The PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, the world’s largest domestic rooftop solar initiative, is reshaping India’s energy landscape with a bold vision to supply solar power to one crore households by March 2027.
Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd and Oil and Natural Gas Corp have signed an agreement to jointly explore and identify commercial opportunities across various segments of the battery energy storage system (BESS) value chain.
A report from BloombergNEF said fixed-axis solar levelized cost of energy is expected to fall to $0.035/kWh, while battery energy storage LCOE is expected to decrease 11%.
ONGC NTPC Green, a joint venture of ONGC Green and NTPC Green Energy, has signed the agreement to acquire a 100% equity stake in Ayana Renewable Power (Ayana) for INR 195 billion ($2.3 billion).
JinkoSolar has filed a lawsuit in Texas against Waaree Energies and its US subsidiary for the alleged infringement of one of its n-type tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) patents, marking another move in its aggressive patent defense strategy.
Acme Solar Holdings Ltd has been reassigned ‘Crisil A+/Positive’ rating for its long-term bank loan facilities of INR 200 crore.
Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd has floated a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the selection of a consortium partner for design, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of 120 MWp Jamjee solar PV project in Thimphu.
Germany’s latest auction for utility-scale solar concluded with prices ranging from €0.0388 ($0.0400)/kWh to €0.0495/kWh. The procurement exercise was significantly oversubscribed.
Juniper Green Energy has secured $1 billion in phased debt financing to support the development of wind-solar hybrid and firm & dispatchable renewable energy (FDRE) projects.
A new study of residential solar installation costs reveals South Australia has the lowest costs nationally while even Australia’s most expensive states are about three times cheaper than those in the United States and Canada.
Epsilon Group plans to invest INR 9,000 crore to set up a graphite anode manufacturing plant and INR 6,000 crore for a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode manufacturing plant in Karnataka. In addition, it will invest INR 350 crore to build a battery materials and battery testing R&D and training center in the state.
Scientists in China built a four-terminal perovskite-CIGS tandem solar cell based on a top semi-transparent perovskite device with an efficiency of 21.26% and a high bifaciality factor of 92.2%. They used a solvent-annealing strategy to produce a perovskite film with full coverage, larger grains, superior crystallinity and free of detectable lead iodide impurity.
Avaada Group has collaborated with Switzerland-headquartered ammonia technology specialist Casale to develop a 1,500 tons per day (tpd) green ammonia plant in Gopalpur, Odisha.
Researchers at the University of New South Wales have used a 1 µm copper plating layer on the front silver grid of a TOPCon solar cell to create a protective barrier that reportedly reduces corrosion susceptibility. The cell showed significantly lower contaminant-induced degradation that unprotected reference devices.
Bharat Battery Show, part of the Bharat Mobility Global Expo 2025, saw participation of one hundred startups. Many of these startups are seeking funding from major conglomerates and investment firms.
SGEL Assam Renewable Energy Ltd, a joint venture between SJVN Green Energy Ltd and Assam Power Distribution Co. Ltd, intends to develop a 25 MW green hydrogen plant within the state of Assam.
Trina Solar has filed a lawsuit against Canadian Solar and its subsidiary, seeking $147 million in damages for alleged infringement of tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) cell patents. The case, accepted by the Jiangsu High Court, underscores the rise of intellectual property disputes in China’s competitive solar sector.
India exported solar PV modules worth around $782 million in FY 2024-25 till Nov. 2024. The value of exports to USA stood at $756.08 million.
Waaree Group has started building its alkaline electrolyser manufacturing facility in Gujarat. The facility will initially commence operations with a production capacity of 300 MW.
Grew Solar’s facility in Madhya Pradesh will produce 3 GW of ingots, wafers, cells and modules per year.
South Korean scientists have developed a breakthrough lithium-ion battery technology by modifying the LNMO cathodes that enhances stability and efficiency, boosts battery lifespan, and energy density of Li-ion batteries.
Welspun New Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the state government of Odisha to establish a 1.2 GW pumped storage and a 1 GW floating solar project in Odisha.
NTPC has secured a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Indian Army for sale of power from its solar-hydrogen based microgrid project at Chushul (Ladakh).
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has submitted Union Budget 2025-26, which proposes customs duty exemption for waste and scrap of lithium-ion batteries and critical minerals.
A new Australian National University study says long-duration pumped hydro on non-river sites, combined with batteries, can meet global energy storage needs.
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry.
Many countries require companies to show that they comply with environmental standards before accepting imports. The EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive sets the strictest recycling and waste disposal requirements, making non-compliance an obstacle to entry into the market. Companies that don’t adhere to these standards could struggle to grow internationally.
With climate change and energy security at the forefront of global concerns, the government has unveiled a series of policy measures and incentives designed to accelerate the adoption of solar power.
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry.
Regulatory and fiscal incentives to set up specialized labs in collaboration with leading international and domestic research institutions, reduction of Goods and Services Tax (GST) on turbines and solar modules, and ISTS charges waiver extension are on the budget wishlist of the renewable energy industry in India.
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