Key Highlights: · Rating upgraded by 1 notch to A (Provisional) with stable outlook for proposed long term bank facilities · Higher rating is indicative of strong credit profile of SGSL which has about ~11.30 GW of assets under its service Kirti Vagadia, Group Chief Financial Officer, said: “The upgrade in the credit rating is […]
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Cyborg bacteria coated with solar panels are better than plants at harvesting Sun’s energy
Scientists have created cyborg bacteria, microbes covered with tiny, highly efficient solar panels, that are better than plants at harvesting the Sun’s energy to produce fuel from carbon dioxide and water. Photosynthesis provides energy for the vast majority of life on Earth. However, chlorophyll, the green pigment that plants use to harvest sunlight, is relatively […]
PPA renegotiations, cancellations if implemented by DISCOMs, may adversely affect growth in the renewable energy sector
PPA renegotiations, cancellations if implemented by DISCOMs, may adversely affect growth in the renewable energy sector For more information please see below link…
RENEWABLES AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY: A DYNAMIC DUO
Maximising the synergy between the two crucial objectives can drastically reduce energy-related carbon emissions. At present, our atmosphere has 407 parts per million carbon dioxide (CO2). According to NASA, we’d have to go back to 650,000 years to experience CO2 concentrations this high. The impacts of the high concentration of this climate-changing greenhouse gas in […]
Global Solar Capacity Set to Surpass Nuclear for the First Time
The global solar market has been downgraded for 2017. A worrying sign? Hardly. Even with a 4-gigawatt downward adjustment in projected installations, it’s still going to be a record-breaking year for new solar capacity additions — yet again. The 81 gigawatts expected this year are more than double the amount of solar capacity installed in […]
Switch to Renewables Won’t End the Geopolitics of Energy
In another sign that the age of fossil fuels is waning, the California State Senate has passed a bill to commit the state to use 100 percent renewable energy for power by 2045. Other states and cities — including Massachusetts, Chicago and Atlanta — intend to make similar switches. Proponents highlight a bevy of ways […]
Wind Power Is All Grown Up Now
People tend to think of renewable energy companies as the new kids on the block but Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the world’s biggest wind turbine manufacturer, is no pimply teenager. The Danish group entered the turbine business almost 40 years ago and went public in 1998, one year after Amazon.com Inc. Today, it generates more […]
India Ratings: Low Tariffs Face Uncertainty; Capex Pressure and Robust Capacity Additions to Continue in Solar Power Sector
Ind-Ra-Chennai: Low solar bids, while causing disruption in the power sector, have little financial buffers to face challenges such as cost overrun, increased interest rate and counterparty delays, according to India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra). An analysis, where specific project features have been assumed by Ind-Ra, shows that a tariff of INR2.44/kWh could have an […]
Updated Clean200 List From As You Sow And Corporate Knights Shows New Energy Bests Old Energy Regardless Of Trump
Today, As You Sow and Corporate Knights released the third update of the Carbon Clean 200™ (Clean200™), a list of the 200 largest publicly traded companies making significant revenue from clean energy. In its first full year of performance through June 30 2017, the Clean200 generated a return of 16.5% versus a decline of 1.2% […]
Renewable power generation hits record high in UK
On 26 May, solar panels in the UK produced more than a quarter of all electricity needed in the country, as windy and bright conditions helped renewable energy generation to break records. A total of 772 single-source renewable power stations were in operation in the UK as of May 2017, up from 153 in 2007, […]