawatts (GW) inter-state transmission system-connected solar

Tata Power to drive renewable energy expansion

Tata Power is also aiming to increase its market share in the rooftop solar space under the PM Surya Ghar Yojana, and enhance its renewable energy portfolio from the current 9 GW to 15 GW within five years. Tata Power Co. Ltd plans to invest around ₹20,000 crore in the current fiscal year, chairman N.

AGEL raises $400 mn for its solar power projects

Adani Green Energy (AGEL), India’s largest renewable energy firm, has raised $400 million in financing from a consortium of international lenders for its under-construction 750 megawatt (Mw) solar power projects in Rajasthan and Gujarat, the company said. The Rajasthan project, with a capacity of 500 Mw, has a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with Solar

ARIPL to power up 700 MWp solar project

Amara Raja Infra (ARIPL) has been awarded a 700 MWp solar balance of system (BoS) project by Greenko. Greenko will situate the project across a 2,200-acre site near Uyyalavada in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district. ARIPL will handle the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) of the entire BoS for the solar component. This project marks ARIPL’s

SolarDuck receives world’s first certification for floating offshore solar technology

Bureau Veritas (BV) has awarded the Dutch-Norwegian renewable energy company SolarDuck the world’s first Prototype Certification for its floating offshore solar technology, as applied in SolarDuck’s 0.5 MW pilot “Merganser”. This certification represents a significant step forward in the development of marine renewable energy technologies for offshore applications. As explained, the Merganser project, developed by

AGEL commissions 551 MW solar capacity at Khavda

Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) on Wednesday announced commissioning of 551 MW solar capacity at Khavda renewable energy park in Gujarat. The company plans to develop 30 GW of renewable energy capacity at this RE park, which is expected to be operational in the next five years. When completed, the Khavda RE park will be

Chinese vendors dominate supply chain of Indian solar PLI

Renewable energy sector leaders in India have listed Chinese vendors as major suppliers in the PLI scheme. Reliance New Energy Solar and Tata Power are among the companies that have listed Chinese suppliers. A majority of the winners of India’s PLI scheme have listed supply chain partners and service providers from China, according to a

Rooftop solar potential could be critical to energy transition

Over 25 crore households across India have the potential to deploy 637 GW of solar energy capacity on rooftops, according to a new independent report by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) released. The CEEW report said that deploying just one-third of this total solar technical potential could support the entire electricity demand

Regulatory structures needed for solar energy push

Among other challenges is the concentration of manufacturing in one or two countries which needs to be made more diversified geographically. Solar energy has the edge among other renewable energy options and is much more reliable, Power Minister R.K. Singh said on Wednesday. Addressing the 6th assembly of International Solar Alliance (ISA) here, the minister

Solar catalyst captures methane to create hydrogen

Methane has a greenhouse effect 80 times worse than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period, and emissions are skyrocketing even as we start reducing CO2. That makes UCF’s new hydrocarbon-capturing, sunlight-powered catalyst a very compelling idea. Researchers at the University of Central Florida’s Nanoscience Technology Center and Florida Space Institute say they’ve come up with