Indonesia has now launched the largest floating solar farm in South East Asia with a capacity of 192 Megawatt peak (MWp). It was made on a reservoir in West Java province. Indonesian President Joko Widodo inaugurated the renewable energy farm. The floating solar aimed to boost the generation of green energy in the Southeast region. Masdar, one of the partners in developing the floating solar plant in the country said that the plant can offset 214000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year due to the generation of solar power and could power around 50,000 houses with the renewable energy it…
Author: Manish Kumar
A latest report from IRENA claimed that China and Japan are the two countries which led the chart in offshore wind technology. The report said that China and Japan were the two countries from Asia which reported the highest patents in the renewable energy segment. The report also shed light on the performance of other countries too in this green energy solution. “Increased invention in offshore wind with dominance in Europa, Asia and USA emerging as future market. In the ranking of the top ten countries in filed International Patent Families (IPFs), seven countries are European, with Germany and Denmark…
Shreevar Kheruka, Vice Chairman of Borosil Renewable, in an exclusive interview with Saur Energy talked about the impact of waiver of anti-dumping provision against the imports of solar glass for the Indian manufacturers. He also touched upon other issues too. Excerpts from the interview: How did the anti-dumping import provision waiver affect Borosil Renewable or other Indian solar glass makers? The anti-dumping duty on the import of solar glass from China went away around a year ago. Since then, the dumping of Chinese solar glass has expanded substantially in the country. Chinese players control over 80 percent of the Indian solar glass…