Data & Statistics
Month: June 2021
People
Deepak Ushadevi: Managing Director, Ciel & Terre India
With over 20 years of experience in the solar and semiconductor domains, Deepak Ushadevi’s expertise lies in new business initiatives, technology introduction and market development. Before joining Ciel & Terre India, he worked for global giants such as […]
Solar Cables Connectors & Junction Boxes
Setting Standards: Stringent guidelines to ensure quality of cables, connectors and junction boxes
Cables, connectors and junction boxes are among the most critical components of a solar power project. Involved in transporting solar power from modules to inverters and finally to the grid, cables are the lifelines of […]
Wind Turbine Rotors and Blades
Offshore Wind: Need for longer, lighter blades with sensors
The past decade has witnessed a massive global movement towards offshore wind farms as countries expand their renewable energy capacities to meet their power requirements. As compared to onshore wind installations, offshore wind farms get […]
Wind Turbine Rotors and Blades
Losing Weight: Innovations in wind blade technology
By Dr S.S. Verma, Department of Physics, Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering & Technology Innovation has been driving the wind power market and its large, medium and small-scale versions. With the growing demand and awareness towards renewable […]
Perspective
Overcoming O&M Challenges
The Indian wind power segment has been facing major challenges, particularly in the area of operations and maintenance (O&M). A key problem is the financial distress of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), which is leading to […]
Finance
Exit Route
With the recent exit of SB Energy India, the distress owing to the pandemic is beginning to show in the solar segment. Up until now it was believed that the segment was coping well in […]
World View
US Jump-starts Offshore Wind: New administration targets 30 GW by 2030
When it comes to channelling the carbon-neutral power of offshore wind, the US is far behind other industrialised nations such as China and Germany. So far, the US has only two operational offshore wind installations, […]
Wind Power
High Hopes: India’s wind energy outlook for 2025
India’s wind energy segment has been suffering a slowdown. Progress in the segment was affected with the end of the feed-in tariff era and the launch of competitive bidding for allocating wind power projects. Capacity […]
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Enel Green Power starts construction of 150 MW solar capacity in Extremadura region of Spain
Enel Green Power España is executing three solar PV plants – Veracruz, Puerta Palmas and El Doblón in the Extremadura region, located in western Spain. The entire project, being built at an investment of […]
Up and coming
SenseHawk: Offering digital solutions for renewable energy plant development, construction and operation
SenseHawk was founded in 2018 by Swarup Mavanoor and Rahul Sankhe, former employees of Sun Edison, who saw the potential of digitalisation in the solar industry. The founders believed that digitalisation was vastly lacking in […]
Perspective
Sustainable Practices: Turning waste heat into power to reduce cement production costs
By Neeraj Akhoury, CEO India, LafargeHolcim, and CEO and Managing Director, Ambuja Cements Sustainability solutions like waste heat recovery systems (WHRSs) are in tune with the times. It is yet another green solution that can save money […]
International News
Kahone and Kaél solar plants in Senegal go into commercial operation
The Kahone and Kaél solar power plants, with a combined capacity of 60 MWp, are now supplying power to Senegal’s national electricity grid. The projects are owned by a consortium of Engie, Meridiam and Senegal’s […]
Financings
RIL announces ambitious plans to invest Rs 750 billion in green energy initiatives
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) organised its 44th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the shareholders on June 24, 2021. The AGM was held virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking at the AGM, Mukesh Ambani, Chairman […]
Perspective
Mission CBG: Success of SATAT depends on the adoption of new technologies
By N.S. Mohan, CEO, SLPP “RE-NEW”, and Praveen Mohan Badiger, COO, SLPP “RE-NEW” Compressed biogas (CBG), which is essentially an enriched form of biogas with over 90 per cent methane, has emerged as a promising […]
International News
Facebook achieves 100 per cent renewable energy for its global operations
Social media giant, Facebook, has recently reported 100 per cent renewable energy use for its global operations. In addition, it has also met its goal of reaching net zero emissions as per its 2020 Sustainability […]
Financings
Fortum to sell 500 MW of solar assets to Actis
Fortum has decided to divest 500 MW of solar projects in India and has signed an agreement with the global infrastructure investment firmActisfor the same. As part of the agreement, Actis will receive ownership of […]
Projects
NVVN issued EoI to procure solar, bundled power from Nokh Solar Project
NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (NVVN) has invited expressions of interest (EoI) to procure solar and round-the-clock solar bundled with thermal power from NTPC’s 735 MW Nokh solar project in Rajasthan and projects developed by […]
Projects
ACME Solar and Brookfield Renewable to develop 300 MW solar project
ACME Solar has announced that it has closed a deal with Brookfield Renewable, to jointly develop a300 MWsolar project at Badisid, in the Jodhpur district of Rajasthan. Brookfield willnowbe jointly constructing the project with ACME […]
Company Release
FIMER Launches two New Platforms for the Utility PV Market
Leading tier one global solar inverter supplier, FIMER, has announced the launch of two new platforms for the utility-scale sector – a high-power multi-MPPT string inverter and a modular conversion solution – which are designed […]